Entry Date:
July 22, 2025

MIT Learn

Principal Investigator Dimitris Bertsimas

Associated Departments, Labs & Centers

Project Website https://learn.mit.edu/

Project Start Date July 2025


MIT Learn is a dynamic AI-enabled website for MIT’s lifelong learning opportunities that makes it easier for  global learners to find the courses and resources they seek.

By seamlessly connecting MIT’s existing non-degree learning platforms in one place, MIT Learn enables learners to access more than 12,700 educational resources from departments across the Institute. Key MIT Learn features include:

(*) An AI-powered recommendation feature called “AskTim” to guide learners to the most relevant content among all our offerings. This AI-powered system learns from users, helping us identify gaps as well as future offerings and improvements.

(*) A GenAI syllabus system called “AskTim about this course” that provides a summary of a course’s structure, topics, and expectations, helping learners make more informed decisions before enrolling.

(*) An AI assistant for select offerings capable of answering questions about a lecture, generating flashcards of key concepts, and producing instant summaries. These select offerings also feature an AI tutor to support learners as they work through problem sets.

MIT Learn offers more than 12,700 educational resources — including introductory and advanced courses, courseware, videos, podcasts, and more — from departments across MIT.

The goal for MIT Learn is twofold: to allow learners to find what they want to fulfill their curiosity, and to enable learners to develop a long-term relationship with MIT as a source of educational experiences. MIT Learn was designed to account for a learner’s evolving needs throughout their learning journey. It highlights supplemental study materials for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and college students, upskilling opportunities for early-career professionals, reskilling programs for those considering a career shift, and resources for educators.

Looking ahead, MIT Learn will also feature selected content from the MIT Press. As MIT Learn continues to grow, Open Learning is exploring collaborations with departments across the Institute with the goal of offering the fullest possible range of educational materials from MIT to learners around the world.