Content tagged "MIT"
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The Paradoxical Arts of CMS/W
“One of the great things about MIT is that, even in the arts, it manages to be an exception to the rule.”
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In Medias Res, Fall 2013
The CMS/W magazine, highlighting the gains of the recent merger of CMS and Writing at MIT and the fruits of their decade-plus collaboration.
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Video: “MOOCs and the Emerging Digital Classroom”
What elements of teaching practice can be effectively translated into new media, and what aspects of “teaching” must be redefined?
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Following Aaron Swartz suicide, MIT President’s statement
“Although Aaron had no formal affiliation with MIT, I am writing to you now because he was beloved by many members of our community.”
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MIT150 Open House
For one of the few times in its history, the MIT campus — and all its departments, labs, and centers — will be fully, entirely, completely open to the public in honor of the Institute’s 150th anniversary.
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Video: A Conversation with Sherry Turkle
Sherry Turkle, author most recently of Alone, Together, discusses her darkening view of our digitizing world and her sense of the culture of MIT.
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A Tour of CMS and Media History at MIT
As part of MIT’s 150th anniversary celebration, Comparative Media Studies created a visual tour to feature MIT’s essential role in major media developments.
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Podcast: “A Conversation with Sherry Turkle”
Eminent MIT professor Sherry Turkle, author most recently of Alone, Together, discusses her darkening view of our digitizing world.
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Not Just in It to Win It: Inclusive Game Play in an MIT Dorm
Focusing on a group of undergraduates in an MIT dorm who have created a community that plays digital and non-digital games together and includes women.
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Jenkins’ Farewell
Henry Jenkins returns to talk about his scholarship on digital culture, founding Comparative Media Studies, and experiences as a teacher and housemaster.
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Hack outside our office this morning
The latest MIT latest was set up right outside the CMS offices, a full living room–curled up cat ‘n all–suspended upsidedown.
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Video: Thesis Presentations 2010. Hillary Kolos: “Not in it just to win it: Inclusive gaming in an MIT dorm”
Hillary Kolos describes her ethnographic study of gamers who live together in a dorm at MIT.
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Video: Thesis Presentations 2010. Rocket Lee: “Designing Game Ethics: A Pervasive Game Adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo”
Rocket Lee describes her research around running a 7-day game on the MIT campus.
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Button Mash: Gender and Gaming at MIT
Issues around gender and gaming, as well as an opportunity for female MIT students who play digital games to come together to talk and play.
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Podcast: Media in Transition 6: “Summary Perspectives”
Wrapping up Media in Transition 6, with Mary Bryson, University of British Columbia; Marlene Manoff, MIT Libraries; John Durham Peters, University of Iowa; Thomas Pettitt, University of Southern Denmark.
