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.
MIT and Harvard release working papers on open online courses
Research findings challenge common misconceptions, offer surprising insights about how students engage with MOOCs.
Former MIT president Charles M. Vest dies at 72
As the Institute’s leader from 1990 to 2004, he sparked a period of dynamism.
Reif releases preliminary report of the Institute-Wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education
Report presents possibilities for reimagining an MIT education.
Learn your way around MIT through online courses
Thanks to a series of online training courses, it’s now easier to find the answers you need when you need them.
Naval aviator powers up his education with MIT OpenCourseWare
Daryle Cardone uses the Institute’s free online course lessons to prepare for future study in physics and math.
Task Force on the Future of MIT Education works toward preliminary report this fall
Hundreds of members of the MIT community — including more than half of the faculty — have weighed in on the topic.
MIT OpenCourseWare marks 10th anniversary
Open education site has reached 170 million teachers and learners in 10 years.
2.03x Dynamics aims to improve learning on and off campus
New MITx course brings a classic MIT undergraduate experience into the age of digital learning.
MITx introduces ‘XSeries’ course-sequence certificates on edX
EdX also introduces new ID verification service.
EdX announces partnership with Google
Google and edX to collaborate on an open-source learning platform and research, among other things.
MITx philosophy course hits the hard questions
24.00x to tackle problems that 'do not have an instruction manual'
MITx course aims to start worldwide conversation about global architecture
4.605x A Global History of Architecture offers fresh perspective on the principles and forces at play in the discipline.