Office of Open Learning

MIT researchers have developed a computational model that could enhance video game simulations designed to facilitate training for teachers and students who might encounter racial issues in the classroom.

Virtual reality game simulates experiences with race

A novel computational model that considers how users have been conditioned to think about race might facilitate training for teachers and students.

May 16, 2019

“Academic training rarely covers the importance of engaging with policymakers or provides the tools necessary to do so effectively,” says Dan Pomeroy (left), PL@CIS managing director and senior policy adviser. Chappel Lawson is on the right.

MIT Policy Lab launches MITx course on policy outreach

The new online course aims to help researchers engage with public policymakers.

May 16, 2019

Gil Strang teaches 18.06 (Matrix Methods in Data Analysis, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning). OCW will soon post 34 videos to 18.065, and he recently released "Linear Algebra and Learning from Data," his 12th textbook.

Gil Strang is still going strong, online and in print

After nearly 60 years of teaching at MIT, this math professor surpasses 10 million views on OCW, earns top reviews for his teaching style, and publishes his 12th book.

May 8, 2019

Nine universities team up to create global infrastructure for digital academic credentials

Researchers set sights on a new standard for issuing, sharing, and verifying academic credentials.

April 23, 2019

In her keynote address, "Computing Is for Everyone," Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe emphasized the importance of attracting more women and underrepresented minorities to computer science and engineering.

Innovating at the speed of light

Symposium speakers describe how colleges must meet the challenges of a rapidly emerging environment in which "computing is for everyone."

March 4, 2019

Young learners at the Chinese International School build their own project with guidance from rising MIT junior Rana Odabas.

MIT STEAM Camp in Hong Kong blends mind and hand for middle school students

MIT's pK-12 Action Group collaborates with the Chinese International School to bring faculty, staff, and students together for hands-on learning.

October 3, 2018

To date, 19 pathway institutions in 11 countries offer 58 different pathways to a master’s degree.

MITx MicroMasters adds new pathways to master’s degrees

Learners from around the globe now have enhanced access to “blended” master’s programs at MIT and elsewhere.

October 1, 2018

In the online five-course program, which led to an MIT MicroMasters certificate after completion of a rigorous online exam, 1,900 students completed all the classes, and 622 successfully completed the final exam. Forty-two of the students ended up starting the residential semester in January of this year.

First class excels in “hybrid” master’s program

Experimental degree combining online MicroMasters and residential learning sees great success.

July 13, 2018

MIT undergraduate Mark Vrablic (standing, left) engages as the teaching assistant and mentor for a student group building a video game in a nine-day workshop that he helped design and publish on MIT’s OpenCourseWare along with Department of Materials Science and Engineering lecturer Kyle Keane and Andrew Ringler from the Interactive Materials Education Laboratory.

Bringing humanistic education in technical subjects to the world

Students and staff combine workshopping and OpenCourseWare to demonstrate human-centered pedagogies in the context of modern topics and technologies.

June 28, 2018

Krishna Rajagopal (left) presents the Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education to Chris Caplice (left) and Eva Ponce.

Chris Caplice honored for creating first MicroMasters recognized by MIT

Center for Transportation and Logistics executive director honored with three notable awards for creating the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management.

June 18, 2018