Education, teaching, academics

Kids coding in the cloudMIT Media Lab launches new generation of Scratch online community.

First ‘SuperUROPs’ cap off inaugural yearEECS program immerses undergraduates in advanced research projects.

Sal Khan: ‘I love learning’At MIT, alumnus describes his path to reshaping education through highly accessible online videos.

Anthropologist Graham Jones receives the 2013 Edgerton AwardFor exceptional distinction in teaching and research

CANES: Systems-oriented knowledge helps integrate fission beyond the gridA look at the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

Lawrence Bacow speaks on challenges facing higher educationFormer MIT chancellor examines rising costs, digital learning in Charles L. Miller Lecture

An MIT physics MOOC five years in the makingMaterials for the new MITx summer course Mechanics ReView have been refined during a half-decade of development

Inventors honored for bringing life-saving health solutions to the developing worldRebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden win $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation.

MIT Entrepreneur in Residence Network expandsProgram provides resources and features advice from successful serial entrepreneurs

6.003z signals a new open education ecosystemMITx student used OCW to create his own massive open online course.

Learning software development — by developing softwareIn a new course, students participate in large, ongoing, open-source-software development projects, mentored by industry professionals.

Classes canceled on Wednesday, April 24Letter from chancellor, provost and faculty chair sent to MIT community.

MIT and Haiti sign agreement to promote Kreyòl-language STEM educationInitiative designed to help Haitians gain technical education.

6.002x to be offered at up to 12 California State University campusesThe expanded collaboration between San Jose State University and edX follows a successful pilot that increased pass rates.

The What, Who and How of DUE: ConcourseThe Concourse freshman learning community is a 'school within a school'

Stanford University to collaborate with edX on development of non-profit open-source edX platformedX Learning Platform to be open source and available on June 1

A new wrinkle in online educationAn experimental online course gives some students scheduling freedom.

With an educational ‘revolution’ afoot, Task Force on the Future of MIT Education to conveneIdea Bank to solicit community input.

OCW supports independent study for N.J. high school studentsWired New Jersey principal uses MIT OpenCourseWare to expand educational opportunities

OCW provides challenges for talented young studentIndian teen Tuhin Bagi uses MIT OpenCourseWare to enhance his studies and set his sights on future endeavors.

Faculty describe experiments with digital learning on MacVicar DayParticipants discuss how they are 'reimagining the MIT classroom.'

Terrascope: Not the typical first semester classCourse requires undergrads to work in teams to present solutions to a complex problem with an interdisciplinary approach

Searching for solar systems like our ownJosh Winn’s hunt for exoplanets may someday reveal habitable, Earth-like worlds.

Four professors named 2013 MacVicar FellowsGriffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.

New international fellowship to honor Charles VestMIT will be one of eight U.S. universities to participate.

New rankings acclaim MIT’s graduate programs in engineering, businessMIT leads in seven engineering disciplines and three business fields, says U.S. News & World Report.

Higher-ed leaders meet to discuss future of online educationInnovative pedagogical techniques and the effects of online-learning tools on on-campus education subjects of conversation at MIT- and Harvard-led summit.