Online learning

Participants collaborate online to propose innovative solutions to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak at MIT HealthHACK.

Virtual hackathon unites international community to tackle Covid-19

University students and professionals connect online to find practical solutions to problems linked with the current pandemic.

May 13, 2020

Library staffers (clockwise from top left) Sue Kriegsman, Carol Schweigert, Felicity Walsh, Kari Smith, Matt Bernhardt, and Jennie Murack help keep library services running from their home offices.

In a suddenly remote spring, library support services carry on

Despite closing campus locations, the MIT Libraries continue to provide vital support for teaching, learning, and research.

May 7, 2020

Kyle Filipe working from home. "Our mentality is: keep telling us what you need and we'll keep trying to figure out creative solutions. That’s what [MIT IS&T] did before Covid-19 and that’s what we’ll do long after Covid-19.”

3 Questions: Kyle Filipe on moving MIT online amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Director of IT support services for MIT Information Systems and Technology describes how his unit mobilized to prepare the MIT community for our new virtual landscape.

May 5, 2020

MIT’s Student Success Coaching program pairs students with volunteer “coaches,” who check in with them once a week through the end of the semester to see how they are transitioning to online learning and more generally, how they are doing during the COVID-19 crisis.

Weekly calls keep students connected to the Institute during a pandemic

Through the MIT Student Success Coaching program, volunteer faculty and staff check in with students to assist with whatever “bubbles up.”

May 1, 2020

MIT Building 68, home of the Department of Biology

Life and learning find a way during a pandemic

Despite Covid-19 physical distancing, the Department of Biology has come together while being apart.

April 30, 2020

Shriya Srinivasan of MIT is the $15,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize “Cure it!” Graduate Winner for her Cutaneous Mechanoneural Interface (CMI), a new type of surgical process for amputee patients that would allow a person to sense what their prosthesis feels.

Top collegiate inventors awarded 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Students around the country recognized for innovative solutions to better single-use plastic, spacecraft and aircraft fuel gauges, surgery techniques, and more.

April 29, 2020

Screenshot from MIT Sloan Executive Education's recent Platform Strategy live online program offering

MIT Sloan Executive Education pivots to live online courses

Jumping the digital learning curve is forging a whole new path for participant engagement and program delivery.

April 29, 2020

A report from the MIT Open Learning Workforce Education Project argues that higher education can and should play a vital role in providing workers with 21st-century skills suited to new technologies, as well as opportunities to move into better-paying jobs.

Workforce Education Project details how Covid-19 upends assumptions

Report finds that higher education institutions can play a significant role in reforming workforce education.

April 28, 2020

Professor Jacob White demonstrates from the basement of his home during a J-WEL Connections session. His presentation, titled "Hands on for Half the Price" outlined some of the hands-on activities he’s using for remote instruction with his students during the Covid-19 crisis.

J-WEL Week becomes new online experience J-WEL Connections

After a quick change of plans owing to Covid-19, global education lab discovers the benefits of shifting to a virtual format.

April 21, 2020

A group of students from Harvard and MIT have created a mentoring platform called CovEducation that matches K-12 students from low income communities with college students to provide academic support.

Helping K-12 students overcome school closures

CovEducation matches college students with younger learners to facilitate online learning.

April 17, 2020

Of the growing demand for MIT's online education resources, MIT Professor Krishna Rajagopal says, “We are inspired to see students worldwide keep on learning, and indeed to see people everywhere learning something new and advancing their education, during this time of crisis.”

Students and teachers rely on MIT teaching and learning resources now more than ever

Drawing on two decades of experience, MIT offers classes and tools for educators, parents, and students in a suddenly virtual world.

April 16, 2020

Mosaic of MITx MicroMasters learners from the Program in Supply Chain Management. New program graduates bring the total number of credential-holders to 2,243 from 115 countries.

Amid shutdowns, supply chains pivot and global demand for specialized talent intensifies

New MITx MicroMasters credential-holders prepare to meet supply chain disruptions through their knowledge and newly acquired abilities.

April 13, 2020

In response to the increased need for digital content and distance learning, the MIT Press has made a selection of books on pandemics, epidemiology, and related topics freely available for the foreseeable future on the PubPub platform.

The MIT Press offers e-resources during the Covid-19 pandemic

The press is rapidly expanding free access to content including articles, books, and live discussions as a way to maintain public access to knowledge and research.

April 9, 2020

A mural of hopes and questions about artificial intelligence from a middle school workshop

Learning about artificial intelligence: A hub of MIT resources for K-12 students

New website offers a combination of learning units, hands-on activities, and mentor guides to foster AI literacy.

April 7, 2020

Left to right: Department of Mathematics Professor Alan Edelman, his co-instructor and family Corgi Philip, and visiting professor and longtime Julia lab collaborator David Sanders have altered their computational thinking course to encourage input on COVID-19 responses.

Computational thinking class enables students to engage in Covid-19 response

Nearly 300 students join an open course that applies data science, artificial intelligence, and mathematical modeling using the Julia language to study Covid-19.