Democratizing education: Bringing MIT excellence to the masses
The MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science, with over 1,000 credential holders, brings MIT excellence to learners around the world.
A new educational program for scientists working on substance use disorder
MIT Open Learning team awarded NIH grant to provide training in biomedical product development, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
Research, education, and connection in the face of war
“I wouldn’t let the aggressor in the war squash my dreams,” says Ukrainian mathematician and MITx MicroMasters learner Tetiana Herasymova.
A global lab for teaching and practicing synthetic biology
A pandemic-fueled transformation of the MIT course MAS.S64 (How to Grow (Almost) Anything) leads to next steps in democratizing synthetic biology.
Enabling advanced studies in Turkey with MIT OpenCourseWare
Study group of medical students in Turkey uses free MIT resources to pursue a PhD-level research agenda.
Program teaches US Air Force personnel the fundamentals of AI
MIT researchers developed and studied a customized AI training program for users with varied backgrounds, which could be delivered across large organizations.
Continuing education, over the years and across borders
Learning is a lifelong pursuit for 76-year-old Mexican tech executive Jesus Sotomayor, who recently earned his Professional Certificate in Digital Transformation from MIT Professional Education.
A whole new world of learning via MIT OpenCourseWare videos
“I get the chance to not only watch the future happen, but I can actually be a part of it and create it,” says Ugandan entrepreneur Emmanuel Kasigazi.
The “last mile” from credentials to employment
Digital Credentials Consortium’s new report explores barriers to adoption.
Desktop simulation of MIT.nano die bonder enables virtual tool training
Digital twins to expand training capabilities through virtual reality.
MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management reaches 1 million enrollments
Program's wide, global reach underlines changes that are transforming professional education.
Ad hoc committee releases report on remote teaching best practices for on-campus education
Task Force 2021 and Beyond report highlights innovative teaching practices that MIT instructors have incorporated into in-person classes, informed by remote-teaching experiences.
Innovation in the classroom
MIT’s Residential Education group fuels faculty ingenuity and student engagement.
Ethics in action
In MIT’s Experiential Ethics summer course, students grapple with real-world ethical decision making, often while interning in the very fields they’re studying.
High-energy and hungry for the hardest problems
Fusion physics pioneer and MIT climate change leader Anne White hopes to help “save the world with nuclear.”