Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

How to go to M.I.T. for free
news.yahoo.com ^ | 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

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: distantlearning; mit; onlinecourses; onlineeducation
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last
The actual MIT link is here;

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

1 posted on 01/15/2007 3:52:47 AM PST by bad company
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: bad company

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php

UC Berkeley


2 posted on 01/15/2007 3:55:02 AM PST by bkepley
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bad company

A neat idea, but what can I get from MIT courses that I can't get at the local library?


3 posted on 01/15/2007 3:58:13 AM PST by Lunatic Fringe (Say "NO" to the Trans-Texas Corridor)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bad company
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

Above URL is the direct link.

It sounds great
4 posted on 01/15/2007 4:00:30 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lunatic Fringe
A neat idea, but what can I get from MIT courses that I can't get at the local library?

You can do this sitting in your jammies....... oops sorry. Forgot who I was talking to. ;-)

5 posted on 01/15/2007 4:01:49 AM PST by bad company ([link:www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006J.shtml | The Path to 9/11])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Lunatic Fringe
what can I get from MIT courses that I can't get at the local library?

You can play on the MIT Online Basketball Team. ;->

Seriously, this is a boon to homeschoolers. You don't have to search for the stuff elevant to your subject.

6 posted on 01/15/2007 4:04:53 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: bad company
http://www.online-literature.com/author_index.php

Along this line here is a source for classic literature.
7 posted on 01/15/2007 4:05:07 AM PST by bad company ([link:www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006J.shtml | The Path to 9/11])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lunatic Fringe

Local libraries have scant technical resources.

Actually, I've perused some of their courseware. Basically, it's just lecture notes, no big thing. You have to buy the text book with your own dough. Some of the lecture notes are mostly just hand drawn vugraphs. You do get problem sets, some solutions.

You cannot contact the faculty; you don't get a beaver ring, or a grade or a transcript.

I have found some excellent courseware on the Web, MIT's didn't really impress me.


8 posted on 01/15/2007 4:10:24 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Peace will come when the Palestinians love their children more than they hate Israel)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: bad company

Hey, thanks for the link.

Looks like this could be a cool site.


9 posted on 01/15/2007 4:14:08 AM PST by MDspinboyredux
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Izzy Dunne
Seriously, this is a boon to homeschoolers. You don't have to search for the stuff elevant to your subject.

I imagine this will be a tremendous benefit to progress, but a huge blow to modern leftism.

10 posted on 01/15/2007 4:15:48 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

Comment #11 Removed by Moderator

To: bad company

Thanks for that link. I've been looking for something like that, Now I have it bookmarked.


12 posted on 01/15/2007 5:01:27 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Thanks for the link, bookmarked.


13 posted on 01/15/2007 5:04:53 AM PST by AmericanMade1776 (Democrats don't have a plan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Nailbiter

.


14 posted on 01/15/2007 5:13:51 AM PST by Nailbiter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Basically, it's just lecture notes, no big thing.

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.

That being said, I think MIT is doing a good thing here. It's not the Holy Grail, but it still has value.

15 posted on 01/15/2007 5:13:58 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell was right.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: 21stCenturion

...


16 posted on 01/15/2007 5:17:55 AM PST by 21stCenturion ("It's the Judges, Stupid !")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ClearCase_guy

Exactly. Lecture notes don't tell the whole story. That's what the professor is supposed to do--fill in the information between the lines.


17 posted on 01/15/2007 5:21:30 AM PST by rbg81 (1)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: bad company

Great. So now I can cut classes remotely...


18 posted on 01/15/2007 5:24:09 AM PST by gridlock (Time to dump the Rebound Guys (McCain & Rudy), and start looking for Mr. Right (Wing).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bad company

The old saying applies: You get what you pay for!


19 posted on 01/15/2007 5:28:21 AM PST by NHResident
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AntiKev

Ping to you


20 posted on 01/15/2007 5:29:12 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson