New research by MIT’s School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII) finds that preschool enrollment boosts college attendance, as well as SAT test-taking and high school graduation.
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Although considerable research connects VR to spatial presence, spatial awareness, and spatial ability, little is known about how users develop spatial presence in VR learning environments. Read about MIT’s VR in education research.
“Learners, teachers and communities around the world are now empowered to create, share, adapt and apply knowledge in the service of their particular needs.” MIT’s Curt Newton and Krishna Rajagopal talk about post-pandemic open education.
Senior Jose Aceves-Salvador has been hooked on research since his first UROP. “I love the learning process, and in biology there’s a never-ending cycle of questions to explore, as well as opportunities to learn from failures and successes along the way,” he says.
MIT graduate Emily Calandrelli (Emily’s Wonder Lab) is trying to be the STEM role model she didn’t have growing up in Morgantown, West Virginia, in the 1990s.
Celebrating 20 remarkable years, MIT OCW looks to the future, informed by learning needs underscored by the Covid-19 pandemic.
"What do libraries mean to me? In one word: everything. My mother was a librarian, first in the children’s section of a local public library and later a research librarian in the Danish Institute for Human Rights." #NationalLibraryWeek
Since its founding 20 years ago, MIT OpenCourseWare has granted free access to MIT course materials, laying the foundation for other open educational resource platforms.
Early education can only go so far. Disadvantaged students need tech role models who can lay out a path forward and show how interests can actually evolve into a career.
Professors Daron Acemoglu and Gigliola Staffilani have been honored as "Committed to Caring" for their dedicated advocacy and for connecting students with wider intellectual communities.