Knowledge Media Lab
The Knowledge Media Laboratory (KML) worked to create a future in which communities of teachers, faculty, programs, and institutions collectively advanced teaching and learning by exchanging their educational knowledge, experiences, ideas, and reflections by taking advantage of various technologies and resources.
Senior Staff
- Toru Iiyoshi, Senior Scholar
- Thomas Hatch, Founding Director
Major Publication
Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge
Toru Iiyoshi and M.S. Vijay Kumar, editors. Foreword by John Seely Brown. MIT Press, 2008.These essays by leaders in open education describe successes, challenges, and opportunities they have found in a range of open education initiatives. They approach the central question of how open education tools, resources, and knowledge can improve the quality of education. The contributors (from leading foundations, academic institutions, associations, and projects) discuss the strategic underpinnings of their efforts, the impact of their projects, and how close they have come to achieving a vision of sustainable, transformative educational opportunities.
Online Resources
Carnegie Perspectives
- Opportunity is Knocking: Will Education Open the Door
Toru Iiyoshi, Senior Scholar
Carnegie eLibrary