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Article: Engineering education
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- Electrical Apparatus
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- December 1, 2008
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iLabs elevate science education
Professor Kemi Jona of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. - who has a dual appointment in learning sciences at the School of Education and Social Policy and in electrical engineering and computer science at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science - has received a grant from the National Science Foundation enabling him to partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in providing students with remote online access to lab equipment.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has benefited from Microsoft funding for roughly ten years, but its program focused on the undergraduate population.
"I saw an opportunity to bring the same ...