2012 iCampus Prize Winners - CourseRoad and Dormbase
2012 iCampus Prize Winners - CourseRoad and Dormbase
2012 iCampus Student Prize final round presentations with CourseRoad, the Grand Prize winner, and Dormbase, the runner-up. Read more about the winners here: http://icampusprize.mit.edu/2012/05/2012-icampus-prize-winners-announced/ The iCampus Student Prize ...
2012 iCampus Prize Final Round Presentations
2012 iCampus Prize Final Round Presentations
Final round presentations from the 2012 iCampus Student Prize competition on May 4, 2012. The iCampus Student Prize recognizes the innovative and creative application of technology that improves living and learning at MIT. The competition builds upon the ...
Civic Media Session: "Effective Citizenship in a Connected ...
Civic Media Session: "Effective Citizenship in a Connected Society"
In this age of streaming data and 24/7 connectivity, the options for civic engagement are many. But what does it really mean to be an effective citizen? Is there an app? Tom Steinberg is founder of mySociety.org, a UK-based consultancy that's become one of the ...
Electronic Literature and Future Books
Communications Forum: Electronic Literature and Future Books
How has electronic literature influenced other media, including the Web and the book? What are the implications of having literary projects in the digital sphere alongside other forms of communication and art
EdX: The Future of Online Education is Now
EdX: The Future of Online Education is Now
EdX is a not-for-profit joint venture between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer online versions of their classes and those of other universities.
Press conference: MIT, Harvard announce edX
Press conference: MIT, Harvard announce edX
MIT President Susan Hockfield and Harvard University President Drew Faust, accompanied by top officials from both institutions, announced on Wednesday a new collaboration that will unite the Cambridge-based universities in an ambitious new partnership to deliver online ...
Company of the Week - Wefunder.com
Company of the Week - Wefunder.com
Mike Norman and Wefunder.com is changing how startups raise money through crowd funding.
Anant Agarwal on MITx
Professor Anant Agarwal on MITx
Open Learning Enterprise head Anant Agarwal discusses MITx, the Institute's new online-learning initiative.
Caroline Woolard, "SolidarityNYC, OurGoods.org, and Trade ...
Caroline Woolard, "SolidarityNYC, OurGoods.org, and Trade School"
April 5, 2012 - Civic Media LunchCaroline Woolard speaks about her work with SolidarityNYC, OurGoods and Trade School, two barter economies for cultural production. OurGoods.org connects artists, designers, and craftspeople to trade skills, spaces, and objects to ...
Dormbase
Dormbase
5 minute pitch for the 2012 iCampus Prize First Round competition. Dormbase was selected as one of First Round iCampus Prize winners. See http://icampusprize.mit.edu/ for more information.
VoIP Drupal webinar: Building sites that make and receive ...
VoIP Drupal webinar: Building sites that make and receive phone calls
As part of this webinar, you will learn about VoIP Drupal, a new open source framework that makes it easy to build websites that almost literally pick-up the phone.
MITEF-NYC: Business Plan Presentations: Innovations in ...
MITEF-NYC: Business Plan Presentations: Innovations in Digital Commerce
E-Commerce has come a long way since the early days of eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo. Users are constantly being provided with services and platforms that are more specialized and more in tune with their needs and tastes. And retailers are constantly seeking ways to make ...
Social Media on a Shoestring
Social Media on a Shoestring - presentation by MIT social media & email ...
Stephanie Hatch, MIT's new social media and email marketing specialist, covers social media strategy, tips and tools for using social media with limited staff resources and methods for streamlining efforts.
Networks Understanding Networks, Pt. 6
Networks Understanding Networks, Pt. 6: Albert-László Barabási
Albert-László Barabási: Network Science: From the Web to the Cell
New Technology Brings Offshoring to Villages
New Technology Brings Offshoring to Villages
The Xerox CTO describes research that allows manufacturing and office workers to avoid commuting to traffic-choked Indian cities.
Welcome and Opening Remarks, History
Welcome and Opening Remarks, History
04/11/2011 9:00 AM David A. Mindell, PhD '96, Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing; ; Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Victor Zue, ScD '76, Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Director, CSAIL; ...