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How to go to M.I.T. for free
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| Thu Jan 4
| Gregory M. Lamb
Posted on 01/15/2007 3:52:44 AM PST by bad company
By the end of this year, the contents of all 1,800 courses taught at one of the world's most prestigious universities will be available online to anyone in the world, anywhere in the world. Learners won't have to register for the classes, and everyone is accepted.
The cost? It's all free of charge.
The OpenCourseWare movement, begun at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: distantlearning; mit; onlinecourses; onlineeducation
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To: rbg81
But what fun are Noam Chomsky's lecture notes without the prescence of the master nutball himself?
Just kidding.
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:36:21 AM PST
by
Lusis
To: AntiKev
AK
here you go
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm#AeronauticsandAstronautics
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:36:56 AM PST
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
To: bad company
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:44:13 AM PST
by
Mr170IQ
To: Oberon
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:46:33 AM PST
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: bad company
Cool...I've always wanted to understand the time-space continuum.
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:48:05 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
To: Mr170IQ
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:50:03 AM PST
by
Cvengr
To: bad company
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:53:03 AM PST
by
nitzy
To: ClearCase_guy
"It's been years since I saw "The Paper Chase", but IIRC, the students at Harvard break into the library and steal the class notes (from long ago) of the great Professor Kingsfield. Having these notes, they are sure, will reveal to them the deep secrets of Contract Law.
Of course, when they look at them, they learn that his notes are a lot like anybody's notes. The secret to the knowledge isn't in the notes -- it's in the minds of the people who think deeply on the subject."
As I recall, their objective was to peer into the mind of Professor Kingsfield, to understand how HE thought, not the deep secrets of Contract Law. They were successful, as the scene in the classroom demonstrated...nonplussed Kingsfield.
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posted on
01/15/2007 6:01:40 AM PST
by
mountaineer1997
(Mourn not, but practice rescue skills!)
To: Shyla
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posted on
01/15/2007 6:03:08 AM PST
by
Shyla
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: Moonman62
this will be a tremendous benefit to progress, but a huge blow to modern leftism. I don't understand the distinction.
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posted on
01/15/2007 6:18:49 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: bad company
To: presently no screen name
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
>> you don't get a beaver ring
What's a "beaver ring"?
I imagine it's *not* what I could imagine it might be.
To: The Louiswu
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posted on
01/15/2007 6:30:09 AM PST
by
The Louiswu
(Never Forget!)
To: DYngbld
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posted on
01/15/2007 6:31:34 AM PST
by
DYngbld
(Aspire to inspire before you expire)
To: mountaineer1997
I am sure most people learn from movies and TV shows.:)
I can second guess better than most pro coaches.:)
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posted on
01/15/2007 6:37:45 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: Mr170IQ
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posted on
01/15/2007 6:39:28 AM PST
by
MissionMan
(Africa - Bound)
To: bad company
Does M.I.T. have a disclaimer absolving itself of any liability from chem lab explosions in the student's kitchen?
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
It would be better if they had filmed the classes and provided the video.
However, that might give too many people ideas. Why do we spend so much money re-teaching the same courses over and over again, year after year.
Can you imagine doing software that way? re-writing the same code every time you want to accomplish a task again?
Why can't we find the best teacher in the country for each subject class, have them film the perfect class lecture series, and just show them in the classes.
You'd still have teachers in the class to answer questions and to expound on the information, but you'd know the material was being conveyed by an expert, and you could probably get by with fewer teachers. For example, a teacher could take two classes, with the tapes taking up half of each class, while the teacher came in for the other half -- doubling class sizes without decreasing the per-teacher ratio.
Of course, you would never get away with this. In fact, teachers are using more and more online and taped material in classes, but without decreasing the number of teachers OR their pay, even though they are doing less work as they rely more and more on the programmed material.
To: Izzy Dunne
Not sure if this -->
http://www.incabu.com/ is much more than a electronic mail order diploma program for locksmithing or not, but the idea is intriguing for guys like myself with time constraints that limit practical opportunities.
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