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Ferdi Alimadhi

Ferdi Alimadhi

Chief Technology Officer, MIT Open Learning

Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Joined January 2026
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Summary

Engineering leader focused on unifying and scaling learning platforms: As a long-time engineering lead at MIT Open Learning (now CTO), he has driven efforts to integrate multiple learning platforms into coherent, institute-wide products (notably MIT Learn) and to introduce modular, pedagogically minded AI features for discovery and in-course assistance. mit+2
Longstanding open-source practitioner and product builder: He created and led OpenScholar at Harvard, contributes to Drupal and other open-source projects, and has produced infrastructure and tooling (e.g., pinserver) used by academic and research organizations. mit+2
Experienced in educational technology across contexts: His work spans residential teaching platforms, MOOCs, professional education, OpenCourseWare, and campus-facing tools; he has presented on content-reuse systems like LORE and led product efforts reaching millions of learners. mit+2
Community and standards engagement in the Open edX ecosystem: He represents MIT on the Open edX Technical Oversight Committee, participating in platform governance and community-driven development. openedx

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

From Fragmented to Future-Proof: How MIT Integrated Its Learning Platforms Before Innovating with AI

August 1, 2025

Interview / feature article describing MIT's effort to unify its learning platforms before deploying AI features, including discussion of the integration work and the strategic approach to applying AI in context — features Ferdi Alimadhi as Chief Technology Officer and quotes him on architecture and strategy.

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MIT Learn offers “a whole new front door to the Institute”

July 21, 2025

MIT News article announcing the launch of MIT Learn, quoting Ferdi Alimadhi as chief technology officer and lead of the MIT Learn project; describes features such as AI-powered recommendations (Ask Tim) and aggregation of MIT's non-degree offerings.

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2024-2025 Open Learning Impact Report

January 1, 2024

Open Learning impact report highlighting MIT Open Learning initiatives and mentioning Ferdi Alimadhi in the context of projects like MIT Learn and other Open Learning activities.

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Ferdi Alimadhi, MIT - MIT Learning Object Repository for Education (presentation)

October 1, 2015

Presentation/video (Open edX conference) describing LORE — MIT's Learning Object Repository for Education — and how it enables import and reuse of Open edX course components paired with analytics metadata.

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Hobbies

Active contributor to open-source communities and projects (Drupal, OpenScholar, GitHub). github+2