“Spatial computing” enables flexible working memory
The brain applies rhythms to physical patches of the cortex to selectively control just the right neurons at the right times to do the right things.
Festival of Learning 2023 underscores importance of well-designed learning environments
Keynote speaker Bror Saxberg SM ’85, PhD ’89 encourages understanding learners and their contexts.
Giving refugees design education — and newfound hope
MIT D-Lab workshops equip refugees in Greece and elsewhere with the skills and confidence to solve problems in their communities.
Program teaches US Air Force personnel the fundamentals of AI
MIT researchers developed and studied a customized AI training program for users with varied backgrounds, which could be delivered across large organizations.
Research collaboration to examine parent-child learning interactions’ impact on child skill and curiosity
J-PAL North America and the University of Chicago’s Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab will evaluate two approaches to text-based parental engagement programs that motivate two distinct kinds of learning interactions.
Reimagining a curriculum for tomorrow's engineers at the University of the Andes
A three-year collaboration with J-WEL upgraded student learning through human skills, project-centered classes, and adaptability.
Not every reader’s struggle is the same
An MIT study finds that children from different socioeconomic backgrounds tend to have different brain patterns associated with reading difficulty.
The “last mile” from credentials to employment
Digital Credentials Consortium’s new report explores barriers to adoption.
Innovation in the classroom
MIT’s Residential Education group fuels faculty ingenuity and student engagement.
Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism
Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer.
Christopher Capozzola named senior associate dean for open learning
Distinguished professor and public history advocate will oversee open education offerings and campus-focused services.
New findings reveal how neurons build and maintain their capacity to communicate
Nerve cells regulate and routinely refresh the collection of calcium channels that enable them to send messages across circuit connections.
3 Questions: Teaching computational maker skills through gaming
With FabO, PhD student Dishita Turakhia wants to empower students to learn digital fabrication by making video game objects and characters come alive.
Investing in a new future with Open Learning
For MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx MicroMasters learner Michael Pilgreen, risk taking and hands-on learning opened new doors in finance.
Migration Summit addresses education and workforce development in displacement
MIT Refugee Action Hub event convene learners, activists, and educators from around the world in storytelling and collaboration.