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The MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory collaborates with faculty, teaching assistants, and students to promote excellence in teaching and learning throughout the Institute. Our work contributes to MIT's commitment to educational innovation and its standing as a leader in science and engineering education.
Spotlight
The Teaching and Learning Laboratory has prepared a page with Recommendations for Teaching During a Health Crisis (Flu Outbreak). Please read about ways you can prepare to minimize interruption to your classes during high absentee periods and to help students keep up-to-date with class requirements. (Poster from MIT Flu Central)
Registration is CLOSED for the 2009-10 Grad Student Teaching Certificate Program. Session 3: Constructing Effective Assignments, Problem Sets & Exam Questions will run on December 2nd. Program registration is required. Click here to download a printable brochure.
As part of the MacVicar Education Seminar Series, Richard K. Miller, Ph.D., founding President and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, recently delivered a lecture about "Olin College: Reflections on Ten Years of Experimentation in Engineering Education". A PDF copy (2.5 MB) of the presentation is available here.
Guidelines on Learning that Inform Teaching at MIT is now available at TLL! The booklet represents a survey of the literature in higher education and student learning. Each chapter contains quotations highlighting relevant points from the literature, followed by comprehensive reference lists.