Aaron Kessler, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Learning Sciences & Teaching
Aaron is Associate Director, Learning Sciences and Teaching for Open Learning at MIT. In his role within the Residential Education team he is responsible for working with faculty and course teams in the development, implementation, and research of online and residential courses that use educational technologies. He is the primary co-author of Learning Engineering Process chapter in the Learning Engineering Toolkit, currently serves on the IEEE International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering (ICICLE) Steering Committee, and chairs the ICICLE Design for Learning SIG. Central to all this work is the goal of supporting the development of instructional opportunities that provide learners the chance to engage in building deep conceptual understanding of content.