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MITx, a new online-learning initiative launched by MIT begins in earnest today with its first course: 6.002x (Circuits and Electronics). More than 90,000 people have signed up for the experimental prototype course since registration opened in February.

A broad treatment of computer and video games from a wide range of perspectives, including cognitive science and artificial intelligence, psychology, history, film and theater, cultural studies, and philosophy.

New media students, teachers, and professionals have long needed a comprehensive scholarly treatment of digital games that deals with the history, design, reception, and aesthetics of games along with their social and cultural context. The Handbook of Computer Game Studies fills this need with a definitive look at the subject from a broad range of perspectives. Contributors come from cognitive science and artificial intelligence, developmental, social, and clinical psychology, history, film, theater, and literary studies, cultural studies, and philosophy as well as game design and development. The text includes both scholarly articles and journalism from such well-known voices as Douglas Rushkoff, Sherry Turkle, Henry Jenkins, Katie Salen, Eric Zimmerman, and others.

student generated projects

We develop new technologies that, in the spirit of the blocks and fingerpaint of kindergarten, expand the range of what people can design, create, and learn

An insider's look at innovation in the MIT Media Lab In its 25-year history. He found that CEOs and elementary-school students alike had the same reaction: "Everybody goes away thinking, 'How can I be more creative in my life?'"