Energy synergy: MIT ignites CERAWeek
MIT representatives shared emerging energy technologies at an influential conference rife with world leaders.
Materials science master class
Professor W. Craig Carter leads a collaborative effort to build a materials science curriculum online with integrated programming and active student engagement.
Helping students stick with MOOCs
New techniques could help identify students at risk for dropping out of online courses.
MIT and Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation collaborate to transform teaching in the digital age
Collaboration will support pre-K-12 teachers in using emerging digital learning tools.
Faculty highlight: W. Craig Carter
Materials science professor develops algorithms to solve problems across disciplines, strengthens online teaching techniques, and contributes to scientific art.
Learn a language while you text
Graduate student's “WaitChatter” app teaches vocabulary during moments in between text and instant-message replies.
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.
Learning by teaching in a different culture
MISTI Global Teaching Labs has reached over 10,000 foreign high-school students with summer internships and research opportunities.
Captioning at scale
Company’s more-efficient captioning system processes hundreds of video-hours per day.
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.
Better how-to videos
System recruits learners to annotate videos, increasing their educational value.
A week at MIT
Workshop on quantitative methods in biology draws diverse undergrads from across the country.
$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.