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The proximity of the new headquarters of the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) Institute to MIT's campus will help connect students and faculty to new facilities, including the Fabric Discovery Center that provides end-to-end prototyping from fiber design to system integration of new textile-based products.

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus

New AFFOA facility represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.

June 19, 2017

Students who completed 6.S064, a fully-online pilot course modeled after the popular 6.002 (Circuits and Electronics), reported more flexibility with scheduling and less overall stress relative to their traditional classes.

MIT pilots full-credit online residential course

Campus students report more flexibility, reduced stress in taking an online version of a popular MIT course.

June 12, 2017

Online courses paved the way to MIT graduation

Amol Bhave’s path to MIT began with watching OpenCourseWare lectures from his home in India. Before he was admitted to MIT, he had created his own MITx course.

June 6, 2017

Professor Sara Ellison (center) and Professor Esther Duflo (right) receive an award from Professor Isaac Chuang for their work on "Data Analysis for Social Scientists.” Their course was awarded for the importance and relevancy of the topic, how the course is used in both the Data, Economics, and Development Policy MicroMasters program and for MIT undergraduate students, and how it provides stude...

First-ever winners of MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs announced

New annual prize lauds innovation in online courses.

May 22, 2017

Left to right: Thomas Ermacora, futurist, urbanist and humanitarian; Hala Fadel MBA ’01, founder and chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan-Arab region; Admir Masic, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT; Lara Stein, MIT ReACT development director; and Riccardo Sabatini, scientist and entrepreneur.

MIT to spur global education hub for displaced populations and refugees

The Refugee ACTion Hub (ReACT) will create tailored learning experiences and spark collaboration.

May 16, 2017

“I realized that I didn’t come to MIT because it was the best engineering school, but because it was the best place to discover what I was truly passionate about,” MIT senior Raul Boquin says.

Raul Boquin: Working toward high-quality education for all

MIT senior envisions opportunities for “every person of the world who wants to learn something.”

May 16, 2017

WaitSuite opens up new possibilities for "micro-learning," leveraging idle moments like when you're waiting to connect to WiFi or refresh your email.

Learn a language while you wait for WiFi

CSAIL tool integrates with email and web browsers to harness micro-moments.

April 17, 2017

MIT Global Entrepreneur Bootcamp alumnus Yen Pei Tay has enjoyed startup success with his Simplify app.

From MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to boomtown

An MIT global entrepreneur launches one of the world's most innovative companies.

February 15, 2017

Researchers are collaborating to close the achievement gap in MOOCs worldwide.

Small interventions, big effects: Closing the MOOC achievement gap

Techniques that develop a sense of belonging help to improve global MOOC persistence and completion rates.

January 31, 2017

At MIT, a panel discussed a new U.S. Department of Education report. Left to right: Sharon Lew, senior policy advisor and key author of the supplement; Joseph South, director of OET; Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at MIT; Ted Mitchell, U.S. under secretary of education; Barbara Means, director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International; and Anant Agarwal, CEO of ...

U.S. Department of Education launches supplement to technology plan focused on higher education

Ted Mitchell, Department of Education under secretary, visited MIT to discuss student-centered focus of the supplement.

January 19, 2017

New MOOC study explores 290 MIT and Harvard online courses, a quarter-million certifications, 4.5 million participants, and 28 million participant-hours.

Study of MOOCs offers insights into online learner engagement and behavior

New report, based on four years of data from edX, represents one of the largest surveys of massive open online courses to date.

January 12, 2017

Competency exam certificate now available for MITx Introduction to Biology course

New option for online learners tests subject mastery and provides meaningful certificates for one of the most popular MITx courses.

January 3, 2017

“Policymakers, NGO activists, and businesspeople in developing countries are increasingly aware of the importance of good data and rigorous evidence for designing and choosing policies and projects — and implementing them effectively,” says Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics.

MIT announces MITx MicroMasters program in development economics, with path to full master’s degree

Institute to offer its first “blended-only” master’s program, in data, economics, and development policy.

December 5, 2016

The Al Ghurair Foundation is now accepting applications for their first-ever MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management scholarship.

Expanding Arab access to MITx MicroMasters in supply chain management

Al Ghurair Foundation now accepting applications for a new scholarship opportunity.

October 21, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh attends a Boston STEM Week kickoff event.

Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers with Boston STEM Week

MIT collaborates with Boston Public Schools to bring hands-on curricula to local students.

October 7, 2016

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