How to Learn Online
COVID19 has forced millions of students to take their classes online. Teachers have scrambled to shift their teaching to fit a Zoom-screen and many parents are anxious that their children won’t be able to learn as much as they would if they were in classrooms.
This unprecedented moment invites us to ask newly urgent questions:
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How does learning work?
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How can new research help us better learn online?
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What are the most effective teaching methods?
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What is the future of learning?
Few people are better equipped to answer these questions than Sanjay Sarma, head of Open Learning at MIT and renowned professor of engineering. In this live conversation hosted by Himalaya's Zachary Davis, we’ll discuss the ideas found in his new book Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn, co-authored with science journalist Luke Yoquinto. In our age of crisis and transformation, learning how to learn is a critical skill.
SANJAY SARMA is the head of Open Learning at MIT. A professor of mechanical engineering by training, he has worked in the fields of energy and transportation; computational geometry; computer assisted design; and has been a pioneer in RFID technology. He has an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur as well as advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley.
LUKE YOQUINTO is a science writer who covers learning and education, as well as aging and demographic change in his role as a researcher at the MIT AgeLab. His work can be found in publications such as The Washington Post, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He is a graduate of Boston University's science journalism program.
ZACHARY DAVIS is VP of Premium Content at Himalaya, the host and executive producer of Writ Large and Ministry of Ideas and the organizer of the Sound Education conference. Previously, Davis was a producer at HarvardX where he focused on producing online courses for the edX education platform.