Math Fans Join Live Sendoff for Gil Strang
This past Monday, revered mathematics professor Gilbert Strang capped a 61-year career as a faculty member at MIT by delivering his final lecture before retiring at the age of 88….
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Courses from MIT’s 2023 MacVicar Fellows
By Peter Chipman, OCW Digital Publication Specialist and OCW Educator Assistant For the past 31 years, the MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program has honored several MIT professors each year who have made…
Continue readingHBCUs: Pioneers in Opening Education
In October of last year, MIT Open Learning hosted representatives from Tennessee State University, Morehouse College, Edward Waters University, Bethune-Cookman University, and Central State University as part of a collaboration…
Continue readingFrom Open Access to Educational Equity: An HBCU+MERLOT+MIT OCW Collaboration
Over the past couple of decades, we’ve witnessed how open access to knowledge has empowered so many people to transform their lives and build new opportunities in their communities. Hundreds…
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Study group of medical students in Turkey uses free resources to pursue a PhD-level research agenda By Duyen Nguyen About two years ago, a group of medical students at Ege…
Continue readingA Whole New World of Learning via MIT OpenCourseWare Videos
“I get the chance to not only watch the future happen, but I can actually be a part of it and create it,” says Ugandan entrepreneur Emmanuel Kasigazi. Duyen Nguyen…
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For MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx MicroMasters learner Michael Pilgreen, risk-taking and hands-on learning opened new doors in finance By Duyen Nguyen Even before joining a financial technology startup, Michael Pilgreen…
Continue readingVisualizing Calculus with Prof. Gigliola Staffilani
EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, Professor Gigliola Staffilani shares how she makes calculus feel less abstract and more meaningful. TRANSCRIPT EPISODE NOTES Professor Gigliola Staffilani, who teaches in MIT’s Department of…
Continue readingChalk Radio Podcast: AI Literacy for All with Prof. Cynthia Breazeal
EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, social robotics pioneer Prof. Cynthia Breazeal discusses artificial intelligence in our lives, digital citizenship, and AI education for all. TRANSCRIPT EPISODE NOTES When humans interact, they…
Continue readingPaige Dote, Student and Educator
By Peter Chipman, OCW Digital Publication Specialist and OCW Educator Assistant It was a great pleasure to learn that MIT’s Math Department has named Paige Dote as one of five…
Continue reading5 Reasons to Support the Next Generation of OCW
Earlier this year, OpenCourseWare released its next generation (“NextGen”) platform to the world. This is the most foundational upgrade to OCW in its history, positioning OCW to serve learners and…
Continue readingChalk Radio Podcast: The Human Element of Machine Learning with Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio, Prof. Jacob Andreas & Harini Suresh
EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, how the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning education might look a lot more human. TRANSCRIPT EPISODE NOTES When computer science was in its infancy,…
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