An Immediate Love Affair with OpenCourseWare MIT alumnus Eugene “Gene” Stark was an early supporter of OpenCourseWare. As OCW approaches its twentieth anniversary this year, Stark reflects on OCW’s early…
Continue readingBy Cheryl Siegel, Publication Manager/Social Media Coordinator & Yvonne Ng, Annual Giving & Donor Relations Officer Falling in love. Maybe it’s sudden. Or maybe it’s a slow burn that ignites…
Continue readingEPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, educational researcher Justin Reich shares insights into transitioning to remote teaching and learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. TRANSCRIPT EPISODE NOTES Join us as we talk with…
Continue readingEPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, Senior Lecturer Emeritus Christopher Terman describes strategies for engaging students in hands-on learning in 6.004 Computation Structures. TRANSCRIPT EPISODE NOTES You might imagine that fluency is…
Continue readingFree open educational resources from MIT offer useful background on the topics covered in a popular new podcast. By Peter Chipman, OCW Digital Publication Specialist and OCW Educator Assistant Eric…
Continue readingEPISODE SUMMARY In a recent episode of the Chalk Radio podcast, Prof. David Thorburn, who has spent his career challenging conventional assumptions about what kinds of works have artistic merit, speaks…
Continue readingBuilding a historical meal from scratch is a perfect reflection of McCants’ methods as an economic historian. By MIT OpenCourseWare For economic historian Anne McCants, it’s the little things that…
Continue readingNearly 20 years after the launch of MIT OpenCourseWare, OCW Director Curt Newton lays out a vision for how open knowledge can transform education to better serve humanity in the…
Continue readingThis linguistics professor says sharing course materials online is “one of the best things that can happen” to a teacher. By MIT OpenCourseWare In Japan, one of the biggest cultural…
Continue readingFirst hired for his brilliant mathematical work, he’s now also recognized as an exceptional educator. By MIT OpenCourseWare When Professor Haynes Miller conducts office hours for his undergraduate course in…
Continue readingThrough more than five decades at MIT, Stuart Madnick has been ahead of the curve in computer science. By MIT OpenCourseWare Decades before personal computing went mainstream, years before Bill…
Continue readingBy Peter Chipman, OCW Digital Publication Specialist and OCW Educator Assistant We’re saddened to hear of the death of our friend Herb Gross, who passed away on May 27th at the age…
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