/ M.S. Vijay Kumar -- Curriculum Vitae  
M.S. Vijay Kumar

Senior Associate Dean and
Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology,
Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bldg. NE-48, Room 3-007, Tech Sq
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-8004 (voice) / (617) 258-6875 (facsimile)
email: vkumar@mit.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ed. D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1986

    • Dissertation: "Introducing Technological Innovations for Education in a Developing Country -Implications for Planning" 
     
  • M.S. Industrial Management - Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Madras, India, 1978 Dissertation: "Systemic Planning for Higher Education Administration", IIT, Madras, 1978.

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  • B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, IIT, Madras, India 1975

Professional Experience

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

  • Senior Associate Dean and Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, DUE (January 2007-present)
  • Assistant Provost November, 1999-December 2006
  • Director of Academic Computing, May 1996- December 2006t 
  • Principal Investigator, The Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI), supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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      Influence and implement the Institute's strategic focus on educational technology. Promote and support the integration of information technology activities and services in MIT education. Leadership for Academic Computing in ACCORD (a coordinating framework for academic technology support), Information Services and Technology (IS&T) and the Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) in the Provost's office. Executive Officer, Member: MIT Council on Educational Technology (MITCET) with key roles for infrastructure, strategy and grant allocation; ICampus (Microsoft-MIT alliance) Steering Committee; MIT"s IT Architecture Group - ITAG and the Faculty Policy Committee.

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley,MA

  • Director of Academic Computing, July 1991-May 1996 
  • Associate Director, Computing and Information Systems, December 1993-1996 
  • Acting Director, CIS 1994, Director of Academic Computing ( 1991-'94)
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      Providing vision and direction to the college's efforts in integrating information technology across the curriculum; organizing and managing support for academic departments, faculty and students' information technology needs; serving as a catalyst for innovative and creative applications of technology in education; devising and implementing comprehensive strategies for effective and efficient use of information technology.

    University of Maine at Machias, Machias, ME

  • Director of Academic Computing, Assistant Professor Computer Applications - September 1987 - 1991 

    • University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

  • Group Leader, Automated Information Systems, Housing Services, May 1981 - August 1984 

      • Systems analysis and design of computerized information systems for inventory, purchase and maintenance; statistical analyses for planning

    Symbiosis, Madras, India

  • Management Consultant, 1978 - 1980 

      • Analysis, design and development of Management Information Systems; Organization and Methods studies; Optimization studies.

    Indian Institute of Technology,Madras, India,

  • Research Associate, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences 

      • Projects: "Goals of Undergraduate Engineering Education for the Decade 1976-1985", Ministry of Education, India (sponsor),1977-78; Feasibility Study for Hydrogen Energy Systems Technology

    Projects that I have championed, helped to initiate, attract funding for and implement: 

    at MIT: Open Educational Resources for access and quality in Indian higher education, Recommendations for the National Knowledge Commission (partially supported by the Hewlett Foundation); Integrated Communications for rich real time collaboration in education, research and community; Exploring opportunities for central coordination and sharing of High Performance Computing resources for education and research; Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) for the creation of an Open Architecture for Educational applications, supported by the Andrew J. Mellon Foundation; Development of Infrastructure for "One-One" (heterogeneous, mobile) computing, supported by the MIT-HP alliance; I-Campus, an MIT-Microsoft alliance initiative to support large scale strategic explorations for educational transformation; Academic Media Production Services for sustainable production of Web based educational materials; Stellar - MIT's Learning Management System; Spatial Data Services; "Crosstalk" - a forum for technology, teaching and learning as well as Project Pismere for the scaleable deployment of Windows 2000. . 

    at Mount Holyoke:: a curriculum development effort for International Relations faculty using on-line resources, supported by the Hewlett Foundation; the New Media Center initiative ; the Pew supported Technology Seminar Series for faculty to explore the transformations in pedagogy and scholarship through the use of information technology (1993-1995);

    at the University of Maine, Machias:: Development of interfaces for networked resources (supported by AT&T); STILE - a project for training teachers in the use of technology (supported by IBM) and the development of Maine's Instructional Telecommunication Project ( partly supported by Annenberg/CPB)

    at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst:: "The Microcomputer Experience" an innovative program for teachers and children at the School of Education, (1982); "Electronic Aids for Literacy" project sponsored by the Center for International Education, USAID and Texas Instruments, Inc., that explored the feasibility of hand-held devices for literacy education in schools in Lesotho, Southern Africa,(1983-84)

    for EDUCOM:: Valuable Viable Software in Education, Case Studies and Analysis that led to the book by that name, published by McGraw Hill-Primis, (coeditor) and the Joe Wyatt Challenge project - 101 Success Stories .
     

    Consulting

    		  

    • University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Advisor for educational innovation and technology strategy, 2007-present
    • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, Advisory Committee for Computing Services, October 2006.
    • National Knowledge Commission, India, Advisor, December 2005-present
    • Ecole Polytechnic Federale Lausanne, Switzerland, Academic Communications and Planning, June 2006
    • University of California, Berkeley, External Review Committee for IT, 2005.
    • FAPESP,TIDIA,Sao Paulo, Brazil, Program and Project Review for Advanced N, December, 2003
    • Ecole Poytechnic Federale Lausanne, Switzerland, Chair of External Review (audit) Committee for IT, November 2002
    • University of California, Los Angeles, Educational Technology  strategies, October 2002.
    • University of California, Berkeley, External Review Committee for Educational Technology 
    • Keene State College, New Hampshire, Planning for Educational Technology 
    • Annenberg CP/B Seminar on Video for Faculty Development, California State University, Hayward, April 1995: The potential of WWW for faculty Development 
    • Follett Corporation, Chicago, January 1995: A Strategic Planning exercise for "the future of the book" 
    • Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C. January 1986:Preliminary study for Automated System Development for Scholarship Processing and Tracking, Ministry of Education, Zimbabwe. 
    • Several Colleges and K-12 systems in the Northeast :Planning for integrating computers and communications in the educational process; developing collaborative projects and grants; teacher training in technology use. 

    Professional Activities

    		  
    • OECD, Barcelona, October 26-28, 2006
    • Applications Strategy Council, Internet2, Member, 2004-2007
    • CURRIKI Global Education Learning, Advisory Board, 2004 - Present Advisory Board, 2004
    • National Academy of Engineering, Member Expert Steering Committee, Workshop on Interoperability, November 2002
    • Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Online Edition, Member, International Editorial Board
    • Corporation for Research Education Networking, Trustee, 1998-Present 
    • CAUSE Recognition Committee member (1997-2000) 
    • NLII Teaching and Learning Bridge Task Force 
    • Industrial Liaison Program, MIT 
    • Ivy+ Academic Computing Directors, member (1996-present) 
    • CAUSE Professional Development Committee member (1998-2000) 
    • Common Solutions Group, member 1996-present 
    • Seminars on Academic Computing, Chair, Governing Board, 1995-1997, Board Member 1994-1997, Program Committee Chair, 1994-1995, 1999. 
    • New England Regional Computing Program, NERCOMP, Board Member,- present, Chair 1997-1998, Program Committee Chair ,1995-1998 
    • American Association for Higher Education's (AAHE)Teaching, Learning and Technology Group. 
    • Advisory Board - NIIT, India 
    • Apple Higher Education Advisory Board,1997-1998 
    • EUIT, Educom Steering Committee, 1993 
  • Publications and Reports
    • Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge, Toru Iiyoshi and M. S. Vijay Kumar (Eds), MIT Press, November 2008.
    • "Open Educational Resources in IndiaÕs National Development", Open Learning special issue on OERs, UNESCO, March 2009
    • "The Case for Open Education Resources Distance and Distributed Education to Support the Growing Knowledge Economy in India, Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, Volume I, Information Science Reference, Hershey PA, 2009.
    • "From Open Resources to Educational Opportunity", ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology, Vol. 13, No. 3, October 2005, pp. 241-247
    • "From Course Management Systems to Open Frameworks and a Sustainable Ecology of Educational Systems",Course Management Systems for Learning - Beyond Accidental Pedagogy, McGee P., Carmean, C., Jafari A., (Eds), Information Science Publishing. 2005.
      • "Opening Up Educational Possibilities through Content Pedagogy and Technology" ,Proceedings, National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan, January 2004. 
    • "Building "Open" Frameworks for Education" ,New Horizons, EDUCAUSE Review, \ November-December, Volume 36, Number 6, 2001. 
    • "Choosing the Right Track for IT's Transformation of Teaching and Learning" ,Viewpoints, EDUCAUSE Review, June 2000. 
    • "The Other Infrastructure: Distance Educations Digital Plant&quo,Judith Boettcher and Vijay Kumar, Syllabus, June 2000. 
    • "Valuable, Viable Software in Education: Case Studies and Analysis",Edited by Ehrmann, Goldsmith, Kumar & Morris, EDUCOM, McGraw-Hill, Primis, September 1993 
    • "Meta-lenses for Academic Computing in a Small University: Examining Past Progress and Problems, Future Promises and Perils.", CAUSE '89 National Conference Proceedings, November 1989. 
    • "Introducing Technological Innovations for Education in Developing Country -Implications for Planning", , Ed.D. Dissertation, School of Education, UMASS, Amherst, September 1985. 
    • "The Microcomputer in Education: Three Activities in Lesotho",, co-authors: Anzalone, S., McLaughlin, S. and Conrad, K., Technical Report, Center for International Education, UMASS for Office of Education Bureau for Science and Technology USAID, 1984. Book Review: 
    • "Multinational computer Nets", by Richard H. Veith, Lexington Books, D.C. Heath and Company, Published in Educational Futures, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 1983. 
    • "Microcomputers in Education: From the Present to Realization of Potential", , School of Education. UMASS, Amherst, May 1982. 
    • , "Modern communication Technology for Educational Reform in India - A Macro Perspective", , School of Education, UMASS, Amherst, May 1982. 
    • "Frame Inertia and Futures Thinking", , Futures Information Interchange, December 1980 

    Selected Presentations

    • MACLearning Annual Conference, Keynote Presentation, "Open, A New Deal for Education, , MIT, March 27, 2009.
    • 5th GLOBE-NIME seminar "Open, A New Deal for Education, Keynote Presentation, , Tokyo, Japan February 2008
    • EADTU, UNESCO, Open Educational Resources for National Development in India, Paris, March 12-13, 2009
    • PAN IIT, Technical Education 2020 Session, Keynote presentation, " Educational Technology at MIT, : ", 2008, Madras December 20th, 2008
    • THE OPEN FORUM,Keynote Presentation, "The Path to Open: Tenets for Institutional Planning in an Era of Open,PALM SPRINGS, CA , November 14, 2008
    • IT WorldEdu Summit 2008, "Leadership of educational innovation with ICT support", Barcelona, 30th October, 2008
    • Open Ed Tech, UoC, Barcelona, November, 2008
    • Asia-Pacific Leaders Forum on Secondary Education, New Skills for a Global Innovation Society, Panelist: Technology's role in Improving Access and Quality, New Delhi, India, MArch 24-26, 2008
    • Open Learn, Open University, UK, Research Panel , , Panel (Moderator), "Opening Up Education: Removing Barriers, Fostering Participation, and Promoting Sustainability, October 30, 2007
    • Open Innovation in Education, University of Tokyo August 25, 2007 .
    • International Society for the Scolarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) 2007 Conference, Featured Panel Session Opening Up Education: Collectivity and the Commons for Catalyzing Educational Transformation,, Sydney, Australia,, Jul 2-5,2007
    • Internet2 Fall 2004 Meeting, Austin, TX, The Role and Value of Advanced Networking in Teaching and Learning, September 28, 2004.
    • EDUCAUSE 2004, Denver CO "The CMS and Beyond<, October 2004. /i>
    • ALT-C (Association for Learning Technology) Conference, Bristol, U.K., Keynote Presentation, "From Open Resources to Educational Opportunity". September 2004
    • TERENA Networking Conference, 2004, Rhodes, Greece, Keynote Presentation, , From Open Resources to Educational OpportunityJune 9, 2004.
    • Common Solutions Group Meeting, Harvard University, Pervasive Computing to Abundant Educational Opportunity at MITSeptember 2004.
    • EDUCAUSE 2002, Atlanta, Visions for Technology enabled Education
    • University of Maryland, Open Frameworks for Educational Applications - Towards a Sustainable Ecology, June 3, 2002.
    • University System of Georgia, Open for Education, April 1-2, 2002.
    • Coalition for Networked Information,  Washington D.C., "Infrastructure Strategy for Sustainability and Boundariless Education, April 15, 2002.
    • National Competitiveness Network, Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI)University of Warwick, England , MIT's Open Knowledge Initiative,December 10, 2001.
    • Telelearning 2001, Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada,  MIT, the Internet and Educational Entropy,November 12, 2001.
    • Harvard-ABCD Group, Transforming Educational Interactions through Technology- the MIT Experiments and Experience,November 21, 2001.
    • Center for Studies in Higher Education , University Teaching as E-Business? Research and Policy Agendas,October12, 2001.
    • Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass, CO , OCW: A Strategy for Educational transformation,August5, 2001.
    • Association for Pacific Rim Universities, Kyoto, Japan , Bold Experiments for Launching the Global University,May 12, 2001.
    • NASA Langley Research Center, Next Generation Learning Systems, Sustainable Pathways for New Learning Systems,September 21, 2000.
    • Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley, March 25, 2000, The Challenge of Cyber-Education , 
    • Thinking Globally Acting Locally
    • Distinguished Lecture Series Tata Infotech and IEEE, Mumbai, India, May 3, 1999,The Future of IT in Education 
    • Common Solutions Group Group, Information Systems at MIT - An Organizational Perspective,October1998 
    • Information Futures Institute 
    • Educom 98, Emerging Models for Faculty Support 
    • ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 98, Freiburg, Germany, June 24, 1998 
    • UCISA, Jersey, U.K., Keynote presentation Quality, Virtuality and Reality 
    • Workshop on Advanced Engineering Education,NASAEngineering Educational Environments for Tomorrow 
    • CAUSE '97, Current Issues Session on Faculty Support 
    • Educom- Itech '97 
    • Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass , Colorado, August 1997, Quality, Virtuality and Reality 
    • Syllabus Workshops, Ft. Lauderdale, March 97, Institutional Support Strategies 
    • CAES, Distance Education Conference, MIT, November 1996, The Reality of Implementing Virtuality 
    • Educom96, Philadelphia, A Slow Revolution Speeds Up -AAHE's Teaching Learning Technology Roundtables 
    • Syllabus 96, Sonoma State University, July 1996, Meaningful Support for Technology in Education 
    • EDUCOM 95. Portland, Oregon, October 1995, 
    • American Association for Higher Education , Annual Conference, Washington D C, March 1995 Technology Seminar at Mount Holyoke 
    • EDUCOM 94, San Antonio, October 94, Crafting the New Learning Enterprise: Tales from the Log 
    • American Association for Higher Education , Annual Conference, Chicago, March 1994, Successful Teaching in the Brave New world 
    • NERComp Hypermedia SIG Conference, Mount Holyoke College, March 93, Institutional Strategies 
    • EDUCOM '92, Baltimore, Maryland, October 29, 1992, Focus on Communities: Can Connectivity Support Community? 
    • EDUCOM '92, Baltimore, Maryland, October 29, 1992, Valuable & Viable Types of Curricular Software 
    • League of Innovation for Community Colleges, San Diego, November 1991, What kinds of software have influenced the curriculum: Report from the Valuable, Viable Software Project 
    • League of Innovation for Community Colleges, San Diego, November 1991,A Vision for the Future of Higher Education. 
    • EDUCOM '91, San Diego, October 91, Moving from Myth to Vision: Educational Uses of Information Technology 
    • Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass Village, Colorado, August 1991, Distance Education Opportunities: An Ounce of Image IS Worth a Ton of Text 
    • National Educational Computing Conference, Phoenix, AZ, June 1991, Two to Tango 
    • A Bridge to Tomorrow, Third Annual Conference on Emerging Technologies in Education and Training, University of Maine at Augusta, September 1989, Technology Promoting Academic Excellence, Excellent Academics Promoting Technology 
    • New England Regional Computing (NERCOMP), Faculty Development and Academic Computing Seminar, Bryant College, November 1988,Promoting Technology Use in Educational Environments: The Organizational Focus 
    • EDUCOM '88, Campaign for Excellence, Washington, D.C., October 1988,Technology in Education: Planning Themes and Paradigms