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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. 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.

  3. 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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