Faculty highlight: W. Craig Carter
Materials science professor develops algorithms to solve problems across disciplines, strengthens online teaching techniques, and contributes to scientific art.
MIT creates new Online Education Policy Initiative
Project brings together leaders in learning sciences, social sciences, and cognitive sciences to collaborate on a vision for the future of online learning.
Study on MOOCs provides new insights on an evolving space
Findings suggest many teachers enroll, learner intentions matter, and cost boosts completion rates.
Reviewing online homework at scale
System clusters similar student programs together, so instructors can identify broad trends.
Two school foundings, 63 years apart, link MIT with advances in Brazilian education
ITA and FazINOVA share a bold vision for Brazilian higher education — and a source of inspiration at MIT.
Making more than pretty pictures
Felice Frankel uses strong visual vocabulary to eliminate ambiguity and sell ideas.
Evolutionary approaches to big-data problems
Una-May O'Reilly applies machine learning and evolutionary algorithms to tackle some of the world's biggest big-data challenges.
$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development
Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab to include focus on China.
A revolution in higher education
Sanjay Sarma is leading an educational revolution now underway in higher education.
A MOOC sees its greatest impact in the classroom at MIT
Flipping a classroom enhances student and faculty experience.
Sanjay Sarma advises Advanced Study Program students on blended learning
MIT Office of Digital Learning director speaks on the benefits of online and in-classroom learning.
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.
50 startups, five days, one bootcamp to change the world
MIT hosts a unique experiment in blended learning.
