Education, teaching, academics

Woodie Flowers, a pioneer of hands-on engineering educationFlowers and his former student, David Wallace, have created a fun, teamwork-based approach to learning the art of mechanical design.

The secrets of the systemMIT’s venerable Beer Game, a table contest, sheds light on the mysteries of manufacturing and the difficulties of running a business.

MIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’Online edX courses will open both universities’ classrooms to the world while enhancing on-campus learning.

MIT and Harvard announce edXJoint partnership builds on MITx and Harvard distance learning; aims to benefit campus-based education and beyond.

What is edX?Answering common questions about MIT and Harvard’s new partnership in online education.

Game theory, in the real worldMIT economist Parag Pathak engineers practical solutions to complicated education problems.

Abelson honored as outstanding educatorWins ACM's Karl V. Karlstom Award

AeroAstro’s Greitzer to receive Baker Teaching Award

MITx: What the students thinkFrom Buenos Aires to Honolulu to Montreal, a virtual community grows up around the online initiative’s prototype course.

Sara Ferry: A new generation works to fulfill the promise of nuclear energy

MIT OpenCourseWare publishes new resource for entrepreneurship educationEntrepreneurship course list supported by a grant from the NASDAQ OMX Foundation.

MIT launches student-produced educational video initiativeOriginal short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students’ interest in engineering and science.

MIT to host 2013 American Nuclear Society Student Conference

Taking an innovative approach to battery designDonald Sadoway’s radical rethinking of electricity storage could revitalize renewable-power technologies.

Clarice Aiello: Finding quantum gold in diamond’s defect

De Florez Fund for Humor invites proposals for grants

Disruptive innovation — in educationFor Anant Agarwal, MITx, the Institute’s new online-learning initiative, isn’t just a means of democratizing education. It’s a way to reinvent it.

MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)$1.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will launch CAST.

Slideshow: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visits MITBrazil and MIT discuss possible future collaboration.

New nuclear science and engineering faculty drive curriculum expansion into computational science and engineering

School of Engineering to explore collaboration with ITASix-month evaluation will examine the feasibility of a collaboration.

MIT students teach hands-on learning abroadMISTI Global Teaching Labs attracts students looking to share the Institute's unique approach to science and engineering education.

Reif, Grimson: MITx aims to enhance on-campus educationNew online courses add value to MIT’s residential program, provost and chancellor tell students.

A tough calculationStudy: Female students wary of the engineering workplace.

A rocket man settles into SDM

Two MIT juniors named Truman ScholarsMcCord, Okuneye awarded $30,000 for graduate study toward careers in government, non-profits.

Review Committee on Orientation releases recommendations

Explore the Learning Center, MIT’s home base for trainingThe MIT Learning Center marks another milestone: EHS compliance training and STARweb courses from the Office of Sponsored Programs have recently moved to this online locale.