Jessica G. Sandland
Lecturer, MIT Materials Science and Engineering
Jessica is a Lecturer in the Department of Material Science and Engineering and an MITx Digital Learning Scientist. Jessica leads online learning initiatives in DMSE, creating MOOCs and designing blended courses for MIT students. She has coordinated the development of a wide variety of DMSE’s online courses, including 3.086x: Innovation and Commercialization, 3.032x: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 3.072x: Symmetry, Structure, and Tensor Properties of Materials, 3.15x: Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Devices, and 3.054x: Cellular Solids.
Here are the guidelines that the Department of Materials Science & Engineering has developed for online thesis presentations. https://www.dropbox.com/s/1gghoj3w0ds0vxe/DMSE%20Thesis%20Presentation%20Guidelines_update2.docx?dl=0 Note: On 3/30/20 the document was upd…
Aaron Kessler and I put together an online learning guide for students. If you find it useful, please share it with the students in your departments. https://www.dropbox.com/s/7o14y2pyf7ru3ll/Student%20Guide%20%282%29.pdf?dl=0
Ye Li (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science Librarian) compiled the following list of resources, and she gave me permission to share them with you here: Journal of visualized experiments --JoVE We have subscriptions to many of their research oriented titles. Access through http://library.mit.edu…
Live polling your students (using “clicker questions”) is a great way to make your classrooms more active. Web conferencing tools have live polling features that allow you to poll your students in real-time and immediately share the results with them afterwards. Instructions for live Zoom polls can be found here.…
This is a short document that I prepared for instructors who will need to teach online but who don’t really know where to get started. It isn’t meant to provide an exhaustive list of online teaching possibilities. Rather, it aims to outline one relatively low-barrier approach to conducting a fully online course. https://ww…