QS World University Rankings rates MIT #1 in 11 subjects and #2 in 5 others for 2023 — QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the №1 spot in 11 subject areas for 2023: Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering; Computer Science and Information Systems; Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Linguistics; Materials Science; Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Manufacturing Engineering; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy; and…

Leading conference in online learning hosted at MIT this October — This October, the Learning with MOOCs Conference (LWMOOCS) will return to the MIT campus. This conference started in 2014 as an international forum for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest advances in massive open online courses (MOOCs), now under IEEE. Now through April 3, 2023, LWMOOCS is accepting…

Q&A with Heeryung Choi, digital learning postdoctoral associate — By: MITili Staff Heeryung Choi is a Digital Learning Postdoctoral Associate with the Open Learning Digital Learning Lab (DLL) and the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL). Choi received her Bachelors and Masters from Seoul National University in English Education and Cognitive Science, respectively. She then received her PhD…

Creating a culture of learning in the workplace can directly impact companies’ bottom lines — By: MIT xPRO Creating a culture of learning in the workplace has been shown to encourage employee engagement, promote a team-wide growth mindset, drive innovation, inspire continuous improvement, and attract and retain top talent-all significant benefits that can directly impact companies’ bottom lines. “A culture of learning is when an…

Culturally responsive teaching & open education resource event — Announcing MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)’s upcoming resource sharing event, Culturally Responsive Teaching & Open Educational Resources: Collaboratively Building a Database, during Open Education Week. Come support us as we support the open education community! MIT OCW is working with Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) and participating Historically…

MIT OpenCourseWare’s collaborators share important pieces of American history and culture — By MIT OpenCourseWare 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 supported by the Hewlett Foundation to work with a growing network of historically Black colleges and universities…

MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science, with over 1,000 credential holders, brings MIT excellence to learners around the world — The MicroMasters® program in Statistics and Data Science (SDS) is an admission-free online four-course program, developed by MITx and the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). Learners from around the globe can take SDS courses. Those who pass all four, plus a virtually-proctored exam earn a MicroMasters program…

Progress of 4 projects investigating learning effectiveness — By: MITili staff The MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) has provided $200K in funding this year to four research projects. MITili recently met with each team to inquire about the progress of their research, discuss ways their findings can be shared at the end of the year, and consider any…

MIT Open Learning team awarded NIH grant to provide training in biomedical product development, entrepreneurship, and innovation — By Stefanie Koperniak Despite increased awareness and substantial media coverage, the addiction and overdose crisis continues across the United States. According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 46.3 million people aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder (SUD). Among people aged 12 or older…