Themes from Workshop

Education Themes

• Tool to link video, notes, people, etc. -index & searchable & participative
• Collect best practices across MIT (& development standard procedures) and
  elsewhere-technology education
• Eliminate black/white board approach/ transitory nature of data
• System to aid information dissemination prior to lectures
• Rethink classroom spaces to be configurable
• Podcast lectures

Cross-cutting Themes

• Study ideas & other Universities
• Standard for: voice, video- rich media sharing at MIT
• Portal of collaboration services
• One- stop shopping tools available to faculty: link research groups, delivering
  lecture content
• Make lab equipment remotely accessible across campus
• Engage with Motorola & F Telecom labs
• Have a name for EFFORT!

Research Themes

• Advanced directory coupled to communication & data (pull together what exists
  today)
• Sharable applications- any appointment, any machine, any # of parties-with
  minimal operational over head (one click)
• Finding best practices/ commercial services for- electronic lab books, blogs

Community Themes

• Social networking (new students, faculty) -presence & location, communication
  services (IM), Choice to be viewable, shared city of interest, advanced directory
  ("virtual greeters" for new members)
• 1ft resolution map quest & routes (including "indoors" function)
• System to let you create, share (or hide) your profile, track where people are &
  how to use campus
• Tools to enable pre-admission convention (house masters)
• Make structure access easy in living spaces/ professor's