At MIT Open Learning, our work on Agile Continuous Education (ACE) is pioneering a framework for education that is flexible, cost-effective, and time-efficient. ACE promises to shift how we think about education by advancing a model that deliberately combines three modalities into short-form flights of experience: structured online or in-person classes based on specifically designed syllabi; real-world-inspired team projects calibrated for learning by doing; and mentored internship and apprenticeships that put learners into the workplace with support from the program itself.
The ACE model underpins the Jameel World Education Lab's approach to the MIT Emerging Talent Certificate and is informing our broader lines of work across all three frontiers for impact. Taking this thinking to degree programs, ACE has shaped our vision for new forms of educational institutions that we are committed to taking forward.
