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 ...

Imagine you are taking a biology course. You're studying for an exam and would like to revisit the professor's explanation of RNA interference. Fortunately, a digital recording of the lecture is ...

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 ...

Le fameux Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) va mettre l'ensemble de ses cours en accès gratuit sur Internet. L'une des plus prestigieuses universités aux Etats-Unis et dans le monde, le ...

Physics is a very fascinating subject. Prof. Walter Lewin, the renowned professor emeritus at MIT, will make you love physics, and see the world in a different way. As I watch his lecture videos on ...

The following is the materials (handouts, lectures, problem sets and quizes) from some MIT's online classes I've been taking for the last months.

Researchers at MIT have released a video and audio search tool that solves one of the most challenging problems in the field: how to break up a lengthy academic lecture into manageable chunks, ...

From a young age, Doğa Kürkçüoğlu heard his father, a math teacher, say that learning should be about understanding and real-world applications rather than memorization. But it wasn't until he began ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Walter H.G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at MIT. Now, he has emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the institute ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...