OLI’s latest research efforts, and ways to collaborate.

February 2025

“Transforming undergraduate chemistry”

2025-02-14T18:02:04-05:00February 14th, 2025|All posts, Blog, New tools and features, Of general interest, Research focus, Torus|

A new formula for success in undergraduate chemistry REAL CHEM, a Gates Foundation-funded project between the Open Learning Initiative and Arizona State University's Center for Education Through eXploration (ETX), aims to change General Chemistry from a "weed out" course to a "bring along" course that improves outcomes for all students. LEARN MORE

November 2022

See Torus, OLI’s latest authoring and delivery platform!

2023-04-17T15:27:28-04:00November 2nd, 2022|All posts, Blog, Events, New tools and features, Research focus, Torus|

See Torus, OLI's latest authoring and delivery platform! UPDATE: Watch the November 4 Torus Community demo recording: Mark your calendars for this Friday, November 4, 12:30 - 2pm ET, and join the OLI Team for the next Torus Community Meeting. We'll give a demo of the new Torus platform and

October 2022

Free pilot of new OLI research course

2022-10-19T17:11:45-04:00October 19th, 2022|All posts, New tools and features, Research focus|

A free pilot of OLI's new research course was announced at the What Works Global Summit 2022. A new OLI course titled "Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis" (SRMA) was announced at this year's What Works Global Summit 2022, hosted by the Campbell Collaboration. This graduate-level research course is a 2-year development effort between

June 2019

Dean Scheines discusses the OpenSimon learning engineering community

2020-06-05T10:54:24-04:00June 25th, 2019|All posts, Research focus|

Dean Scheines discusses the OpenSimon learning engineering community Dr. Richard Scheines chats about Learning Engineering with Enrollment Growth University's podcast, discussing how The Simon Initiative's Open Simon community is working to improve learning. Dr. Scheines is the Faculty Lead of The Simon Initiative and Dean of

April 2019

CMU working to close the “opportunity gap” for students

2019-05-16T10:47:05-04:00April 12th, 2019|All posts, CMU news, Research focus|

CMU working to close the "opportunity gap" for students A pair of separate, but complementary, research projects led by Carnegie Mellon University will use cutting-edge research in motivation, thinking, culturally affirming teaching and human-computer interaction to galvanize a community of teachers, mentors and parents around improving

OLI Website:
New look and
New student registration process

OLI’s website has undergone a refresh, and so has the student registration process. Watch the video to see how easily students can register with a Course Key.

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