For the first time, the U.S. Department of Education launched a supplement to the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP) focusing on technology in higher education. They recently stopped by MIT to discuss the report.
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A new report, based on four years of data from edX, represents one of the largest surveys of massive open online courses to date. The joint research team from MIT and Harvard explored 290 online courses, a quarter-million certifications, 4.5 million participants, and 28 million participant-hours.
MIT neuroscientists have adapted their MRI scanner to make it easier to scan infants' brains as the babies watch movies featuring different types of visual input. Using the data, the team found that in some ways, the organization of infants' brains is surprisingly similar to that of adults.
A distinct neural signature found in the brains of people with dyslexia may explain why these individuals have difficulty learning to read, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists.
LEGO Mindstorms EV3, co-created by MIT's Mitch Resnick, is included in this year's list of top toys to help kids learn how to code.
According to Dr. Miller, multitasking ruins productivty, causes mistakes, and impedes creative thought. As humans, we have a very limited capacity for simultaneous thought - we can only hold a little bit of information in the mind at any single moment.
Tsai's laboratory studies the brain from the genes to higher order cognition such as learning and memory as well as brain disorders sucha as Alzheimer's disease. The Mika Salpeter Award recognizes an individual neuroscientist with distinguished achievements in neuroscience that actively promotes the advancement of women in neuroscience.
To improve education - whether pK-12, college, professional training, or online courses - one must first gain an understanding of how people learn. Applying that learning on a large scale requires a forward-thinking focus on expanding the reach of high-quality education for learners of all ages, all across the globe.
Charter schools - public schools that operate outside the normal system - have become a quarrelsome subject, of course, alternately hailed as saviors and criticized as an overrated fad. Away from the fights, however, social scientists have quietly spent years analyzing the outcomes of students who attend charter schools.
On Monday, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation announced the winners of their annual awards on outstanding achievements in psychiatric research. Earl Miller, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, received the Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience.