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Creating New Lenses, Asking Different Questions

In 2004 the inventor Saul Griffith, then young grad student at MIT, won the prestigious Lemelson-MIT prize, based in part on his invention of desktop device to manufacture inexpensive eyeglass lenses on demand. Griffith was motivated by a concern for underserved communities around the world. He was wondering how it might be possible to bypass Read more »
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Where Will a Project Go? A Novel Approach to Following the Questions

If you’re thinking about taking part in one of our Sanctuary Discussion Projects, you might wonder about the directions the discussions might take. You might wonder whether the discussion Facilitator, or the Interactivity Foundation, has in mind some particular direction in which to lead the discussions. You might wonder whether the discussions will start with Read more »
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Student-Centered Discussion: Providing Structured Space for Critical Thinking

When many faculty hear the term “student-centered discussion,” they imagine students leading a “discussion” that is really just a bull session.  In fact, this is typically the sort of discussion that happens when faculty allocate small-group discussion time in their classes.  Faculty will provide students with one or more questions to discuss, and students will Read more »
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Taking a Conceptual Approach?

This post gives some examples of what we mean by taking a more conceptual approach in your discussions.
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Getting the Process Started

Our focus in the blog and in the Summer Institute is on exploring connections between the Interactivity Foundation’s “sanctuary discussion process” and the classroom.  In earlier postings I’ve talked about the character of our approach to collaborative and exploratory discussions and about setting the proper tone for such discussions.  In the next few postings I’ll Read more »
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