MIT Jameel World Education Lab

MIT’s Day of Climate has awarded nearly $125K to support innovative, hands-on curricula for young learners and educators worldwide: https://bit.ly/4fVuTQu Aligned with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's presidential priorities, Day of Climate aims to help K-12 learners better understand climate change, its impacts, and potential solutions. “It is inspiring to see how the larger MIT community has come together in response to our invitation to develop interactive, hands-on learning activities,” says Claudia Urrea, Ph.D., sr. assoc. director of MIT pK-12 and director of Day of Climate. The proposals selected for funding come from members of MIT Design and Computation, MIT Edgerton Center, MIT App Inventor, MIT - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, MIT EECS, and more. Congratulations to the grantees! 🏡 Sandy Curth for "Earth Story: Innovating sustainable housing design" 🎭 Yashasvi Raj for "Climate Change Charades" 🌊 Robert Parks for "Climate Change Happens Below Water" 🪸 Andrew Bennett for "Coastal Climate Science" 🏫 Aisling O'Grady for "MIT Climate Action Through Education" 🌡️ Chris Rabe for "Right Beneath Our Feet: Heating and cooling with geothermal energy networks" ✊🏾 Lelia Hampton for "Empowering Students as Engaged Citizens via Data Activism for Climate Justice" Learn more about their projects: https://bit.ly/4fVuTQu #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Teaching #Learning #ClimateEducation #OpenEducation #OnlineEducation #OnlineLearning #ClimateJustice #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #Ecosystems #DataScience #Coding #Education

Congratulations to the new cohort of learners in the MIT Emerging Talent (formerly MIT ReACT) certificate in computer and data science that kicked off their Foundations Track this week. We are always looking to connect with organizations that want to support the students, whether it be through networking, apprenticeship/internship opps, tech connectivity, and more. DM us or MIT Emerging Talent if this applies to you/your org or one that you know.

Thank you to Tecnológico de Monterrey for hosting a great bootcamp in Bilbao last month. The J-WEL team enjoyed participating in co-creating ideas for socially impactful research projects: https://lnkd.in/etBcEp4C

A sincere thank you to Zach Winn and MIT News for highlighting our work in sustainable cementitious materials, MIT Emerging Talent (formerly MIT ReACT), and the journey that brought me to Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

The 2024 Migration Summit Impact Report is now live! The summit is a global convening dedicated to addressing the challenges and opportunities faced by refugee, migrant, and displaced communities. This year's summit explored the theme Unlocking and Engaging Talent: Pathways for Dignified Work. The report highlights the emerging themes and recommendations from the community, providing specific calls to action for you to get involved and generate impact. Check out the report and get involved: https://bit.ly/3UTdH62 MIT Emerging Talent (formerly MIT ReACT) Na'amal Karam Foundation #MigrationSummit #DignifiedWork #RefugeeEmployment #MigrantEmployment

Tune in to this inspiring episode of Chalk Radio featuring an alum from the MIT Emerging Talent (formerly MIT ReACT) program 👇

"In the span of five years, Ejada has reached over 283,000 people in Jordan, directly benefitting more than 43,000 pupils and 1,700 teachers, and touching the lives of many other children, educators and caregivers indirectly. A clustered randomised control trial evaluated Ejada and found that the programme was extremely effective and had: ⭕ improved teachers’ knowledge in key areas, including in innovative teaching practices, professional wellbeing, and learning resources; ⭕ transformed teaching practice, making classes more engaging, relevant, creative and supportive of student wellbeing; ⭕ reduced teachers’ stress levels; ⭕ had a positive impact on the school environment, enhancing collaboration, teacher-student relationships and conflict management; and ⭕ enhanced students’ engagement, motivation and participation in class." Read more about the Ejada teacher training program: https://lnkd.in/ejjMRY-R Save The Children Jordan Community Jameel

Press release Ejada programme successfully improves the academic performance of students in participating schools five years after its launch The programme Was designed to be scaled up, with support from the Jordanian Ministry of Education, with the potential to benefit more than 1.4 million people nationwide Amman, Jordan The Ejada programme, which aims to enhance teacher capacity and education in Jordan's public schools, has significantly improved the academic performance of tens of thousands of children in participating schools by supporting teachers’ mental health and wellbeing, according to two impact studies. With future support from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education is looking forward scaling up Ejada program to benefit more than 1.4 million pupils, their families, teachers and school administrators in Jordan. More in the comments... Alwaleed Philanthropies Community Jameel MIT Jameel World Education Lab #50yearsscj https://lnkd.in/e4XdxQ_f

Postdoc Kathleen Burke shares her four key takeaways from J-WEL's recent workshop focused on designing a successful first year student experience. Read more in the post from MIT Open Learning 👇

🎥 Highlights from the Bilbao Bootcamp are now online! From October 29 to 31, researchers and institutions came together in Bilbao for an incredible experience of collaboration and co-design, creating socially impactful research projects. We extend our gratitude to the team from the Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey, and all the organizations that dedicated their efforts to make this event a success. Watch the video highlights here: https://lnkd.in/dAt7xqed IFE Europe TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY UNESCO MIT Jameel World Education Lab Knowledge Equity Network Worldwide Universities Network 📄 Technical Report now available The technical report is also available, offering insights into the project ideas born from our work sessions. These initiatives are focused on enhancing skills and knowledge in Artificial Intelligence, positioning AI as a tool that serves and empowers Human Intelligence. Link: https://lnkd.in/dS8Q3BV7 #Innovation #HumanCenteredAI #ResearchCollaboration #IFEbootcamp2024 #FutureofEducation