The Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) at MIT Open Learning awarded the first Frontiers in Digital Learning awards, a new grant program that curates, activates, and shares insights from MIT Open Learning Digital Learning Lab (DLL) researchers with the world.
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Reflection is an important part of managing the learning process. It is also potentially useful for helping you integrate new knowledge with your prior experiences, creating a deeper, more flexible understanding. Read more
Differences in school choice by race contribute to school segregation and unequal access to effective schools. Conditional on test score and district of residence, Black and Hispanic families consistently choose schools with fewer white and Asian students, lower average achievement, and lower value-added.
UPOP uses experiential learning to bolster students’ professional development and teaches them effective communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills in an interactive environment. Read more
With help from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Harvard, and the Florida Center for Reading Research, MIT is preparing learners by helping them become better readers. The Reach Every Reader initiative was recently recognized for their work in North Carolina schools.
Christopher Wang, a senior in EECS, shares his favorite study spaces, how he discovered theater at the Institute, and what he'll miss most. Read more
The all-volunteer student-run bike shop, founded by graduate student Bianca Champenois, provides repair and maintenance services, emphasizes hands-on learning, and promotes sustainable transportation. Read more
Boosted by the explosion in smartphone adoption and the fact App Inventor is free (and eventually open source), soon more than 70,000 teachers were using it with hundreds of thousands of students, with Google providing the backend infrastructure to keep it going.
Developed by MIT RAISE, the AI curriculum embodies the missions of the Institute and MIT Open Learning. Read more
At MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, faculty and instructors, students, staff, and alumni exchanged perspectives about the digital tools and innovations they’re experimenting with in the classroom.