Open Learning Talks is a conversation series that brings together leaders in learning to discuss new research-based ideas, technologies, and efforts in education, at MIT and around the world.
Upcoming Talks
Details to come.
Previous Talks
Focusing Course Design on Learners
Digital Learning Lab Scientist Meghan Perdue and MITx Lead Learning Designer Shira Fruchtman in conversation with Senior Associate Dean Chris Capozzola.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Digital Credentials and the Last Mile to Employment
Philipp Schmidt moderated a conversation about the latest research from the Digital Credentials Consortium.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Augmented Reality and Collaboration in Learning
Dr. John Liu in conversation with Jeff Dieffenbach about how augmented reality and online collaboration can enhance teaching and learning.
Tuesday, November 10, 2022
Open Education, Cultural Collection, and Curation: Focus on HBCUs
Learn about how HBCUs are creating a more inclusive canon of OER with Dr. Robbie K. Melton and other HBCU members.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Educational Policy’s Impact on Diversity, Accessibility, and Achievement
Professor Joshua Angrist and Clémence Idoux in conversation with colleague Parag Pathak, discuss their efforts to study the effects of admissions policies on measures of diversity, students’ access to quality schools, and disadvantaged students’ academic achievement.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
MOOC Engagement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this talk, Mary Ellen Wiltrout and Katie Blackwell share their research findings and insights about different types of learner engagement in MOOCs and what lessons instructors and course designers can take away from online learning during the pandemic.
November 9, 2021
Shaping the Work of the Future
Tom Kochan in conversation with Meghan Perdue
October 19, 2021
MIT Open Learning and Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty and graduate students discuss the Reach Every Reader project, a collaboration between MIT, Harvard, and Florida State University.
April 29, 2021
Hip Hop, Technology, and Narrative
D. Fox Harrell and Rocky Bucano in conversation
March 18, 2021
Workforce Education: A New Roadmap
Sanjay Sarma and Bill Bonvillian in conversation
February 23, 2021
Mindfulness, Mental Wellness, and Learning
John Gabrieli, Pattie Maes, and Pawan Sinha in conversation with Sanjay Sarma
January 25, 2021
AI Education: Research and Practice
Cynthia Breazeal and Eric Klopfer in conversation
December 8, 2020
Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn
Sanjay Sarma and Luke Yoquinto in conversation
October 7, 2020
Watch all videos in this series on YouTube.