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MIT OpenCourseWare Now Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the home-schooling dept.

peter303 writes "A sampling of MIT's OpenCourseWare selections appered online today. The courses cover a full range of departments, but only a couple apiece. The material ranges ranges from just syllabi and calendars to extensive on-line course notes and interative demos. To succeed, OpenCourseWare must also be an advantage to MIT faculty and students, as well as the outside world. I think this may be possible, because it gives a uniform appearance and access point for online material, plus tools to build these."

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  1. PDF by henben · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Gah! The coursenotes for 6.170 are in PDF. Why? Why? Can't they at least provide a rough HTML version? They're supposed to be software engineers, Google can do it, why not them?

    Whether or not you care if it's proprietary, PDF is lame. It interrupts the online reading experience, it has accessibility problems, and it's slow to open for people with slow computers. It's also harder to re-format for most people, and it can't be read on as many platforms as HTML.

    Their "Open"CourseWare is locked up in a crappy format.

  2. Then get to work if it's so simple. by BoomerSooner · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hate it when people are critical of others (especially as an AC) and in all likelihood will never do anything because that would require putting your ability, work ethic, intelligence, and funds to work. And lord knows it's easier to bitch about what someone else hasn't done than it is to get up off your AC ass and contribute. Let me guess, you're a republican.