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–United Airlines Flight Attendant

Silly me, I bought the line that…

“Flight attendants are primarily there for your safety.”

–United Airlines Pilot

(From a conversation on United Airlines 474, SFO to YVR, August 10, 2009.)

August 10, 2009/by Brandon Muramatsu

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Brandon Muramatsu builds connections at the intersection of learning, technology, innovation and scale. His work focuses on online and digital learning to improve teaching and learning with a focus on open education. He has been involved in the development of learning technologies and education technologies, curriculum and course development, open education / open educational resources and educational digital libraries over the last 25+ years. His work has a focus on engineering and STEM education, both nationally and internationally, and at all education levels.

Brandon Muramatsu leads the design and implementation of local, national and international strategic education initiatives at MIT for MIT Open Learning, and he consults on open education and educational innovation and technology.