Insights and resources for learning managers and educators on creating and nurturing communities. Arthur Grau and Eva Ponce The dramatic growth in online professional education owes much to the convenience and flexibility of the virtual classroom. However, a less...
There is a decades-long surge in interest in mindfulness practices. For the last three generations since 1970, mentions of the word mindfulness in books have increased by 56 times (1). From the arts to business and sports to healthcare, mindful practices have been...
Early in March 2020, the edginess began. This was just before the closures and disruptions in the U.S. Tension and uncertainty were rising among MIT colleagues and the network at large. Inspired by endurance performance artists, and the psychology of repetition...
Iterating on a startup innovation classic to accommodate for vision, mission, and so-called “externalities”. While facilitating entrepreneurs to build social benefit apps with Applications for Good, and again completing a Design Innovation masters, I...
What if I told you that by just asking you questions in a different order I could influence your survey response by nearly 40 percentage points. As a logical and intelligent person, you might laugh this off as trickery. There is plenty of research, however, to prove...
Abstract Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs have grown in membership and influence since their introduction at the beginning of the 21st century. Research on these courses and their communities has focused primarily on learning outcomes for participants and economic...
Originally published at MassArt Design Innovation (updated here) Designers see the future, specifically when surfacing insights. Seeing the future is a multi-step process for the designer, with the forming of insights from the body of research about midway. It’s...
