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In a recently released whitepaper, Preparing the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce: A Study of Occupation and Skills Demand in the Photonics Industry, a team from MIT including George Westerman, Principal Research Sci

Dr. Luke Hobson is a Senior Instructional Designer and Program Manager at MIT, an Online Instructor for SNHU, and host of the Dr. Luke Hobson Podcast and YouTube Channel. He is also the author of the book, What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Instructional Designer.

Saif Rayyan is Assistant Director of Academic Programs at the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL). Saif was born in Amman, Jordan. He holds a BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan and a PhD in Physics from Virginia Tech.

In the latest sign that campus activity has more or less returned to normal, the Gabrieli Lab and the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) were pleased to host guests from mindfulness in education non-profit <

Student research projects in mechanical engineering explore ways to scale laboratory and machine shop instruction with digital technologies.  Every semester as Dr. John Liu walked through the machine shop in MIT Building 35, he heard his fellow instructors give the same introductory lecture to students over and over again.

Last week the Coalition for Life Transformative Education (CLTE) held its first annual conference online to gather like-minded educators in service of creating transformative educational experiences that enhance student well-being and work engagement throughout life.

MIT is one of the most-represented universities on the list, which was recently expanded to 250 courses from 100 universities based on 170,000+ learner reviews. Read more

MIT's commitment to supporting students is led by David Randall, Senior Associate Dean for Student Support and Wellbeing. David has been at MIT since 2005 and was a dean in Student Support Services for many years.

Rita Sahu is the Acting Program Director for the Mental Wellness Initiative (an Initiative within MITili). The Initiative’s goal is to collaborate across research projects that impact or are impacted by learning.

“I firmly believe that every student needs strong STEM foundations regardless of their passion or future career goals because this world will only become [more] dependent on advances in STEM fields.” - MIT's Inge Gedo