Inspired by ideas from aerospace engineering, Fly-by-Wire (FbW) is a blended learning technology for teachers to provide scalable, differentiated instruction.

See who Fly-by-Wire serves

Students from at-risk populations and faculty teaching large introductory classes →

Learn about the Fly-by-Wire apps

Open source, scalable, and on the web →

Towards Scalable Differentiated Instruction was awarded a 2015 Department of Education FIPSE First in the World Development Grant to develop the proposed FbW technology. The First in the World program aims to address challenges in postsecondary education for students who are at risk for not persisting in and completing postsecondary programs.

This project is led by MIT Professor Karen E. Willcox and Associate Dean of MIT ODL Vijay Kumar in partnership with edX and Colorado and Massachusetts community colleges. The Department of Education Program Manager is Dr. Frank Frankfort.

A nation-wide, collaborative effort

See our team from MIT, Arapahoe Community College, Quinsigamond Community College, edX, and BbK →

The project proposes the FbW technological intervention, to be developed in conjunction with and implemented at Quinsigamond Community College in Massachusetts and Arapahoe Community College in Colorado, urban-metro area schools serving a majority of high-need, at-risk students.

The contents of this website were developed under grant P116F150045 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.