MITx
L. Rafael Reif selected as MIT’s 17th president
May 16, 2012
As provost since 2005, the president-elect has inspired innovation and played a critical role in the financial stewardship of the Institute.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Community, Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, History of MIT, International relations and collaborations, MIT Administration, MIT Corporation, MIT presidency, Staff, Students, EdX, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Online learning, Provost
MIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’
May 2, 2012
Online edX courses will open both universities’ classrooms to the world while enhancing on-campus learning.
Also labeled: Collaboration, Education, teaching, academics, EdX, Faculty, Harvard, Online learning, Students, Global education, MIT presidency, Provost
MIT and Harvard announce edX
May 2, 2012
Joint partnership builds on MITx and Harvard distance learning; aims to benefit campus-based education and beyond.
Also labeled: Collaboration, Education, teaching, academics, EdX, Faculty, Global education, Non-profit, Online learning, Students, Harvard, MIT presidency, Provost
What is edX?
May 2, 2012
Answering common questions about MIT and Harvard’s new partnership in online education.
Also labeled: Collaboration, Education, teaching, academics, EdX, Faculty, Global education, Harvard, Online learning, Students
MITx: What the students think
April 27, 2012
From Buenos Aires to Honolulu to Montreal, a virtual community grows up around the online initiative’s prototype course.
Disruptive innovation — in education
April 20, 2012
For 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.
Reif, Grimson: MITx aims to enhance on-campus education
April 6, 2012
New online courses add value to MIT’s residential program, provost and chancellor tell students.
Anant Agarwal named director of new unit to advance MITx
March 16, 2012
Instructor of inaugural 6.002x course will step down as CSAIL director.
First course offered by MITx begins
March 5, 2012
More than 90,000 people have registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics








