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MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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JULY 10, 2016

Introductory colleges classes, especially in math and English, have earned the nickname “gatekeepers.” Without opening learning platforms up to the research community, it’s hard to understand if and how they’re improving learning outcomes. Half of college students fail to pass algebra with a grade of C or above.

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JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. More than 4 out of 10 college students wind up in remedial math or English courses, and those that do are even less likely than other students to finish college. But at a university? “We

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It’s turning computer science into a lingua franca,” said Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at MIT, in an interview. “I I think students will soon all learn English, Spanish and Python.”

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