MIT OpenCourseWare: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming
Last week we highlighted MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW), the group posting all the university’s courses online – from lecture videos to exams – and offering them for free to anyone across the globe. This...
View ArticleMIT OpenCourseWare Continues to Gain Steam: Delivers Content to ~10 Million...
Started in 2001, MIT kicked off the furthest reaching educational initiative the world has ever seen with it's OpenCourseWare Project. Since then the program has seen tremendous growth, but is on the...
View ArticleMIT OpenCourseWare Announces 'OCW Scholar' Aimed at Independent Learners
OpenCourseWare (OCW), MIT's web-based program that makes MIT course content available to the public, just launched beta versions of 5 courses designed specifically for people learning on their own in...
View ArticleMIT OpenCourseWare Launches iPhone App for Video Lectures
MIT OpenCourseWare has just announced the launch of their new OCW LectureHall iPhone app. The new iPhone app brings a social, more interactive viewing experience for MIT's OCW videos for you to enjoy...
View ArticleMIT OpenCourseWare Announces Goal to Reach 1 Billion Minds on 10th Birthday
In the last 10 years the MIT OpenCourseWare project has given 100 million people access to over 50,000 individual resources including documents, video, audio, simulations, animations and sample...
View ArticleOpenStudy Expands beyond MIT OpenCourseWare to Yale, NYU
Yesterday, MIT’s OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative announced its goal to reach 1 billion minds as part of a 10 year vision. As part of its plan to get there, OCW listed three key initiatives: OCW...
View ArticleMIT Gets $2M Injection for Innovative Educational Outreach
Dow and MIT have just joined forces in a multiyear initiative to improve educational outreach in science and chemistry. The Dow Chemical Company announced today the establishment of a new $2 million...
View ArticleBeyond OpenCourseWare: MIT Launches Free Online Courses & Certificate Program
Long one of the country's leaders in online learning, MIT just raised the ante, offering free classes and a certificate program. Today, MIT News announced MITx, a set of specially designed, free...
View ArticleFinalsClub: Classroom Note-Sharing Without the Exclusivity
“I’ve come to understand that education is about an experience,” says Andrew Magliozzi, the founder of FinalsClub.org. A Harvard graduate, Magliozzi is trying to revolutionize the way students learn,...
View ArticleA Look at the Digital Classroom: The Future of Higher Education [Infographic]
We’ve given you tips on how to get your textbooks insanely close to free, whether it be through renting, swapping or visiting sites like Boundless or Bookzingo. Textbooks have been always a burden to...
View ArticleFirst MITx Course Attracts 90,000 Students, Proving the Popularity of Online...
When MIT first introduced MITx in December, we knew the courses would be popular. Not only are they free, but they allow anyone to receive an MIT-sanctioned certificate. With the first course...
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