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We are so grateful for YOU! Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! 🍁

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November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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OEGlobal Co-Executive Directors met with #MITOpenLearning to prepare for the OEGlobal 2026 Conference.

MIT OpenLearning co-hosts the 2026 OEGlobal Conference with the Massachusetts OLER Advisory Council & Open Education Global (OEGlobal).

#OpenEducation #MIT #OEGlobal2026 @mitocw.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Our holiday flash sale starts today!

Use the code FLASHSALE at The MIT Press Bookstore to enjoy 40% off a selection of books that exemplify the spirit of curiosity and inquiry at the heart of the MIT Press. The sale ends November 21st: mitpress.mit.edu/collections/...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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“The Open Pedagogy Learning Circle is a warm hug for faculty, staff, and administrators who want to embrace open education...,” says Natasha Whitton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at Baton Rouge Community College and participant in the fall 2025 Learning Circle.

Learn more: z.umn.edu/aw13
Embracing Open Education: OEN Open Pedagogy Learning Circle - Open Education Network Blog
The Open Education Network’s Open Pedagogy Learning Circle hosted its Show & Tell earlier this month, wrapping up the fall 2025 program that enables OEN members to explore and engage in open pedag...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Music + mathematics = Computational music theory 🎵 🧮

Computational music theory bridges music and math. It’s like decoding the DNA of your favorite song. And yes, it’s as cool as it sounds.

Watch the full lecture videos by Prof. Michael Cuthbert on YouTube to learn more!
https://bit.ly/49qfAj0
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November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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You’re invited to “Learning for Life: How Curiosity Shapes Well-Being” with Bia Adams – an Open Conversation hosted by Curt Newton. Join the conversation on December 3 at 12:00PM. Submit your questions and register here: www.addevent.com/event/ggqpjd...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Check out this podcast with Professor @davidjmalan.bsky.social and @freecodecamp.bsky.social teacher and founder @quincy.bsky.social, where they talk about how CS50 got its start, the impact of AI on programming, and the future of education.

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Harvard CS50 prof David J. Malan on why you should learn programming slowly [Podcast #197]
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November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Don’t miss your chance to join J-PAL’s free, self-paced #EvaluatingSocialPrograms course before it closes in early December. Learn how to design randomized evaluations and use evidence to measure impact 🎓 Enroll by Dec 2: https://bit.ly/3VHBfLa
Evaluating Social Programs
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November 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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If you're reading this and you're tired of writing stuff that only five academics will ever read, and likely with an eye toward kneecapping your arguments, please consider this a permission slip to write things that make you feel something other than exhaustion or dread or imposter-ish.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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This is an amazing opportunity: work with Vivian Paulun
‪@vivianpaulun.bsky.social‬, who has deep insights about perception, and extraordinary skills as an experimentalist and theorist.
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🚨I am looking for a POSTDOC, LAB MANAGER/TECH and GRAD STUDENTS to join my new lab in beautiful Madison, WI.
We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods.
paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu
#VisionScience #NeuroSkyence
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November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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OpenCourseWare's YouTube channel just reached 6 million subscribers! Thank you to all of our fans and learners. We appreciate you! ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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What does bowling have to do with economics? Post in the comments with your guess! 👇

You can find out by listening to the latest episode of Chalk Radio with the illustrious MIT Prof. Jonathan Gruber. Watch or listen to the podcast here https://bit.ly/47E3FLM or on your favorite podcast player.
MIT Economist Jon Gruber on AI, Trade-Offs & Healthcare
Prof. Jonathan Gruber, our guest for this episode, likes to tell his students that economics is a fundamentally right-wing science. What he means by that is that classical economics is built on one powerful explanatory insight: that free markets--networ...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Next in our Creatively Critical Tech virtual speaker series is Audrey Watters @audreywatters.bsky.social on "AI Grief Observed: On the Death of Education."

Don't miss it on November 12, 2025, @ 6:30 pm CT!
Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Learn more about our work on disability technology and well as our EDI programmes here: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

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Disability technology | Royal Society
The Disability technology report explores the potential for data-driven digital technologies to reduce barriers that disabled people encounter in their everyday lives.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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It was a blast ‪@standehaene.bsky.social‬, with one fantastic talk after another, thank you so much for inviting me!
And OMG the roof deck of the College de France!
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I love my lab!
November 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Tutoring school children is effective, but hard to scale. Researchers @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social used a novel A/B testing approach to enhance cost-effectiveness and scalability of a program in Botswana. 🔗 Read the new paper: https://bit.ly/3WYniJn
Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale - What Works Hub for Global Education
This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The OEN Community Meetup on October 28 provided a fantastic opportunity for fellow members to connect in Denver. Enjoying #OpenEd25 and hope to see you here!
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Did you know that scientists can harness geothermal energy to generate electricity and provide heating and cooling?

Learn more by visiting "Geothermal Energy Networks" created by MIT and HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Team). https://bit.ly/3Wp34Zg

📷 by Eibhlis Gale-Coleman on Unsplash
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October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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What do music theory, medical devices, and the Roman Empire have in common? They are all mentioned in our October newsletter! Be in the know about all things OpenCourseWare. 👉 https://bit.ly/4ornM6w
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Happy Mole Day. IYKYK 🤓
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October 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Art and science come together in this phenomenal course from MIT. 🎵 💻

If you are a musician, a programmer, or a mathematician, Computational Music Theory & Analysis is the course for you! It's FREE and includes full lecture videos!
Visit now-->https://bit.ly/4omI2q6
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October 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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One of our listeners, Dunja Popin—a children's book illustrator—turned an episode of Chalk Radio into a sketch! Inspired by Ana Bell’s insights on teaching programming, this drawing captures the spirit of the conversation in a single image.

See how learning comes to life through art!
Illustrated comic strip panels featuring various humorous scenarios about AI, programming, and growth mindset, with characters engaging in activities like coding and teaching. Notable characters include Dr. Anna Bell, Sarah Hansen, and a recurring rubber duck motif. Panels include playful texts and charts emphasizing learning and collaboration in technology.
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Interested in the work of MIT Open Learning's AI + Open Education Initiative?

Watch the videos in this speakers series on MIT OpenCourseWare's YouTube channel: https://tinyurl.com/yc3yveks

You can also read more about this series: https://tinyurl.com/584tz344
MIT AI + Open Education Initiative Speaker Series
The mission of MIT Open Learning is to transform teaching and learning at MIT and around the globe through the innovative use of digital technologies. We ful...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Interested in building your skills in impact evaluation but don't have the time or money to enroll in a full-time class? You can complete J-PAL’s free, online course (led by MIT professors!) on #EvaluatingSocialPrograms on your own schedule. https://bit.ly/3VHBfLa
Evaluating Social Programs
Randomized evaluations can be valuable tools for measuring the impact of social programs. Learn why and when to use them, and how their findings can inform the design of evidence-based policies and programs.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM