MIT Jameel World Education Lab grants inaugural Frontiers in Digital Learning awards

The Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) announces the recipients of the first Frontiers in Digital learning awards, and extension of the lab's Education Innovation grants. The new programme is designed to use insights from MIT Open Learning's Digital Learning Lab (DLL) to advance digital learning around the world.

John Harrold, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) instructor and DLL fellow, Jessica Sandland, DMSE principal lecturer and DLL scientist and Mary Ellen Wiltrout, MIT department of biology lecturer and DLL scientist are the recipients of the inaugural awards.

Anjali Sastry, faculty director for J-WEL, says: "We have long wanted to bring the incredibly varied and innovative work of the MIT Digital Learning Lab to many. The Frontiers in Digital Learning awards will pave the way, and, at the same time, directly support awardees. Our goal is to strengthen knowledge of the design, implementation, applicability and impact of digital learning innovation at MIT and across the world. Instructors and leaders in J-WEL’s network are eager to learn about field-tested insights and to launch their own tests and experimentation. We’re particularly excited about the opportunity to amplify and extend the work of these DLL grantees by facilitating collaborative implementation projects with a number of member institutions in the fall. Such small-scale efforts could reveal new insights about challenges and opportunities in digital learning that could apply everywhere—including on the MIT campus."