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This page provides updates on the progress of MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW). We
invite you to bookmark it, and to check back frequently for the latest news.
MIT OCW Pilot Opens to the Public on September 30th
OCW plans to publish our first wave of courses on September 30, 2002. Sample
courses will be included from the following academic departments:
Anthropology
Biology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary
Sciences
Economics
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
History
Linguistics and
Philosophy
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Ocean
Engineering
Political Science
Urban Studies and Planning
The opening of these courses represents a continuation of the early pilot of
OCW’s long-term effort. We expect OCW content to become deeper and richer over
time. We invite you to return on September 30th, when we will welcome your
feedback.
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Job PostingsThe following OpenCourseWare staff
positions are now open and have been posted on the MIT Employment Opportunities web site. Please click
on the links below to read the job descriptions.
To submit an application, click on the link for the job you are interested
in, then click on "Apply for this position," and follow the instructions.
OCW Evaluation Specialist, Job Code:
02-0538
OCW Faculty Liaisons, Job Codes: 02-0788 and 02-0789
Read the job descriptions:
Evaluation Specialist
Faculty
Liaison
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Project Updates
Anne Margulies, who has held administrative
positions at Harvard and was a chief operating officer in the private sector,
has been named the first executive director of the OpenCourseWare initiative,
following an extensive search.
To read more, please see the MIT Tech Talk article, April 24, 2002
Pilot Web Sites Built
The OCW Transition Team has built 20 pilot
course web sites for internal testing at MIT this spring. Several of these sites
will be the primary online presence for their respective courses this semester,
providing an opportunity for user testing and evaluation of the sites' structure
and design.
Courses were selected from the following departments and
groups for the pilot phase:
- Biology
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Linguistics and Philosophy
- Ocean Engineering
- Physics
- Sloan School of Management
- Speech Communications
- Urban Studies and Planning
Pilot site access is currently restricted to MIT domain users. These 20
sites, plus an additional 80 sites that will be built over the next 6 months,
will be released to the public in September 2002.
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OCW in the News
Recent Articles
In the January 2002 issue of Syllabus magazine, Phillip D. Long, a Senior
Strategist in MIT's Academic Computing Enterprise and a member of the OCW
Transition Team, considers what MIT OCW is, and clearly explains what it is not.
The article is available at Syllabus online.
President's
Report Discusses OCW
In his Report of the President For the Academic Year
2000-01, MIT President Charles M. Vest addresses the principles
of openness and the philosophical underpinnings of MIT's decision to commit to
OpenCourseWare.
Conferences and Presentations
Prof. Steven
Lerman, Chair of the OCW Interim Management Board, has given presentations about
OCW at the following recent conferences and events:
- Keynote Address, Conference on
online Education,
Canadian Association of University Teachers,
November 2, 2001
- Special seminar, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore,
January 18, 2002
- Knowledge Media Design Institute Seminar,
University of Toronto, February 6, 2002
- TTI
/ Vanguard Future Media Conference,
Pasadena, CA, February
6-8, 2002
- Presentation, MIT Club of New York, February 25,
2002
Prof. Dick K.P. Yue, a formulator and promoter of the original MIT OCW
concept and member of the Interim Management Board, has given many presentations
about OCW. Some recent ones include:
- Keynote Address at the Canadian Education Industry Summit , Toronto,
Canada, October 10, 2001.
- Presentation at the United Kingdom National Competitiveness Network Copyright and
E-learning Workshop, Warwick, UK, December 10, 2001.
- Presentation at the MIT Club of Boston, March 12,
2002.
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A Brief Description of OCW
At a press conference on April 4, 2001, MIT announced its commitment to make the materials from
virtually all of its courses freely available on the World Wide Web for
non-commercial use. This new initiative, called MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW),
reflects MIT's institutional commitment to disseminate knowledge across the
globe.
We see OCW as a way to share our thinking about the content of a modern
curriculum in all the areas in which MIT excels. Users of the OCW site may
include other academics around the world and individual learners who may not
have access to similar educational materials.
The task of creating a highly visible web site that draws together the
materials of virtually all of MIT's course offerings is considerable. However,
the majority of faculty support this effort and believe that it is consistent
with MIT's long-standing objective to focus the contributions of both its
faculty and its new technologies on broad, societal benefits.
For further information, read the MIT OCW
Fact Sheet.
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