[edtech] MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 10

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MIT OpenCourseWare Update: October 2005

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The October 2005 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. New Courses Now Available
2. 2005 User Survey
3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
4. Tufts University OCW
5. Utah State University OCW
6. China Quality OCW
7. Japan OCW Alliance
8. FETP OCW in Vietnam
9. Comments
10. Newsletter Available Online at 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm>http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm


1. New Courses Now Available
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MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is pleased to announce the publication 
of new courses as part of our latest course publication cycle. When 
looking at the 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm>complete MIT OCW 
Course List, look for the red NEW to indicate materials published in 
Fall 2005:
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-010Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>1.010 
- Uncertainty in Engineering, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-151Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>1.151 
- Probability and Statistics in Engineering, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-163JSpring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>4.163 
- Urban Design Studio: Providence, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-195Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>4.195 
- Special Problems in Architectural Design, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-220Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>4.220 
- Urban Housing: Paris, London, New York, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-12Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>5.12 
- Organic Chemistry I, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-302January--IAP--2005/CourseHome/index.htm>5.302 
- Introduction to Experimental Chemistry, IAP 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-44Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>5.44 
- Organometallic Chemistry, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-042JSpring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>6.042J 
- Mathematics for Computer Science, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-163Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>6.163 
- Strobe Project Laboratory, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-776Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>6.776 
- High-Speed Communication Circuits, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-871Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>6.871 
- Knowledge-Based Application Systems, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-875Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>6.875 
- Cryptography and Cryptanalysis, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-02CISpring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>7.02CI 
- Experimental Biology: Communications Intensive, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-16Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>7.16 
- Experimental Molecular Biology: Biotechnology II, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-345Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>7.345 
- Evolution of the Immune System, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-09Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>8.09 
- Classical Mechanics II, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemical-Engineering/10-32Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>10.32 
- Separation Processes, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-007Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.007 
- Resolving Public Disputes, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-237Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.237 
- Gender and Race, Work and Public Policy, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-333Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.333 
- Urban Design Seminar, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-467JSpring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.467 
- Property Rights in Transition, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-484Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.484 
- Project Appraisal in Developing Countries, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-491JFall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>11.491J 
- Economic Development, Policy Analysis and Industrialization, Fall 
2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-701Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>11.701 
- Introduction to Planning and Institutional Processes in Developing 
Countries, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-948Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.948 
- The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-954Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.954 
- Community Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation, Spring 2005

MIT OCW is also publishing a collection of 75 updated courses this 
fall. We work with the MIT faculty to archive a selection of older 
courses and replace them with updated versions of those courses (with 
new years and terms). Some of the updated courses are substantially 
different in teaching methodology, while others now offer additional 
teaching and learning resources:
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Anthropology/21A-215Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>21A.215 
- Medical Anthropology, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Anthropology/21A-226Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21A.226 
- Ethnic and National Identity, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/21F-019Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21F.019 
- Communicating Across Cultures, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/21F-404Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21F.404 
- German IV, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-311Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>21H.311 
- The Renaissance: 1300-1600, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-734Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21M.734 
- Design for Theater: Scenery, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-730-3Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21W.730-3 
- Writing and the Environment, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-03Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>24.03 
- Relativism, Reason, and Reality, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-111Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>24.111 
- Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-119Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>24.119 
- Mind and Machines, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-946Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>24.946 
- Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-954Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>24.954 
- Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-973Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>24.973 
- Advanced Semantics, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Engineering-Systems-Division/ESD-932Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>ESD.932 
- Technology Policy Organizations, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Health-Sciences-and-Technology/HST-723Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>HST.723 
- Neural Coding and Perception of Sound, Spring 2005

MIT OCW will publish approximately 100 more new, and 60 more updated 
courses throughout the month of October, to bring the 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm>total number of 
courses available to 1250. Look for more new listings in the November 
issue of this newsletter.


2. 2005 User Survey
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In order to understand the extent to which MIT OCW is meeting its 
goals, and to establish a continuous feedback process, we have 
integrated a substantial evaluation program. Evaluation is essential 
for two reasons:
Tracking the usability of MIT OCW enables us to continually improve 
the Web site's features and services, and will help us set the 
long-term direction of MIT OCW to maintain the project's relevance 
over time.
By measuring use, and demonstrating the impact of MIT OCW and the 
educational materials the MIT faculty offer through it, we will be 
able to encourage other institutions to consider sharing their 
materials through similar efforts.

Over the course of the next month, visitors to the MIT OCW Web site 
will receive a pop-up window asking them to fill out a user survey. 
This survey, the third such annual user survey we have instrumented 
since the launch of MIT OCW in 2002, will be in effect for the next 
month. Results will be published on the MIT OCW Web site in early 
2006. To read more about MIT OCW's approach to evaluation, visit 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/evaluation.htm>http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/evaluation.htm.


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. China Quality OCW (CNQOCW)
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<http://www.core.org.cn/en/index.htm>China Open Resources for 
Education (CORE), MIT OCW's Chinese language translation partner, now 
offers links to 451 
<http://www.core.org.cn/cn/jpkc/index_en.html>China Quality 
OpenCourseWare (CNQOCW) courses for use and sharing in China and 
globally. The Chinese Ministry of Education plans to develop 1500 
national-level quality courses by the end of 2007. To see Simplified 
Chinese translations of MIT courses, visit 
<http://www.core.org.cn/OCW_CN/Global/all-courses.htm>http://www.core.org.cn/OCW_CN/Global/all-courses.htm


7. 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.


8. FETP OCW in Vietnam
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Inspired by the MIT OCW initiative, the 
<http://ocw.fetp.edu.vn/fetpocw.cfm>Fulbright School Economics 
Teaching Program (FETP) in Vietnam launched 
<http://ocw.fetp.edu.vn/fetpocw.cfm>FETP OpenCourseWare in 2003, the 
first "opencourseware" project to launch after MIT opened in 
September 2002. The Fulbright School participates with other academic 
institutions in Vietnam to promote the use of innovative 
long-distance learning activities.


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