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Wiki archiving process under way
June 6, 2012
As part of an effort to improve the performance and usability of the MIT Wiki Service, IS&T will begin an annual archiving of wiki spaces starting this summer.
MITx: What the students think
April 27, 2012
From Buenos Aires to Honolulu to Montreal, a virtual community grows up around the online initiative’s prototype course.
Disruptive innovation — in education
April 20, 2012
For Anant Agarwal, MITx, the Institute’s new online-learning initiative, isn’t just a means of democratizing education. It’s a way to reinvent it.
First course offered by MITx begins
March 5, 2012
More than 90,000 people have registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Global, MITx, Students, Web development, Provost
MIT iPhone and Android apps provide access to many Libraries' services
January 19, 2012
Download the free MIT Mobile Android or Mobile iPhone app and gain access to many MIT services, including several offered by the Libraries.
What is MITx?
December 19, 2011
Answering common questions about the Institute’s new approach to online education.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Global, MIT Administration, Students, MITx, Provost
In the World: Fostering entrepreneurship in developing nations
December 12, 2011
In 11 years, MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program has trained more than 1,500 budding entrepreneurs in seven countries.
Quantum computing with light
September 9, 2011
A switch that lets one photon alter the quantum state of another could point the way to both practical quantum computers and a quantum Internet.
A conversation with Joichi Ito
September 6, 2011
New Media Lab director touches on his work, his hobbies, and what he's learned from swimming with sharks.
Also labeled: Administration, Media Lab
Joichi Ito named director of MIT Media Lab
April 25, 2011
Technology entrepreneur and Internet freedom advocate succeeds Frank Moss.
Billion Prices Project: Introducing real-time economics
December 1, 2010
MIT Sloan faculty project to track inflation in real time collects prices from hundreds of worldwide online retailers on a daily basis.
Why telecom regulation needs to change
October 6, 2010
Research suggests that the approach that worked with a few large companies with aligned interests needs revisiting in the Internet age.
Broadband picture may not be so bleak
July 16, 2010
A new study disputes the claim that Internet data rates in the U.S. are only half as high as advertised; study’s authors call for better data.
An Internet 100 times as fast
June 28, 2010
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
Toward the Semantic Web
June 21, 2010
A new standard from the World Wide Web Consortium brings the Web a step closer to realizing the vision of its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee.
Bill Porter in conversation with Howard Anderson
June 9, 2010
Presented by MIT Sloan School of Management Dean's Innovative Leader Series
Update your links to OpenCourseWare
June 2, 2010
LINC 2010 engages and inspires
May 28, 2010
Conference focuses on the present and future of technology-enabled learning worldwide
3 Questions: Mitchel Resnick
April 28, 2010
Creator of the popular Scratch programming language discusses Apple’s decision to disallow Scratch viewer for iPhones and iPads.
Guerrilla reporting in ‘difficult places’
April 20, 2010
Activists describe their experiences using new technology to build free media networks in countries with scant resources or oppressive regimes.
McGovern Institute for Brain Research launches new web site
March 18, 2010
Redesign comes as institute nears its 10th anniversary
Also labeled: McGovern Institute
Akamai Technologies' Paul Sagan on leading through adversity
March 16, 2010
Presented by MIT Sloan School of Management Dean's Innovative Leader Series
FCC's Eugene Huang on a National Broadband Policy
March 10, 2010
Presented by the Center for Future Civic Media and the MIT Communications Forum
Liberty by Design
December 17, 2009
Alan Davidson, Washington Policy Counsel and head of Google's government affairs office gives the Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems, hosted by Engineering Systems Division
Also labeled: Policy, Special events and guest speakers
What’s new at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media?
December 7, 2009
Chris Csikszentmihályi, director of the Center for Future Civic Media, hosts this presentation by the MIT Communications Forum and the Center for Future Civic Media
The State of Drupal
November 30, 2009
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