EdX from MIT and Harvard University

 https://www.edx.org/

EdX is a joint partnership between The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University to offer online learning to millions of people around the world. EdX will offer Harvard and MIT classes online for free. Through this partnership, the institutions aim to extend their collective reach to build a global community of online learners and to improve education for everyone. 

MIT’s Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Anant Agarwal serves as the first president of edX, and Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith leads faculty in developing courses. Along with offering online courses, the institutions will use edX to research how students learn and how technology can facilitate teaching—both on-campus and online. 

EdX is based on MITx, a technological platform from MIT designed to offer online versions of their courses. These versions include: video lessons, embedded testing, real-time feedback, student-ranked questions and answers, collaborative web-based laboratories, and student paced learning. Though this will never replace the traditional residential model of undergraduate education, it will serve to improve and supplement the teaching and learning experienced at both universities. In turn, Harvard and MIT have created edX open-source software and invite interested institutions to join edX with their own educational content. EdX is a Cambridge-based not-for-profit, equally owned and funded by Harvard and MIT. The first set of courses will be announced in the summer and will begin in the Fall 2012.

Harvard University 

 

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. Harvard faculty are engaged with teaching and research to push the boundaries of human knowledge. For students who are excited to investigate the biggest issues of the 21st century, Harvard offers an unparalleled student experience and a generous financial aid program, with over $160 million awarded to more than 60% of our undergraduate students. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a truly global education. 

Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world.


Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology — a coeducational, privately endowed research university founded in 1861 — is dedicated to advancing knowledge and educating students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute has close to 1,000 faculty and 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is organized into five Schools: Architecture and Urban Planning; Engineering; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Sloan School of Management; and Science. 

MIT's commitment to innovation has led to a host of scientific breakthroughs and technological advances. Achievements of the Institute's faculty and graduates have included the first chemical synthesis of penicillin and vitamin A, the development of inertial guidance systems, modern technologies for artificial limbs, and the magnetic core memory that made possible the development of digital computers. Seventy-eight alumni, faculty, researchers and staff have won Nobel Prizes. Current areas of research and education include neuroscience and the study of the brain and mind, bioengineering, cancer, energy, the environment and sustainable development, information sciences and technology, new media, financial technology, and entrepreneurship.

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Kumpulan pelajar dan mahasiswa di Indonesia membentuk kelompok-kelompok studi untuk mengikuti perkuliahan online ini.

1 Kelompok berjumlah 5 orang yang akan bekerja sama dalam mengolah bahan-bahan perkuliahan ini.

 Pelulusan Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas Budi Luhur
Foto oleh: Arip Nurahman

7 Tips Belajar Kelompok yang Efisien:


1. Jumlah anggota kelompok maksimal adalah 5 orang. Dengan anggota kelompok yang tidak terlalu banyak diharapkan siswa bisa lebih focus dalam berdiskusi.

2. Tentukan materi belajar jauh-jauh hari sebelum belajar kelompok dilaksanakan. Menentukan materi belajar sebelum belajar kelompok dilakukan adalah sangat penting agar semua anggota bisa mempersiapkan diri terhadap materi yang akan didiskusikan.

3. Waktu belajar kelompok minimal 2 jam tiap pertemuan dan dilakukan 3 kali dalam seminggu. Waktu belajar yang efektif adalah siang hari atau sore hari setelah istirahat di rumah. Usahakan agar setiap anggota datang tepat pada waktunya di tempat yang disepakati sebelumnya.

4. Ciptakan suasana belajar yang serius tapi santai. Setiap anggota kelompok diharapkan untuk fokus terhadap materi yang didiskusikan. Hindari bercanda yang berkepanjangan atau bermain HP saat belajar kelompok. Apabila anda teman yang bercanda terlalu lama jangan sungkan untuk menegurnya demi tercapainya tujuan belajar kelompok.

5. Pilihlah tempat belajar yang nyaman dan tenang, jauh dari televisi atau keramaian. Tempat belajar kelompok yang tenang dan nyaman sangat membantu dalam meningkatkan konsentrasi dalam proses belajar dan berdiskusi.

6. Manfaatkan waktu untuk mengerjakan soal-soal yang telah disepakati. Tiap-tiap anggota harus mengerjakan soalnya sendiri-sendiri. Apabila ada anggota yang tidak bisa mengerjakan suatu soal, anggota yang lain harus menjelaskan kepadanya sampai ia mengerti. Janganlah sungkan untuk bertanya apabila tidak bisa mengerjakan soal. Bila semua anggota kelompok tidak ada yang mampu, catatlah soal tersebut untuk ditanyakan kepada guru di sekolah.

7. Jangan sungkan-sungkan membantu menjelaskan kepada anggota kelompok yang lain. Semakin sering anda menjelaskan suatu materi kepada orang lain maka semakin dalam juga penguasaan anda terhadap materi tersebut.