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Technology-Enabled OR Education: What it may do for Professors & Practitioners Richard C. Larson Center for Advanced Educational Services Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thank You to INFORMS and you, its members for this honor
Philip M. Morse “Operations research... is an applied science utilizing all known scientific techniques as tools in solving a specific problem.” Morse & Kimball, p. 1.
A Personal Note
More on Philip M. Morse
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Today we are
Methods of Theoretical Physics
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The Most Valuable Natural Resources of a Country Lie Buried...
Between the Ears of Its Citizens
What’s the Primary Technology For Teaching Today?
Chalk and blackboard...
What’s the Difference Between the Blackboard and Cave Drawings?
The Eraser!!
There are Luddites:
Donald Kennedy:
The Cost of Higher Education Since 1980 Has Risen Faster than the Cost of Health Care!
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High Costs Affecting the In Flows of Foreign Students
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Context for Distance Educational & Research Activities
Business Week’s Depiction
What do we know about the effectiveness of technology in education?
What’s Happening?
G.M. Engineers Taking Courses Part Time for A Masters Degree:
Les Servi and Daryl Daley
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“Most Wired” College Campuses
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Virtual Ivy?? --Campus with no faculty, with students taking (distance) courses from best in class??
The enthusiasts:
The gloomsters:
The Pragmatists:
Some Currently Hot OR Web Sites
Revising our Thinking about Teaching & Learning
Life-long Learning and Collaboration at School, Work and Home
And let us not get carried away by the technology itself, but rather let us focus on its educational applications.
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A Sample New Pedagogy: Goal Oriented, Nonlinear, Experiential Learning
Illustrative OR Problems: Goal Oriented, Nonlinear, Experiential Learning
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Another Pedagogy: On Line Tutors
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OR-Framed Data Mining for Assessment & Learning about Learning
Another Pedagogy: Visualization, Animation, Simulation
Yield Management:
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Breaking a Stick
Marking the Results
1. Random Variables:
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Step 4: Carefully Work Within the Sample Space
After Step 4, HAPPINESS!
Plans for Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods
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Some Future Alternative Scenarios for OR
Some Future Alternative Scenarios for OR
University Learning Networks
Thank You!
Major References
Major References, continued
Related Readings
Related Readings, Continued
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