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Dr. Vijay M S Kumar

Associate Dean of Digital Learning
Executive Director J-WEL

Primary DLC

MIT Open Learning

MIT Room: NE48-308
(617) 253-8004
http://odl.mit.edu/about/our-team/vijay-m-s-kumar?leadership=true

Assistant

Amy Taber
(617) 715-4532
ataber@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Coordinating Information Technology Services--Athena and other Centralized Computing, as well as Decentralized Resources in Schools and Academic Departments--for the Effective Use of Information Technology in MIT Education

Research Summary

Dr. Kumar's research, as well as his engagements as advisor/consultant are directed toward strategy, planning and implementing technological innovations for education. These include:

(*) Smithsonian (Advisor for Digital Futures).
(*) India National Knowledge Commission, (honorary advisor 2006- 2009).
(*) UNESCO (developing strategies for open educational resources, open technology and policy)
(*) Open University of Catalonia (Educational Innovation)
(*) Singapore University of Technology and Design (IT)
(*) Qatar Foundation International(educational technology and innovation)
(*) Massachusetts STEM Council's Network Operations Board.

Recent Work

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