Principal Investigator
Prof. Karen Willcox, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Prof. Haynes Miller, Mathematics
Fund:
Alumni Class Funds
Funding Period:
AY2016
Department/Lab/Center:
Aeronautics and Astronautics
We propose research and development to further our efforts to make explicit links among subjects across the MIT curriculum, building on our past work that created the Crosslinks system. We propose to further this mapping by incorporating links to learning objectives and modular assessment resources. Our specific objectives are to:
1. Expand and broaden the coverage of our topic linking across the MIT curriculum.
2. Design a new element of our mapping approach that incorporates links between topics and learning objectives, and that introduces a new “Assess” category of resources.
3. Implement and assess the effectiveness of the enhanced mapping in a pilot program in Fall 2015.
4. Create specific feedback and recommendations for faculty members who are developing modular online resources.