Jeffrey Grossman, the Morton and Claire Goulder and Family Professor in Environmental Systems and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow, was recently appointed the new head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
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Now a PhD student in physics at SUNY Stony Brook, Kyle Lee's journey began online with MIT OpenCourseWare
Within two weeks of taking his first college-level physics course, Kyle Lee knew that he wanted to be a physicist.
Check out this video of MIT's Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee talking about their research in poverty and education. They are this year's co-winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Led by Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma, the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) draws together faculty from across the Institute to look at learning at different stages and scales, from neurons and brains, to physical classrooms and learning spaces, to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and global education.
Anindya uses data-science tools (including machine learning algorithms) and learning sciences to improve teaching, learning, and course design.
Education researchers and leaders hack transformative ideas at J-WEL Week
In a small conference room, three women sit down to tackle a global problem: the growing gap between the skills that employers say they need and the skills that job candidates actually possess.
Each year hundreds of local junior high and high school students visit the campus in Cambridge to take part in MIT’s Spark and Splash programs.
Nowadays, VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) are more popular, affordable, and accessible.
While it seems one never forgets how to ride a bike, the learning process can be long and frustrating: training wheels, wobbly handlebars, and skinned knees. For many, making the transition from walking on solid ground to cruising on two wheels can be quite daunting.
