Phillip D. Long

Phillip Long is the Associate Director, in the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and leads the outreach effort projects that emerged from the MIT iCampus project. He is responsible for research and evaluation of innovative uses of technology in the MIT education. He is working to integrate MIT iCampus technologies into the MIT learning experience and support its dissemination to other institutions around the world. His current research interests focus on designing learning spaces to support active learning, emerging technologies and the use of virtual worlds.

Dr. Long’s professional activities are numerous: New Media Consortium Board (2006-09), current chair of the NMC Board, NMC Project Horizon (2005 to present), 2006 Syllabus Conference Campus Host, 2006, the SAC Program Committee (2005-07, 06 Chair), Adobe Higher Education Advisory Board (2007), Steven’s Institute of Technology WebCampus board, past member of the US Army Distance Learning Subcommittee, MIT DSpace Policy Committee and many others. Dr. Long is also a Senior Associate with the TLT Group, a non-profit dedicated to improve teaching and learning by making more appropriate and cost-effective use of information technology.

Dr. Long is a lapsed behavioral ecologist, having studied birds from the north slope of Alaska to the coast of Patagonia. His area of research was the evolution of mating systems and the biological bases for cooperation. He continues to enjoy birding and adding to his life list when his is not pursuing his other hobbies of sailing and running.