[edtech] MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 9

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MIT OpenCourseWare Update: September 2005

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The September 2005 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. New Courses Now Available
2. A Frequently Asked Question
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
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. New Courses Now Available
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MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is pleased to announce the publication 
of 24 new courses in the month of September as part or our Fall 2005 
publication cycle, including multiple offerings from the MIT 
Departments of 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/index.htm>Chemistry, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/index.htm>Economics, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/index.htm>Linguistics, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/index.htm>Literature, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/index.htm>Political 
Science, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/index.htm>Urban 
Studies and Planning, and the 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/index.htm>MIT 
Sloan School of Management.

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 courses published this 
month:
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-05Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>5.05 
- Principles of Inorganic Chemistry III, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-512Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>5.512 
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry II, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-60Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>5.60 
- Thermodynamics & Kinetics, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-74Spring-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>5.74 
- Introductory Quantum Mechanics II, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-74Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>5.74 
- Introductory Quantum Mechanics II, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-013JSpring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.013J 
- American Urban History I, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-014JFall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>11.014J 
- American Urban History II, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-255Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.255 
- Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-363Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>11.363 
- Civil Society and the Environment, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-941Fall2003/CourseHome/index.htm>11.941 
- Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, 
Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Earth--Atmospheric--and-Planetary-Sciences/12-201Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>12.201 
- Essentials of Geophysics, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/14-30Spring-2003/CourseHome/index.htm>14.30 
- Introduction to Statistical Method in Economics, Spring 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/14-33Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>14.33 
- Economics Research and Communication, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-352Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>15.352 
- Managing Innovation: Emerging Trends, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-810Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm>15.810 
- Marketing Management, Fall 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-432Fall-2003/CourseHome/index.htm>17.432 
- Causes of War: Theory and Method, Fall 2003
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-905Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>17.905 
- Forms of Political Participation: Old and New, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-05Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>18.05 
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-234JSpring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21H.234 
- Downtown, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-460Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21L.460 
- Medieval Literature: Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-707Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>21L.707 
- Arthurian Literature and Celtic Colonization, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-900Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>24.900 
- Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-903Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>24.903 
- Language and its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics, Spring 
2005
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Science--Technology--and-Society/STS-003Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm>STS.003 
- The Rise of Modern Science, Spring 2005

MIT OCW will publish approximately 130 more 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 next month's 
email newsletter.


2. A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: How do I properly cite my reuse of MIT OCW materials?
ANSWER: Through MIT OCW, MIT grants the right to anyone to use the 
materials, either "as is," or in a modified form. There is no 
restriction on how a user can modify the materials for the user's 
purpose. Materials may be edited, translated, combined with someone 
else's materials, reformatted, or changed in any other way. If you 
choose to reuse or repost MIT OCW materials you must give proper 
attribution to the original MIT faculty author(s). Please utilize the 
following citation "This material was created by or adapted from 
material created by MIT faculty member, (Faculty Member's Name), 
(Title). Copyright © (Year) (Faculty Member's Name)."

As an example, the citation for 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-06Linear-AlgebraFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
18.06 Linear Algebra, Fall 2002 taught by MIT Professor Gilbert 
Strang would read, "This material was created or adapted from 
material created by MIT faculty member Gilbert Strang, Professor. 
Copyright © 2002 Gilbert Strang."

If you want to use the materials on your Web site, you must also 
include a copy of the MIT OCW Creative Commons license, or a clear 
and reasonable link to its URL at 
(<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/terms-of-use.htm>http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/terms-of-use.htm), 
with every copy of the MIT materials or the derivative work you 
create from it.


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.


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