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DESCRIPTION:Host: SciLearn Program\, Office of Science Education\n	Presentat
 ion: Rethinking Learning\n	Date: Friday\, October 21\, 2022\, 1:00 - 2:00 p
 m\n\nRegistration for this event has closed. View the session recording he
 re. \n\nThe way we teach today is based on practices handed down to us tha
 t are historical rather than scientific in their evolution. Dr. Sarma will
  present a series of facts about learning from the scientific literature a
 nd argue that the way we teach today is neither optimal nor sustainable. H
 e will discuss the history of the science in the field of pedagogy\, and o
 pportunities to reinvent pedagogy. Dr. Sarma will argue that online educat
 ion has been misunderstood for the most part\, and it is best used as an a
 id to in-person education rather than a replacement. He will offer suggest
 ions on how higher education can reinvent its practices for the post-COVID
  world.\n\nProfile: Sanjay Sarma is the Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Danie
 l Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He co-fo
 unded the Auto-ID Center at MIT and developed many of the key technologies
  behind the EPC suite of RFID standards now used worldwide. He was also th
 e founder and CTO of OATSystems\, which was acquired by Checkpoint Systems
  (NYSE: CKP) in 2008. He serves on the boards of GS1US and Hochschild Mini
 ng and several startup companies including Top Flight Technologies. Dr. Sa
 rma received his Bachelors from the Indian Institute of Technology\, his M
 asters from Carnegie Mellon University\, and his PhD from the University o
 f California at Berkeley. Dr. Sarma also worked at Schlumberger Oilfield S
 ervices in Aberdeen\, UK\, and at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories in Be
 rkeley\, California. He has authored over 100 academic papers in computati
 onal geometry\, sensing\, RFID\, automation and CAD\, and is the recipient
  of numerous awards for teaching and research including the MacVicar Fello
 wship\, the Business Week eBiz Award and Information week's Innovators and
  Influencers Award. He advises several national governments and global com
 panies.\n\nIf you have questions\, please reach out to Hilary (hilary.swea
 tman [at] mail.mcgill.ca).\n
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SUMMARY:Dan Petrescu Speaker Series: Presentation by Dr. Sanjay Sarma
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/ose/channels/event/dan-petrescu-speaker-series-pr
 esentation-dr-sanjay-sarma-342273
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