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Maureen Hughes of the STEP Lab Recognized with 2025 MIT Levitan Teaching Award
We are proud to share that Maureen Hughes of the STEP Lab has been named a recipient of the 2025 MIT Levitan Teaching Award. This prestigious recognition honors outstanding teaching and dedication to student learning across the Institute. Maureen’s commitment to innovative, student-centered instruction exemplifies the values at the heart Read more…
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Applications for the 2025-2026 STEP cohort are now open!
Want to become a teacher? The Scheller Teacher Education Program offers a pathway for MIT students to receive STEM teaching licensure in Massachusetts. Applications for the 2025-2026 STEP cohort are now open! Spend your year as a student teacher in a local classroom and grow as an educator. Learn from Read more…
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STEP Lab on Silver Lining for Learning Podcast
STEP | TEA Lab research scientists Emma Anderson, Christina Bosch, and Grace Lin were featured on the Silver Lining for Learning podcast Episode 221, where they shared insights and thoughts on AI education and AI for Education. To watch or listen to the podcast, click here. From the Silver Lining for Learning Read more…
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We are bringing back a popular EdTech course series!
We are excited to announce the relaunch of 11.132x: Design and Development of Educational Technology. Reviving a Popular EdTech Course Series Ten years ago, STEP/TEA launched a series of four MOOCs focused on the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of educational technologies, including games for learning. After running for several Read more…
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Science and Engineering Program for Teachers 2025
The application is live for our 2025 Science and Engineering Program for Teachers. This year’s program will be on MIT’s Campus July 6th-11th 2025. If you are a Middle or High School STEM teacher and want a professional development opportunity with like-minded teachers from around the world, please consider filling Read more…
Read MoreCollaboration with University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Our collaboration work with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has recently been featured in the University’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources news page.
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Newly published: Generative AI and K-12 Education: An MIT Perspective
by Eric Klopfer, Justin Reich, Hal Abelson, and Cynthia Breazeal Abstract: In November of 2022, a Silicon Valley company launched an invention that could complete students’ homework for them. Available only to subscribers at first, by the spring of 2023 OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3.5 was available to millions of students. As of Read more…
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Lab facilitates workshop at Connected Learning Summit conference entitled “Why does it have to be a game?”
Scot Osterweil and Judy Perry facilitated a workshop at the Connected Learning Summit conference entitled “Why does it have to be a game?” on Friday, October 27, 2023. Program Description: There was a time when we had to convince educators that there was a role for games in learning. Now that Read more…
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NEW CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT! CS.forward(): trace the past, plot the future of K-12 CS education
The lab is excited to announce a new class that will be offered this fall! CMS.S61/S97 – CS.forward(): trace the past, plot the future of K-12 CS education. Meeting times: Tuesday/Thursday 1-2:30 pm (in room E25-117) Pre-reqs: Basic programming experience (6.100A or equivalent including high school courses) Open to: Undergrad and grad students Read more…
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