Slovakia’s president, Andrej Kiska, visits MIT
Friday visit touched on the importance of innovation and online learning.
Study: Online classes really do work
Detailed quantitative study of learning online shows success, even among those with least preparation.
Request for proposals for innovative curricular projects
The Alex and Brit d’Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in Education seeks proposals for faculty-led projects to enhance the educational experience of MIT undergraduates.
MIT Professional Education announces new offerings of Online X professional course on big data
In response to success of initial offering, individuals may sign up now for fall and spring sessions of "Tackling the Challenges of Big Data"
World Economic Forum names Susan Hockfield chair of its Forum Academy
Former MIT president to shape development of new online learning initiative.
Division of Student Life launching online education initiative
Alumni support to fund innovative experiential learning curriculum.
50 startups, five days, one bootcamp to change the world
MIT hosts a unique experiment in blended learning.
The future of MIT education looks more global, modular, and flexible
Final report of Institute-wide Task Force offers 16 recommendations to help MIT evolve for a new world.
MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI) announces a collaboration with the Amgen Foundation
Focusing on biologics manufacturing, new course will be part of edX online learning platform.
MIT and Harvard release de-identified learning data from open online courses
Dataset contains the original learning data from the 16 HarvardX and MITx courses offered in 2012-13.
MathWorks expands its support for digital learning at MIT
Pledges an additional $2 million in the next three years to support the development of massive open online courses
MIT community making the most of lynda.com's online training
Since 2011, MIT community members have watched more than 238,000 video tutorials via lynda.mit.edu, which focuses on software training.