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Free MIT Course: Inclusive Classroom Communication and Teaching

Reflect on classroom expectations, explanations and participation through short teaching scenarios. This compact collection encourages closer attention to how an instructor's choices affect learners.

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Video 1: Expectations

Before you start

Suggested preparation: An interest in teaching or facilitating learning.

About this course

Reflect on classroom expectations, explanations and participation through short teaching scenarios. This compact collection encourages closer attention to how an instructor's choices affect learners.

Topics and lesson examples

  • Video 1: Expectations
  • Video 2: Phase Diagram
  • Video 4: The First Day
  • Video 5: Introductions
  • Video 7: Graph Theory (online class)

Course at a glance

Provider MIT
Platform YouTube · MIT OpenCourseWare
Access Free Video
Level Beginner — WikiFree study-level assessment
Language English
Available lessons 7
Video duration 1h 5m · self-paced
Details checked 10 October 2026

Preparation and study approach

Suggested preparation: An interest in teaching or facilitating learning.

Follow the available videos in sequence, pausing to summarize the main argument or reconstruct a worked example. Keep a short list of assumptions, unfamiliar terms and questions to revisit. Additional reading, problem solving and practice will take time beyond the listed video duration.

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Free access and course scope

The public MIT OpenCourseWare videos in this classroom are free to watch. This listing provides the available playlist recordings, which may include selected lectures, recitations, demonstrations or supporting discussions rather than every component of the original campus course. Textbooks, equipment, software licenses, supervised labs, graded assignments and instructor feedback are not supplied by WikiFree. No purchase is required to watch the videos or use the note-based study approach above.

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