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How Harvard’s star Computer Science professor built a distance-learning empire — The New Yorker

By TechTaffy Desk

David Malan’s remote-teaching setup involves a host of technology, including a seven-foot-wide interactive computer screen, writes Eren Orbey.

Here is the link: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/how-harvards-star-computer-science-professor-built-a-distance-learning-empire

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