January 26th, 2007 in Lifestyle
Go to MIT for free
One Man’s Blog points out that MIT has joined the online learning bandwagon and is attempting to offer the complete course material for every class online for free. The program will be called “MIT Open Courseware.” Susan Hockfield, MIT president, describes the program:
OpenCourseWare expresses in an immediate and far-reaching way MIT’s goal of advancing education around the world. Through MIT OCW, educators and students everywhere can benefit from the academic activities of our faculty and join a global learning community in which knowledge and ideas are shared openly and freely for the benefit of all.
MIT Open Courseware – [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
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Matija says on January 26th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Actually, OpenCourseWare has been around for a couple of years now, so I don’t think it’ entirely fair to say that MIT is “jumping on the bandwagon”.
Jhen says on January 26th, 2007 at 8:49 am
They never said MIT was “jumping on the bandwagon”. Ease up.
S says on January 26th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Umm… MIT/OCW started the movement.
Steve says on January 26th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
@Jhen:
Yes he does. Can’t you read? It’s the first sentence! I’ll repeat it here for your benefit:
“One Man’s Blog points out that MIT has joined the online learning bandwagon …”
LL says on January 26th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
MIT OCW is an excellent resource though the course portfolio is incomplete.
Many classes are missing assignments, reading materials or other resources etc. While you can certainly gain from using the materials, it will often not provide a learning opportunity similar to the actual course. YMMV. :-)
David Scrimshaw says on January 26th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
The vital thing you miss with the OCW is other MIT students who can explain it to you.
KylePott says on January 26th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
I apologize for the “bandwagon” comment, I messed up the OCW creation time line. Hopefully, you found the information useful, regardless.