A decade after MIT began to put its teaching materials and lectures online via the OpenCourseWare platform, the university has announced that it will leverage these materials to provide an online ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A beloved math professor who pioneered lectures that gave millions of people free access to college classes has retired after 61 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

While it is becoming increasingly common (and easy) for lectures to be placed online as videos or podcasts, such media can often be very limited in their utility. For example, I missed a lecture last ...

Many of the students in Rebekka L. Stone’s biology classes hope to become the first in their families to graduate from high school. Some are struggling to master basic English, much less the more ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has indefinitely removed online lectures by retired physics professor Walter Lewin after a student accused him of sexual harassment. Lewin’s were removed ...

Lectures are often the least educational aspect of college; I know, I’ve taught college seniors and witnessed how little students learn during their four years in higher education. So, while it’s ...