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Dean of Digital Learning Krishna Rajagopal (center) with winners of the MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs, Jessica Sandland (left) and Martin Bazant. Not pictured: Polina Anikeeva, who also received the MITx Prize, and John Belcher, Amy Carleton, Jared Curhan, and Erik Demaine, who received Teaching with Digital Technology Awards.

Seven MIT educators honored for digital learning innovation

Educators recognized for improving classroom instruction and student engagement through innovative uses of digital technology.

July 2, 2019

Students currently enrolled in, or who have already completed, the MITx Supply Chain Management MicroMasters program can apply now for the degree program, with an application deadline of Dec. 16.

Stackable online Master of Science in supply chain management announced

EdX, Arizona State University, and MIT collaboration creates world’s first stacked master’s degree on edX from two top-ranked universities in the field.

June 19, 2019

Samip Jain, a graduate student in the Integrated Design and Management program, works on a project in the lab. He has been learning with MIT through open education courses and programs since he was a young high school student.

A road paved with open learning

Through open education courses and programs, graduate student Samip Jain began learning with MIT long before he arrived on campus.

June 14, 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

Open Access Task Force members consulted with domain experts across campus and beyond to develop an understanding of current local, national, and global practices, policies, and possibilities.

MIT Open Access Task Force releases white paper

Paper provides an overview of efforts to make research and scholarship more freely and openly available.

September 7, 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

“In the span of about six months, I went from a nearly unemployed dropout with poor ad-hoc computer science skills to a technical position at one of the world's leading technology firms, in large part thanks to the open availability of these materials,” says Trent Parker.

OpenCourseWare opens up a whole new career

With self-directed learning, Trent Parker designs his own professional pathway.

May 22, 2018

Left to right: Audrey Azoulay, director-general, UNESCO; Professor Padma Sarangapani, chairperson, Center for Education Innovation and Action Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; Vijay Kumar, associate dean for open learning and PI of CLIx; and H.E. Majed Bin Ali Al-Noaimi, minister of education of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

CLIx project receives UNESCO award

The Connected Learning Initiative offers effective, quality education at scale in India.

March 13, 2018

The American University in Cairo is the first school in the world to pair with MIT in accepting the DEDP MicroMasters credential to help students embark on their master’s education.

Worldwide change takes global effort

The American University in Cairo is the first school to grant master's credits to MITx Data, Economics, and Development Policy MicroMasters program learners.

January 5, 2018

Felice Frankel, a research scientist in MIT’s Center for Materials Science and Engineering, has helped to produce images that just in the last few months have graced the covers of Nature, Nature Materials, and Environmental Science, among others.

Felice Frankel: Creating images to explain science concepts

MIT researcher helps scientists and engineers hone their visual imagery.

July 13, 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

For great challenges, a global strategy

MIT plan outlines new framework for expanding its international engagement.

May 17, 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

Letter regarding the future of MIT OpenCourseWare

July 20, 2016

The LINC Conference brought more than 250 of the world’s leading educators, technology entrepreneurs, and digital learning experts to discuss digital inclusion and online learning.

LINC Conference addresses the changing face of education

Over 250 leading educators, technology entrepreneurs, and digital learning experts convene at MIT.

July 7, 2016

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