News
June, 2018: Annual Project Meeting (Year 3) at Arapahoe Community College in Denver, CO.
January, 2018: FbW continues in the Spring 2018 term at Arapahoe Community College in Denver, CO, and welcomes new College Accounting faculty member, Heidi Horning.
October 18, 2017: Tech team visit to Quinsigamond Community College in MA.
August, 2017: FbW launches as an integral part of three classes (College Algebra and Accounting) at Arapahoe Community College in Denver, CO.
August 21–22, 2017: Tech team visit to Arapahoe Community College in Denver, CO.
June 12–14, 2017: Community College faculty workshop at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
November 3–4, 2016: Annual Project Meeting (Year 2) at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
April 4–5, 2016: Annual Project Directors' Meeting in Washington D.C.
February 8, 2016: Project kickoff at Arapahoe Community College in Denver, CO.
February 4, 2016: Project kickoff at Quinsigamond Community College in MA.
December 16–17, 2015: Project kickoff meeting at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
Press
October, 2017: An article in the QCC Newsletter. Innovative online learning takes flight at Quinsigamond Community College
September 29, 2016: An article in MIT News. Collaborating with community colleges to innovate educational technology
February 4, 2016: An article in The Denver Post. ACC to be testing ground for “fly-by-wire” education program
December 16, 2015: FbW kickoff meeting hosted at MIT. Overview slides posted.
October 9, 2015: We have been featured in a news article by the MIT Office of Digital Learning — “Fly-by-wire” technology for scalable, differentiated instruction
September 21, 2015: FIPSE First in the World awards announced by the U.S. Department of Education — Department Awards $60 Million in First in the World Grants to 17 Colleges, Universities and Organizations
The Fly-by-Wire team in the MIT wind tunnel
Danielle Staples, Math faculty at ACC working with the project manager on the FbW web app
Denice Pardee, Accounting faculty at ACC, explaining how FbW would work in her class
Heidi Barrett, Math faculty at ACC and Flora McMartin, External evaluation