A handful of recent news articles have reported that MIT is considering placing its MIT OpenCourseWare program behind a paywall.
The articles were based on a misinterpretation of recent statements describing Institute planning activities. The content on MIT OpenCourseWare will continue to be free and available online, as it has always been. Read complete statement from MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/about/media-coverage/press-releases/erroneous-reports-of-possible-ocw-paywall-appear-in-news-media/?utm_source=Featured-Course_09-28-10 -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly: Write to mitworld-request at mit.edu with "unsubscribe" in the subject line -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bacevich describes a national security consensus that has over time ?thrust us into a situation which is really akin to permanent war.? http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/822 Speaker: Andrew Bacevich Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University Event Host: Center for International Studies "If we want to bring moral considerations into the argument (for perpetuating the war in Afghanistan), and I?d argue we ought to, then please let?s do it in a serious way. It has to be about something more than we want to be able to sleep well tonight, so let me send some American soldiers somewhere so I can sleep well. That?s not moral. That?s not even serious." -Andrew J. Bacevich -------------------------------------------------------------- Participatory Culture: The Culture of Democracy and Education in a Hypermediated Society April 23, 2010 Even back in the early days of Comparative Media Studies (CMS), when Henry Jenkins and colleagues met in the basement of the Media Lab, there was much discussion of how new media might shape learning and spur novel forms of expression and community engagement. Over the years, as Jenkins and these panelists attest, CMS has both refined and broadened its study of the impact of new technologies on education, culture and politics. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/823 Moderator: Henry Jenkins Provost?s Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Event Host: MIT Comparative Media Studies "I?ve been distressed about the phrase Learning 2.0. because Web 2.0 is a business model, not a pedagogy, or a set of cultural practices. One value of the concept of participatory culture is that it insists something cultural about what we?re describing doesn?t come from technology, but from using technology to support longer-standing practices." -Henry Jenkins -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Stem cells, Reprogramming and Personalized Medicine: Promise, Problems, Reality Presented By: James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award Lecture Speaker: Rudolf Jaenisch Founding Member Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Professor of Biology, MIT -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? 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To meet this immense challenge, Koonin asserts that the nation requires not just technological breakthroughs, but heavy lifting from big industry as well as government guidance. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/825 Speaker: Steven E. Koonin PhD '75 Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy Event Host: Department of Chemical Engineering "Technology is but one element of judging the viability of a project. Often it?s the least strong lever in moving a project along. Operations and market conditions are often much bigger factors in deciding to do something or not. " -Steven E. Koonin -------------------------------------------------------------- Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns May 26, 2010 Michael B. Horn describes how the idea of disruptive innovation, developed by management researcher and author Clayton M. Christensen, can provide a fresh perspective on struggling education systems, and perhaps offer some solutions. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/821 Speaker: Michael Horn Co-founder and Executive Director, Education, Innosight Institute Event Host: Learning International Networks Consortium "Online learning is a really interesting disruptive innovation that has a lot of potential for a lot of applications ... Online learning allows you to embed success into the curriculum itself. You have rapid assessment, tracking, and can keep the challenge just above a kid?s means. " -Michael B. Horn -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Democracy after Citizens United Presented By: Department of Political Science Boston Review: Ideas Matter Speaker: Lawrence Lessig Professor of Law Harvard University Law School -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT World on Twittter Follow MIT World on Twitter 140 characters at a time. http://twitter.com/MITWorld
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New videos are posted on Twitter--a new way to keep up with MIT World. http://twitter.com/MITWorld -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly: Write to mitworld-request at mit.edu with "unsubscribe" in the subject line -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20101020/2d01e916/attachment.htm From mit.world at mit.edu Wed Oct 27 11:11:52 2010 From: mit.world at mit.edu (MIT World) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:11:52 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Rudolf Jaenisch on Stem Cell Research, Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer at MIT Sloan Message-ID: <201010271511.o9RFBqTK008533@mrkrabs.MIT.EDU> MIT World Newsletter Volume 10, Number 10 | October 27, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- Stem Cells: Programming and Personalized Medicine September 28, 2010 Rudolf Jaenisch describes the history of stem cell research and recent progress -- a story in which he has played a central role. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/828 Speaker: Rudolf Jaenisch Professor of Biology, MIT Founding Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Event Host: The Office of the President of MIT "The scenario that looked like a fantasy a few years ago has come closer to reality. We can study complex human disease in a Petri dish and potentially contribute to therapy." -Rudolf Jaenisch -------------------------------------------------------------- Leading through Change September 23, 2010 In the 19th century, Baron de Reuter sent carrier pigeons with scrolls bearing the latest news and stock quotes to remote destinations in Europe, a canny strategy for beating the horseback-based competition. Since those days, Tom Glocer relates, the financial information company Thomson Reuters has been determined to deploy the latest technology in the service of information-hungry customers. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/826 Speaker: Thomas Glocer CEO, Thomson Reuters Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management "I submit to you, journalism is alive and well. It?s morphing into electronic media. I don?t think it?s the death of journalism. We view paper as just another output device." -Tom Glocer -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Financial Re-Engineering Presented By: MIT Center for Real Estate CRE 25th Anniversary--Real Estate Re-Engineered: Leveraging Science, Developing Innovation Moderator: William Wheaton Director MIT Center for Real Estate -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT World on Twittter Follow MIT World on Twitter 140 characters at a time. http://twitter.com/MITWorld
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