[edtech] The MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 6

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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: June 2005

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



1. Technology-Enabled Active Learning in Physics
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One of the unique aspects of <http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html>MIT 
OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW), is that in several academic areas, we offer 
multiple course sites for the same topic in cases where there are 
different pedagogical models being taught by different members of the 
MIT faculty.

A good example of this can be seen in the MIT Department of Physics. 
All MIT undergraduates must take Physics II (Electricity and 
Magnetism), however, MIT offers several versions of Physics II, and 
this is reflected on the MIT OCW web site. In Spring 2005, MIT OCW 
published 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
8.02T -- Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2005, a freshman-level 
course that is the second semester of introductory physics. The 
subject is taught using the TEAL (Technology Enabled Active Learning) 
format which utilizes small group interaction and current technology. 
The TEAL/Studio Project is a new approach to physics education 
designed to help students develop much better intuition about, and 
conceptual models of, physical phenomena.

Developed by a team of faculty led by 
<http://web.mit.edu/jbelcher/www/>MIT Professor John Belcher, TEAL 
features table-top experiments utilizing laptop computers for data 
acquisition and problem-solving workshops. Read the TEAL 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/Syllabus/index.htm>Syllabus 
for information about the course learning objectives, and how the 
course is organized.

The 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/Visualizations/index.htm>Visualizations 
section offers multimedia tools that demonstrate various physical 
phenomena, including Vector Fields, Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, 
Faraday's Law, and Light. These visualizations are freely available 
for download by faculty utilizing MIT OCW to develop their own 
introductory physics courses.

In the 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/LectureNotes/index.htm>Lecture 
Notes section, there is a full set of course notes written by Belcher 
and his colleagues,Dr. Sen-Ben Liao and Dr. Peter Dourmashkin. The 
TEAL classroom includes the opportunity for students to use the 
Personal Response System (PRS). Questions are posed to the class to 
stimulate discussion and indicate how concepts are going over. 
Students "vote" on answers electronically and their answers are 
tallied. These PRS are available on the MIT OCW course site.

The TEAL version of this course offers a variety of other teaching 
and learning tools, including a 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/Calendar/index.htm>Course 
Calendar, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/Readings/index.htm>Readings, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/Labs/index.htm>Labs, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/Assignments/index.htm>Assignments, 
and a 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02TSpring-2005/DiscussionGroup/index.htm>Discussion 
Group, where users can discuss with each other the materials 
presented in this course.

MIT OCW presents another version of this topic taught by 
<http://web.mit.edu/physics/facultyandstaff/faculty/walter_lewin.html>MIT 
Professor Walter Lewin, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
8.02 -- Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002, which includes 36 
videotaped lectures. Professor Lewin, who is internationally known 
for his dynamic and engaging lecture style, offers a wealth of 
content, including 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/LectureNotes/index.htm>Lecture 
Notes, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/Assignments/index.htm>Problem 
Sets with solutions, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/Exams/index.htm>Exams 
with solutions, links to 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/RelatedResources/index.htm>Related 
Resources, a separate 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/DiscussionGroup/index.htm>Discussion 
Group, and a complete set of 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/VideoLectures/index.htm>Video 
Lectures, recorded on the MIT campus during Spring 2002.

MIT OCW is pleased to offer users access to both of these courses, 
and the different pedagogical models they present.



2. A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: If MIT OCW will always be free and open, why is the Web 
site now asking users for financial donations?
ANSWER: MIT OCW will always be a free and open digital publication. 
Thanks to the generous support of the 
<http://www.hewlett.org/Default.htm>William and Flora Hewlett 
Foundation, and the <http://www.mellon.org/>Andrew Mellon Foundation, 
MIT OCW has published 1100 courses through Spring 2005. In offering 
free and open access to these courses, MIT is giving its educational 
materials to the world, but maintaining these courses, and evolving 
MIT OCW to meet the needs of our diverse user audience, has its 
costs. Going forward, $50, $100, or $500 donations from our users 
will enable us to continue to offer a high-quality publication of 
MIT's course materials.

Giving to MIT OCW is easy. The 
<https://giving.mit.edu/givenow/AddGift.dyn?desig=4021100>Giving to 
MIT Web site is a safe and secure way to financially support MIT OCW:
Visit the 
<https://giving.mit.edu/givenow/AddGift.dyn?desig=4021100>Giving Site 
and your gift has been automatically designated to the MIT OCW Fund
Hit the 
<https://giving.mit.edu/givenow/AddGift.dyn?desig=4021100>Give Now 
button (similar to the orange button at the top of this page)
On the next page, hit the orange Continue button
Enter the amount of money, in U.S. Dollars, that you wish to donate
Follow the simple steps to send your gift to MIT OCW

You can also mail your gift in the form of a personal check to MIT 
OCW. Make your check payable to "MIT" and enclose a note indicating 
that the contribution is for the MIT OpenCourseWare Fund #4021100. 
Send your donation to:
Recording Secretary
MIT Office of the Treasurer
238 Main Street, Suite 200
Cambridge, MA 02142


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. Utah State University OCW
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<http://www.usu.edu/>Utah State University (USU) is one of the 
nation's premier student-centered 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.


5. 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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