Lessons learned from MITx’s prototype course
As the team behind MIT’s ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.
Wiki archiving process under way
As part of an effort to improve the performance and usability of the MIT Wiki Service, IS&T will begin an annual archiving of wiki spaces starting this summer.
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
CourseRoad, Dormbase win 2012 iCampus Student Prizes
CourseRoad named grand prize winner; Dormbase named runner-up
Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and development
Joint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.
Studying school quality, to fight inequality
New MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
MIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’
Online edX courses will open both universities’ classrooms to the world while enhancing on-campus learning.
MIT and Harvard announce edX
Joint partnership builds on MITx and Harvard distance learning; aims to benefit campus-based education and beyond.
What is edX?
Answering common questions about MIT and Harvard’s new partnership in online education.
DOE, MITEI announce a women in clean energy program for the U.S.
Announced at the Third Clean Energy Ministerial in London today.
MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative
Original short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students’ interest in engineering and science.
Pinpointing how antibiotics work
Team uncovers mechanism that produces fatal DNA damage in bacteria.
MIT Lean Advancement Initiative awarded $8 million for post-traumatic stress innovations project
To develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military psychological health care system related to PTSD.