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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. Credit where credit is due... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Excellent news. However, I feel it's necessary to point out that because the courseware is heavily based on the work of others, it's only proper to credit them with the naming of the courseware. I propose "Einstein/Edison/Socrates/Plato/Fermi/MIT/OpenCour seWare"

  2. classic 1) 2) ??? 3) PROFIT!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    1) Make a sampling of courseware available online
    2) ???
    3) PROFIT!!!!

  3. Hope this doesn't replace the tradition of..... by cecil36 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ....hacking at MIT. Wonder if MIT hackers can create a fake page and alter the DNS entries so anyone going to the OCW page ends up at the hacked page.

  4. Good iniciative, but... by ivanandre · · Score: 2, Funny

    I teach some CompSci courses in a small colombian college (its name better unknow).
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    Ive found that many universities put online material for students, obviously THEIR student, but anyway is on the net, and many persons, included me, use this material in order to get ideas for classes, exercises, exams, etc. <br>

    Ive read some MIT courses material (from opencourseware), and it seems great, but not to much... coming from MIT...

  5. Re:A little dissapointed by maelstrom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I can safely say I passed my linear algebra class partly due to the video lectures I got from MIT. :)

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    The more you know, the less you understand.
  6. Re:I like it by ashultz · · Score: 2, Funny

    The strange thing about Strang is how much like your confused uncle he is. No matter who you are. The kind of uncle that got lost in the closet at Thanksgiving and only now has been located, living off leather shoes in the back...

  7. Re:Another reason this is cool by stephanruby · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's the first serious proof I've ever seen that the institution is actually doing something with all that tuition and grant money. Plus it provides a more solid basis for choosing a school than campus tours and the quality of the football team.

    I agree. In the case of MIT, I bet most people attend that school because of their research reputation. I did the same for the school I went to, I selected it based on its research reputation, and as an undergrad (e.g. second class citizen); that's probably the biggest mistake I could have made.

    High schoolers; don't make the same mistake I've made. Select your University based on the popularity its football team and the quality of its cheerleaders squad. In hindsight, even if you're not interested in football; this rationale makes a lot of sense.

  8. Re:I like it --- Strang -- streaming is bagbiting by rpg25 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sadly, the Real Media streams coming off the MIT site seem to be totally unreliable. Even across a DSL line, I'm not able to get through 10 minutes without the connection (and realplayer) going belly-up. Groan. So near, yet so far.