MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society builds educational partnership...
In addition to making online education crucial to continued learning, the coronavirus pandemic poses the kind of global, societal challenges that must be addressed with rigorous data analysis. As the...
View ArticleMastering online learning to level up
A number of pervasive myths surround online learning: that it’s isolating, that the quality of instruction is innately lower than in an in-person classroom, or that it’s only for those who can’t...
View Article2021 MITx Prize winners build community on campus and across the globe
On May 14, six MIT instructors were honored with the 2021 MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs. The prize, established in 2016, honors excellence in creating Massive Open Online Courses...
View ArticleMIT and Harvard agree to transfer edX to ed-tech firm 2U
MIT and Harvard University have announced a major transition for edX, the nonprofit organization they launched in 2012 to provide an open online platform for university courses: edX’s assets are to be...
View ArticleFAQs on agreement to sell edX to 2U, Inc. and fund nonprofit to reimagine...
This set of FAQs offers information about today’s announcement of a transaction to sell edX as a public benefit company while funding a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the impact of digital...
View ArticleLetter from President Reif: A new future for edX
To the members of the MIT community,I write to share important news about the future of edX, the nonprofit that MIT and Harvard launched together in 2012 to offer the world an open-source online...
View ArticleShaping the future of work
If you had told MIT professor Tom Kochan 10 years ago that teaching online courses would forever change his outlook on education, he’d have said, “I don’t think so.”Today, Kochan has come around...
View ArticleRefugee learners aim to lift up their communities
The MIT Refugee Action Hub (ReACT) recently celebrated the graduation of its third Certificate in Computer and Data Science cohort in an online ceremony. ReACT is a yearlong online learning program...
View ArticleStudying learner engagement during the Covid-19 pandemic
While massive open online classes (MOOCs) have been a significant trend in higher education for many years now, they have gained a new level of attention during the Covid-19 pandemic. Open online...
View ArticlePreparing global online learners for the clean energy transition
After a career devoted to making the electric power system more efficient and resilient, Marija Ilic came to MIT in 2018 eager not just to extend her research in new directions, but to prepare a new...
View ArticleFestival of Learning centers on guiding students from surviving to thriving
The Festival of Learning is an annual event for MIT faculty, students, and staff, co-sponsored by MIT Open Learning and the Office of the Vice Chancellor to examine excellent learning practices and...
View ArticleMIT OpenCourseWare launches NextGen platform
After serving millions of learners around the world for the last 20 years, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) has launched its next-generation platform to allow for flexible growth, experimentation, and...
View ArticleSecret superheroes of EECS
MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is a crucible for technological innovation, but one of the most important aspects of the program’s leading global status has nothing to...
View ArticleSanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning
After nearly a decade running MIT’s digital learning platforms and education initiatives, Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma will step down from that post at the end of June, President L....
View ArticleChristopher Capozzola named senior associate dean for open learning
MIT Professor Christopher Capozzola has joined MIT Open Learning as senior associate dean, effective Aug. 1. Reporting to interim Vice President for Open Learning Eric Grimson, Capozzola will oversee...
View ArticleNew algorithm aces university math course questions
Multivariable calculus, differential equations, linear algebra — topics that many MIT students can ace without breaking a sweat — have consistently stumped machine learning models. The best models have...
View ArticleHigh-energy and hungry for the hardest problems
A high school track star and valedictorian, Anne White has always relished moving fast and clearing high hurdles. Since joining the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) in 2009 she has...
View ArticleInnovation in the classroom
The 2022–23 school year is underway, and MIT's instructors and teaching assistants are back in the classroom and laboratories. Each time they supplement their in-class lecture with a video, organize a...
View ArticleMITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management reaches 1 million...
A milestone in the evolution of education in the supply chain field was reached at the end of September, with the one-millionth enrollment in the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management...
View ArticleA whole new world of learning via MIT OpenCourseWare videos
Like millions of others during the global Covid-19 lockdowns, Emmanuel Kasigazi, an entrepreneur from Uganda, turned to YouTube to pass the time. But he wasn’t following an influencer or watching music...
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