Researchers at MIT have released a video and audio search tool that solves one of the most challenging problems in the field: how to break up a lengthy academic lecture into manageable chunks, ...

While it is becoming increasingly common (and easy) for lectures to be placed online as videos or podcasts, such media can often be very limited in their utility. For example, I missed a lecture last ...

All of Walter Lewin’s 8.01, 8.02, and 8.03 lectures are available on MIT OpenCourseWare: 8.01: Classical Mechanics (Fall 1999) 8.02: Electricity and Magnetism (Spring 2002) 8.03: Vibrations and Waves ...

A decade after MIT began to put its teaching materials and lectures online via the OpenCourseWare platform, the university has announced that it will leverage these materials to provide an online ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Walter H.G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at MIT. Now, he has emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the institute ...

While teaching large physics lectures at MIT, Walter H. G. Lewin radiates enthusiasm. "And now, I’m going to blow your mind," said Lewin before giving a lesson about electrical circuits that seem to ...