Dynamically presents individual class schedules, meetings, parties and trips, utilizing information about university community members and groups, to interactively capture the ever-changing campus environment.
Tracks MIT's fleet of boats on the Charles River in real-time, using GPA and radio technology, and displays races on a screen, so that spectators can more easily track competitors in the race and competitors can review and improve their skills.
Systematizes on-line support for project-based engineering design courses which require students to design new products with a high degree of autonomy. Includes curriculum for design fundamentals, simulation tools, on-line collaboration environments, and peer-review assessment tools.
Allows students to compare multiple versions of Shakespeare plays in performance, annotate text or performance, and create on-line commentaries and discussions that can be shared remotely.
Implements a Web-based tracking system to enable the MIT community to better use the Institute's on-and-off campus shuttle system, for increased safety and convenience. The system utilizes GPS-GIS based technology and is accessible with wireless handheld devices as well as through the Institute's computer clusters.
Brings together the resources of three premiere academic institutions to promote global engineering education and research through synchronous distance learning, while providing students with unlimited access to exceptional faculty expertise and superior research facilities.
Supports research and learning communities of all kinds. An integrated suite of open source learning management system applications, it includes a portal framework supporting distributed collaborative communities, and Web-based modules supporting course management and online communities.
Enables educators and students around the world to more effectively create and disseminate recorded lecture material by transcribing the spoken word in academic lectures.
