by Virtual College UK
An e-learning champion has been selected as the 17th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). L Rafael Reif, will assume his leadership role on July 2nd. The 61-year-old has been chief academic officer of the US university since 2005 and in this capacity he had an important part to play in the development of the institute’s MITx online learning initiative. Commenting on his appointment as MIT president, Mr Reif said: “Educating students is central to our mission, so I believe MIT should focus, institute-wide, on innovations in teaching and learning, to further enrich the powerful MIT formula of ‘Mind and Hand’. Let me conclude with the obvious recognition that there is a great deal to do and that the sooner we start doing, the more we can get done,” he added.
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