[edtech] MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 8

Thu Aug 25 16:50:06 EDT 2005

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MIT OpenCourseWare Update: August 2005

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The August 2005 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. Course Download Program
2. A Frequently Asked Question
3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
4. Tufts University OCW
5. Utah State University OCW
6. Japan OCW Alliance
7. Comments
8. Newsletter Available Online at 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm>http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm

1. Course Download Program
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Responding to user demand, <http://ocw.mit.edu>MIT 
OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW), is running a pilot program by which users 
may download a .ZIP file containing all of the HTML page and files 
associated with a particular course. 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-013Electromagnetics-and-ApplicationsFall2002/DownloadthisCourse/index.htm#zipcourses>View 
the full list of courses available.

The 25 courses that offer downloadable .ZIP files will offer a link 
in the left-hand navigation bar of the individual course home page 
that says, "Download this Course." 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-12Organic-Chemistry-ISpring2003/DownloadthisCourse/index.htm>Click 
that link and follow the simple instructions to download a complete 
copy of one of the following courses:
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-12Organic-Chemistry-ISpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm>5.12 
- Organic Chemistry I, Spring 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-004Computation-StructuresFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>6.004 
- Computation Structures, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-012Microelectronic-Devices-and-CircuitsSpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm>6.012 
- Microelectronic Devices and Circuits, Spring 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-013Electromagnetics-and-ApplicationsFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>6.013 
- Electromagnetics and Applications, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-034Artificial-IntelligenceFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>6.034 
- Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-035Computer-Language-EngineeringFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>6.035 
- Computer Language Engineering, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-090January--IAP--2005/CourseHome/index.htm>6.090 
- Building Programming Experience: A Lead-In to 6.001, January (IAP) 
2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/CourseHome/index.htm>6.170 
- Laboratory in Software Engineering, Fall 2001
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-263JData-Communication-NetworksFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>6.263J 
- Data Communication Networks, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-823Computer-System-ArchitectureSpring2002/CourseHome/index.htm>6.823 
- Computer System Architecture, Spring 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-828Fall2003/CourseHome/index.htm>6.828 
- Operating System Engineering, Fall 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-829Computer-NetworksFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>6.829 
- Computer Networks, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-857Fall2003/CourseHome/index.htm>6.857 
- Network and Computer Security, Fall 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/index.htm>8.01 
- Physics I, Fall 1999
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-022Physics-II--Electricity-and-MagnetismFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>8.022 
- Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-03Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>8.03 
- Physics III: Vibrations and Waves, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-04Quantum-Physics-ISpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm>8.04 
- Quantum Physics I, Spring 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/14-02Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>14.02 
- Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-010Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>15.010 
- Economic Analysis for Business Decisions, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-014Calculus-with-Theory-IFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>18.014 
- Calculus with Theory I, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-085Mathematical-Methods-for-Engineers-IFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>18.085 
- Mathematical Methods for Engineers I, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-100BAnalysis-IFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>18.100B 
- Analysis I, Fall 2002
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-101Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>18.101 
- Analysis II, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-701Fall2003/CourseHome/index.htm>18.701 
- Algebra I, Fall 2003

Once the complete .ZIP file is downloaded to your desktop, and you 
have installed the proper decompression software, follow the software 
instructions for opening and expanding the .ZIP file on your 
computer. All of the materials included in the .ZIP file are governed 
by the same 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/terms-of-use.htm>Creative Commons 
license that governs use of materials published on the MIT OCW Web 
site. Whether you are using MIT OCW materials online, or offline 
after you have downloaded a .ZIP version of the course, please read 
the <http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/terms-of-use.htm>MIT OCW use 
license to ensure you are complying with the terms-of-use 
requirements for MIT OCW materials.

2. A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: What is a PDF, and how can I extract the content from a PDF 
file published on the MIT OCW Web site?
ANSWER: Much of the content on the MIT OCW Web site is published in 
Portable Document Format (PDF) format. Adobe® PDF is the published 
specification used by standards bodies around the world for more 
secure, reliable electronic document distribution and exchange. PDF 
files look exactly like original documents and preserve the fonts, 
images, graphics, and layout of any source file -- regardless of the 
application and platform used to create it. They can be shared, 
viewed and printed by anyone, on any system, 
using <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html>free 
Adobe Reader® software, regardless of the operating system, original 
application, or fonts. PDFs have full text search features for 
locating words, bookmarks, and data fields in documents, and MIT OCW 
content within a PDF file can be extracted and manipulated for use in 
other document formats. There are three ways to extract content from 
an MIT OCW PDF. To read detailed instructions for manipulating PDF 
files, go to 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/BF3A039F-2E64-4216-B2AB-731ED95A4E88/0/MITOCWfaq21.pdf>http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/BF3A039F-2E64-4216-B2AB-731ED95A4E88/0/MITOCWfaq21.pdf.

3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
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The <http://www.jhsph.edu/index.html>Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School 
of Public Health (JHSPH) in Baltimore, MD, is world-renowned as a 
leading international authority on public health. The 
<http://ocw.jhsph.edu/>Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public 
Health's OpenCourseWare project provides access to the school's most 
popular courses.

4. Tufts University OCW
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<http://www.tufts.edu/main.php?p=flash>Tufts University, with 
campuses in Boston, Medford, Somerville and Grafton, MA, has a global 
reputation for academic and research excellence, and innovation. The 
<http://ocw.tufts.edu/>Tufts OpenCourseWare project demonstrate 
Tufts' strength in the life sciences, as well a multidisciplinary 
approach, an international perspective, and an underlying ethic of 
service to the university's local, national, and international 
communities.

5. Utah State University OCW
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<http://www.usu.edu/>Utah State University (USU) is one of the 
nation's premier land-grant and space-grant universities. 
<http://ocw.usu.edu/>USU OpenCourseWare supports USU's institutional 
mission to serve the public through learning, discovery, and 
engagement.

6. Japan OCW Alliance
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The top six universities in Japan -- Keio University, Kyoto 
University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, the 
University of Tokyo, and Waseda University -- have announced the 
formation of the <http://www.jocw.jp/sub2.htm>Japan OCW Alliance. 
These six universities now offer open access to close to 100 courses, 
in both <http://www.jocw.jp/sub2.htm>English and 
<http://www.jocw.jp/sub1.htm>Japanese.

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to the educational materials from 1100 MIT courses for educators, 
students, and individual learners around the world.

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