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Membership

Join our community of educators, leaders, technologists, policymakers, and researchers as we innovate practical and sustainable solutions in education that will impact millions of learners around the world.

Become a Member of Our Global Community

The motto that has guided MIT since its founding is “mens et manus,” or “mind and hand.” Everything we build, research, and teach is inspired by this notion. We believe deep learning is hands-on, rigorous, engaging, and socially meaningful.

The MIT Jameel World Education Lab welcomes you to join our community of educators, leaders, technologists, policymakers, and researchers as together we build, test, and scale sustainable solutions in education that will impact millions of learners of different ages, abilities, and motivations around the world.

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Your Lab to Explore, Design, Reform

Quilt hanging on the wall of the Jameel World Education Lab

The MIT Jameel World Education Lab works with our member organizations—universities, colleges, schools, companies, non-profit and nongovernmental organizations, and government agencies—to address challenges and opportunities that have the potential to transform education worldwide. Our work is focused in areas that we believe have the potential for transformational impact, and areas in which MIT has unique capabilities and perspectives.

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Membership Benefits

Membership provides numerous opportunities to accelerate practical, relevant ideas and knowhow. MIT Jameel World Education Lab members shore up their capacity through developmental experiences and the community of practice that we anchor. Our materials, workshops, and programs provide frameworks, examples, and ideas that members draw on in their own innovation efforts. The most successful of our members disseminated insights and ideas within their institutions and communities to magnify impact and embed the best ideas into practice. Our programs equip members to develop education programs, curriculum, and research in exchange with MIT faculty leaders, provide curated access to MIT's resources and research, and offer opportunities to advise the Jameel World Education Lab on research priorities and program plans. We are a true laboratory for learning that invites educators from around the world to work through their educational challenges and deliver actionable solutions alongside MIT faculty, staff, and fellow MIT Jameel World Education Lab members.

Membership fees support the research, events, and activities of the MIT Jameel World Education Lab. There are three tiers of membership to fit an organization’s needs and goals: Affiliate, Sustaining, and Comprehensive. We also have additional opportunities for university consortia and MIT collaborators.

For more on membership benefits and fees, contact us at jwel@mit.edu.

What We Offer

Affiliate

USD
50000
/
year
Members join at all levels for an initial term of three years. Academic consortia may join for an additional $10,000/year.

Sustaining

USD
200000
/
year
Members join at all levels for an initial term of three years. Academic consortia may join for an additional $10,000/year.

Comprehensive

USD
500000
/
year
Members join at all levels for an initial term of three years. Academic consortia may join for an additional $10,000/year.
Onboarding; quarterly calls
Introductory structured goal-setting conversation; welcome announcement; quarterly calls to share ideas, updates, and requests, including review of custom engagement report tracking member participation.
Affiliate Onboarding
Full access
Sustaining Onboarding
Full access
Comprehensive Onboarding
Full access
Intensive workshops
Thematic, outcome-oriented in-depth sessions that respond to member interests. Some slated to be on the MIT campus and others hybrid or remote.
Affiliate Intensive Workshops
Up to 5 participants per event
Sustaining Intensive Workshops
Up to 15 participants per event
Comprehensive Intensive Workshops
Up to 30 participants per event
Webinars, online roundtables, and virtual discussions
Year-round, frequent 60-120 minute webinars and virtual discussions.
Affiliate Webinars
Unlimited access
Sustaining Webinars
Unlimited access
Comprehensive Webinars
Unlimited access
Full access to our community and resources
Via our customized Connector site, members have access to exclusive J-WEL/MIT resources; connect with community members to build communities of practice that support your work.
Affiliate Community Access
Unlimited access
Sustaining Community Access
Unlimited access
Comprehensive Community Access
Unlimited access
Exclusive access to special MIT events
Discounted and VIP access to MIT events beyond those offered by J-WEL.
Affiliate MIT Event Access
As available
Possibly with capacity limits
Sustaining MIT Event Access
As available
Possibly with capacity limits
Comprehensive MIT Event Access
As available
Possibly with capacity limits
MIT Educational Offerings
Access to discounts for MITx, MicroMasters, MIT Horizon, MIT Bootcamps, MIT xPro, MIT Professional Education, MIT Sloan School of Management Executive Education courses and programming.
Affiliate MIT Educational Offerings
10% discounts
Sustaining MIT Educational Offerings
15% discounts
Comprehensive MIT Educational Offerings
18% discounts
Early access to MIT education innovation research
World-class insights through multiple channels
Affiliate Research Access
Unlimited access
Sustaining Research Access
Unlimited access
Comprehensive Research Access
Unlimited access
Interact with leading MIT Experts
From roundtable discussions, to open sessions, to paired conversations, meet MIT experts to explore new ideas, gain insights, and ideate.
Affiliate Expert Interaction
Unlimited access
Sustaining Expert Interaction
Unlimited access
Comprehensive Expert Interaction
Unlimited access
Invitation to cutting-edge education experiments
E.g. case study (J-WEL research team creates case study on outcomes examining your measurable output); Campus Innovation Hubs, MISTI student projects, MIT expert mini-residency, etc.
Affiliate Experiment Invites
As feasible
Sustaining Experiment Invites
As feasible
Preferential access
Comprehensive Experiment Invites
As feasible
Preferential access
Coaching/advising
Interactive quarterly (4 times per year) remote 90-minute meetings with MIT expert designed to support your work and drive outcomes.
Affiliate Coaching
As feasible
Incurs additional fee
Sustaining Coaching
One per quarter
Comprehensive Coaching
One per quarter
Two-day programmatic review on your campus
Affiliate Campus Review
As feasible
Incurs additional fee
Sustaining Campus Review
As feasible every three years
Comprehensive Campus Review
As feasible every three years
Ideation workshop sequence
Builds on initial goal-setting and scoping conversations: a two-part (at member site and at MIT) interactive workshop designed to surface key objectives, clarify options, offer initial ideas, and flag open issues for action.
Affiliate Ideation Workshop
As feasible
Incurs additional fee
Sustaining Ideation Workshop
As feasible
Incurs additional fee; Preferential access
Comprehensive Ideation Workshop
As feasible
Incurs additional fee; Preferential access
Action workshop sequence
Deeper dive into specific topics aligned with MIT expertise, designed to equip participants to develop an action plan using interactive workshop designs.
Affiliate Action Workshop
As feasible
Incurs additional fee
Sustaining Action Workshop
As feasible every three years
Comprehensive Action Workshop
As feasible every three years
Custom workshops
E.g. for a university-wide training event or a regional conference. Collaborative workshops at the host university campus.
Affiliate Custom Workshops
As feasible
Incurs additional fee
Sustaining Custom Workshops
As feasible every four years
Comprehensive Custom Workshops
As feasible every three years

J-WEL is committed to working with a wide slate of institutions. To accommodate shifts in circumstances, J-WEL members who have completed three years’ paid membership (or who have a comparable track record as an MIT collaborator) may apply for a limited membership. Learn about J-WEL Innovation Network membership here. Contact jwel@mit.edu to learn more about all our membership offerings and discuss options.

Member Engagement

Member organizations work with our team to develop a three-year program of engagement for each member to address specific member needs and interests. Equally important, the initial interactions help us to identify the best membership options for meeting these goals. The building blocks for our member engagements are our program opportunities and ancillary opportunities.


Program Opportunities

Throughout the year, the MIT Jameel World Education Lab works with our members to develop in- person and virtual events that bring together the global experience and perspectives of our members with experts from across MIT. MIT faculty, researchers, and staff share the latest in effective practice and learning science through presentations, hands-on activities and working sessions tailored to member’s’ engagement goals. Programs range from large events with a wide view of educational transformation—our Jameel World Education Lab Weeks and Connections events—to smaller events with more focused topics and member participation—our Workshops and Exchanges.
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MIT Jameel World Education Lab Weeks

MIT Jameel World Education Lab Weeks are our signature events, bringing our membership together with the MIT community. We convene for relevant presentations, research briefs, hands-on exercises, panels, and workshops. Throughout the program, in collaboration with MIT faculty and staff, members are exposed to new education research and practice at MIT and are challenged to address their own most impactful educational challenges or opportunities.

MIT Jameel World Education Lab Connections

MIT Jameel World Education Lab Connections is our marquee online gathering. Connections is an exploration of the frontiers of educational transformation worldwide. During Connections, we host a series of synchronous and asynchronous activities designed to help our members address their educational challenges and opportunities, and to develop solutions with global applicability.

MIT Jameel World Education Lab Exchanges and Workshops

MIT Jameel World Education Lab Exchanges and Workshops are deep dives into topics of relevance to the needs of a subset of our membership. These programs provide the opportunity for our members to work closely with faculty and researchers from the MIT community and each other to achieve measurable impact in addressing their education transformation goals.

Join our community of Member Organizations

Join MIT and a community of universities, schools, governments, companies, foundations, and other organizations in the MIT Jameel World Education Lab’s effort to transform learning at scale through innovative research and practice.

See All Current Members

Universidad Iberoamericana

Mexico City, Mexico

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Monterrey, Mexico

StartSmart Saudi

Saudi Arabia

StartSmart Central Eastern Europe

Poland

StartSmart South Eastern Europe

Greece

Anjuman Himayat-i-Islam

India

THENSA - Technological Higher Education Network South Africa

Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

Njala University

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Barcelona, Spain

University São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Mexico City, Mexico

Universidad César Vallejo

Trujillo, Peru

University of Sharjah

University City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

New Uzbekistan University

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Riga Technical University

Riga, Latvia

Wadah Foundation

Central Jakarta, Indonesia

Let's Change the World

Are you ready to push the boundaries of teaching and learning in a new way? Learn more about becoming a member or contact us today to start a conversation about partnering with J-WEL.