This page presents lecture materials in several forms:
- Illustrated notebooks prepared by Nathan Cooke
- Selected detailed lecture notes prepared by Jessica Huang
- Selected lecture slides and supporting material
Flickr photo collection of various lectures, labs, and activities
| SES # | CLASS TOPICS | NOTEBOOKS | DETAILED NOTES | SLIDES & SUPPORTING MATERIAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | (PDF) | (PDF) |
Slides (PDF - 4.7MB) World Fact Quiz teaching note (PDF) |
| 2 |
D-Lab philosophy of development Stakeholder analysis & participation Role play activity: wheelchairs | (PDF) | (PDF) |
Slides (PDF - 2.1MB) Wheelchair role play: teaching note and instructions (PDF) |
| 3 | History of development: (1950-1970): The colonial legacy | (PDF) | (PDF) | Slides (PDF) |
| 4 |
History of development: (1970-1990) Appropriate technology Intermediate technology | (PDF) | (PDF) | |
| 5 |
History of development: (1990-present) Millennium development goals Participatory development Co-Creation Guest speaker: Mitch Resnick (MIT Media Lab) | (PDF) | (PDF) | Slides (PDF - 1.3MB) |
| 6 |
Entrepreneurship, government, and development in Africa Guest speaker: John Kufuor, (former president of Ghana) | (PDF) | (PDF) | Video of this talk: "Entrepreneurship, Government, and Development in Africa." MIT World. September 21, 2009. |
| 7 |
Agriculture Agricultural technology showcase: post-harvest processing | (PDF) | (PDF) | Slides (PDF - 1.8MB) |
| 8 | Projects and partners: China, India, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia | (PDF) | ||
| 9 |
Projects and partners: Peru, Ecuador, Brazil Agricultural technology showcase: drip irrigation | (PDF) | ||
| 10 | Country team meetings | |||
| 11 |
Agricultural focus groups: - Green revolution | (PDF) | (PDF) | |
| 12 |
Energy: biomass, biogas and biodiesel Energy lab: charcoal | (PDF) | Slides (PDF - 2.3MB) | |
| 13 |
Energy: sun Energy labs: photovoltaics, LED lighting Guest speaker: Jim Bales (MIT Edgerton Center) | (PDF) | ||
| 14 |
Energy: human power Energy lab: human power production | (PDF) | ||
| 15 |
Energy: Wind and water Guest speakers: Shawn Frayne ( | (PDF) |
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| 16 |
Modeling energy systems Village energy assessment HOMER | (PDF) | HOMER download (free registration required) | |
| 17 |
Water quality I Water lab 1: bacterial testing | (PDF) |
"Low-Cost Water Testing Apparatus." (PDF) (Courtesy of the TestWaterCheap team from MIT course Design that Matters, 2004. Used with permission.) Spreadsheet of student lab results (XLS) | |
| 18 |
Water issues in the developing world Guest speaker: Susan Murcott | (PDF) | (PDF) | Safe Water for 1 Billion People (H2O-1B) |
| 19 |
Harnessing the wind Guest speaker: William Kamkwamba | (PDF) | (PDF) |
Video of William Kamkwamba's talk at MIT Technology & Culture Forum (later that same day). TechTV, October 27, 2009. Videos from TED:
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| 20 |
Water quality II Water lab 2: chemical testing | |||
| 21 |
Institutions of development: WB and IMF Guest speaker: Rachel Glennerster (Executive Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)) | (PDF) | Slides (PDF) (Courtesy of Rachel Glennerster. Used with permission.) | |
| 22 |
Institutions of development Role of NGOs in development | (PDF) | ||
| 23 | Microfinance | (PDF) | Slides (PDF) | |
| 24 |
Micro-enterprise case study: Grameen Phone Guest speaker: Iqbal Quadir, (Founder & Director, MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship) | (PDF) | (PDF) | |
| 25 |
Discussion of Drowned Out Guest speaker: Balakrishnan Rajagopal | (PDF) | (PDF) | |
| 26 | ICT4D | (PDF) | ||
| 27 |
ICT4C Guest speaker: Mitch Resnick Scratch activity | (PDF) | (PDF) | SCRATCH website |
| 28 |
Creative capacity building Concrete Concrete lab | (PDF) | (PDF) | |
| 29 |
Cooking Cooking lab | |||
| 30 | The AIDS/HIV crisis | (PDF) | ||
| 31 |
Health issues in the developing world Guest speaker: Jose Gomez-Marquez (MIT; Innovations in International Health (IIH)) | (PDF) | (PDF - 3.0MB) | |
| 32 | Team presentations | (PDF) | See presentations on the projects page | |
| 33 |
Valuing indigenous knowledge Cultural taboos Cultural implications of development | (PDF) | ||
| 34 |
Market approaches to development Supply chains Guest speaker: Paul Polak (International Development Enterprises (IDE)) Role play activity: water resources | (PDF) | (PDF) |
Water role play: teaching note and instructions (PDF) |
| 35 |
What works: lessons from J-PAL Guest speaker: Kamilla Gumede (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)) | (PDF) | (PDF) | (PDF - 1.3MB) (Courtesy of Kamilla T. Gumede. Used with permission.) |
| 36 |
Climate change sustainability Guest speaker: Ben Linder | (PDF) | (PDF) | |
| 37 | Panel discussion with Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS) fellows | (PDF) | ||
| 38 | Evaluations | |||
| 39 | Final posters and presentations |
