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Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds

September 1, 2006


Christopher Merlan and Curt Newton


“OpenCourseWare expresses our belief in the way education can be advanced — by constantly widening access to information and by inspiring others to participate.”

— Charles M. Vest,President Emeritus of MIT

The Big Idea — Vision

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Video from the Tech Museum Awards

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MIT OpenCourseWare IS NOT:

MIT OpenCourseWare IS:

›An MIT education

›Intended to represent the interactive classroom environment

›Degree-granting

›A Web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content

›Open and available to world

›A permanent MIT activity

The Big Idea — What is OCW?

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›Syllabus

›Lecture notes

›Problem sets

›Exams

›Reading lists

›Simulations

›Video lectures

The Big Idea — 1400 courses

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The Big Idea — Use requirements

›Obliges users to meet three use requirements

Use must be non-commercial

Materials must be attributed to MIT and original author

or contributor

Publication or distribution of original or derivative

materials must be offered freely under identical terms,

or “share alike”

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Publication Process

During Term: Stellar

• Created on-the-fly• Administered by professor, TA, staff

• Includes copyrighted materials under “Fair Use”

• “Snapshot” after term ends• Built by OCW staff• All materials copyright-cleared

• OCW services: permissions, images, videos, transcribed notes

After Term: OCW

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Making a Difference — Access

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Total Traffic to MIT OCW Content


39.8 M

362.1 M

5.1 M

173.0 M

30.1 M

125.3 M

6.8 M

53.4 M

11.3 M

Traffic by Geographic Region (in Web hits, since 10/1/03)

RegionHits Since 10/1/03

Hit %

North America 362,084,901 42.8East Asia 173,006,531 20.5Western Europe 125,340,718 14.8South Asia 53,408,124 6.3Latin America 43,134,217 5.1Eastern Europe and Central Asia

39,756,502 4.7

MENA 30,726,572 3.6Pacific 11,327,629 1.3Sub-Sah. Africa 6,840,067 0.8TOTAL HITS 845,625,261


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›66% of visitors hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree

›Visitors most frequently interested in courses in electrical engineering, business, physics, and mathematics


Educators17%

Self-learners49%

Students32%

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Students and TAs seeking

supplemental material


Making a Difference — Benefits for MIT

›Institute-level benefits Advances MIT’s institutional mission

Enhances MIT’s image around the world

Generates community pride (alumni)

Stimulates collaboration among faculty

›Department-level benefits Showcases individual departments and their curricula

Enhances faculty and student recruitment efforts

Accelerates adoption of the Web

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›More than 263,000 visits fromMIT.EDU since 11/1/03

›35% of Fall 2005 freshmenaware of MIT OCW prior toattending MIT indicate OCWwas a significant influenceon their choice of school

›71% of all MIT students(undergraduate and graduate)make use of MIT OCW in theirresearch and studies

Making a Difference — MIT student use

Traffic from MIT.EDU since 9/4/04

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Making a Difference — MIT student use

“… OCW was one of the main reasons why I decided to come [to MIT] … I knew the contents of the courses, had a look to the materials, and a good understanding of what I was going to get ... that's the reason why I ended [up] here, and not in Stanford or Columbia.”

— MIT graduate student

“Even before joining MIT last year I started watching and enjoying many of your superb lectures. Needless to say, they were much better and captivating than anything I had attended before on the subject. These lectures have really enhanced my appreciation for physics.” — MIT student in Department of

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›77% of MIT’s faculty are now participating in MIT OCW

›60% of MIT faculty are using MIT OCW to revise courses and advise students

›32% of MIT faculty agree that publishing improves their teaching

Current Status — MIT faculty use and impact

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The OCW Movement — Other OpenCourseWares

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AustriaUniversity of Klagenfurt

ChinaChina Open Resources for Education•Beijing Jiao Tong University•Beijing Normal University•Central Radio and TV University•Central South University•Dalian University of Technology•Peking University•Sichuan University•Tsinghua University•Xi’an Jiao Tong Universit•Zhejiang University•Plus 150 others

FranceParisTech OCW•Agronomie•Arts et Métiers•Chimie Paris•Eaux et Forets•Ecole des Mines de Paris•Ecole Polytechnique•Physique-Chimie France•Ponts et Chausse•Statistiques et Economie•Techniques Avance•Telecom Paris

HungaryEotvos Lorand University

JapanJapan OCW Consortium•Hokkaido University•Keio University•Kyoto University•Kyushu University•Nagoya University•Osaka University•Tokyo Institute of Technology•University of Tokyo•Waseda UniversityUnited Nations University

NetherlandsOpen Universiteit Nederland

Spain and PortugalUniversia OCW•Universidad Alicante•Universidad Aveiro•Universidad Barcelona•Universidad Carlos III de Madrid•Universidad Islas Baleares•Universidad Jaume I•Universidad Murcia•Universidad Oviedo•Univ. Politécnica de Madrid•Univ. Politécnica de Valencia•Universidad Rovira i Virgili•Univ. Santiago de Compostela•Universidad Sevilla

South AfricaUniversity of the Western Cape

PeruUniversidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

United KingdomFahamuOpen University

United StatesDefense Acquisition University Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet and SocietyJohns Hopkins School of Public HealthMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMichigan State UniversityTufts UniversityUniversity of Michigan School of InformationUniversity of Notre DameUtah State UniversityUtah Valley State CollegeWeber State UniversityWheelock College

VenezuelaUniversidad Central de Venezuela

VietnamFulbright Economics Teaching ProgramVietnam OpenCourseware

AffiliatesOpensource OpenCourseWare Prototype SystemUniversia Spanish & Portuguese TranslationsWiderNet Project eGranary Digital LibraryAfrican Virtual University


The OCW Movement — OCWC portal site

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›Publication Director

Christopher Merlan

›Publication Managers

Alicia Boozer

Daniel Carchidi

Elizabeth DeRienzo

Keith McCluskey

Curt Newton

›Intellectual Property Team

Lindsey Weeramuni

Brett Paci

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How OCW Works with Faculty — OCW Staff

›Department Liaisons

Janet Chuang

Frederick Jao

Vincent Koon Kam King

Diandra Lucia

Jocelyn Rodal

Laurel Ruhlen

Aayesha Siddiqui

Yelena Tsitkin


How OCW Works with Faculty — Services

› Create and capture content Audit courses and take lecture notes, and transcribe handwritten lecture notes Take notes to document key discussions / case studies Photograph, videotape, and/or audiotape course-related events and materials (e.g., labs) Find public domain images Provide professional graphic artist services

› Organize and reformat content Structure lecture notes, organize course materials for digital publication, reformat and edit

PDFs Create bibliographies with full citations

› Provide advice and expertise Assist with equation editors, CAD, PowerPoint, Excel, PDFs Build course sites in Stellar, SloanSpace, Athena, Metamedia Coordinate with MIT Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) for video and audio production Train TAs on tools and platforms

› Produce archival record of courses and content Create CD containing source materials and templates Create .ZIP file of published OCW course content that will be published online and shared

with faculty

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“Is My Course Suitable for OCW?”

› Too busy

Incremental effort is minimal – typically no more than a few hours. OCW staff handles the rest.

› Not stable yet

Start with a baseline version. Many OCW courses are updated every couple of years.

› Not enough content because it’s [ a seminar / mostly labs / project intensive / chalk & talk lectures… ]

OCW is flexible in content. We can capture additional material during the term.

› Forthcoming texbook

Let’s discuss. OCW version needn’t conflict, as textbook is often a different “derivative work”


Publication Process

Initialmeeting

OCW builds site;IP clearance

Review draft site

Finaledits

A little Q&A

› Two publication cycles per year: MayNovember, DecemberApril

Live site

Instructors,TAs, assistants

OCW Staff


Thank You!

Visit MIT OpenCourseWare onlinehttp://ocw.mit.edu

Questions?MIT OCW Extranet “Participating in OCW”http://web.mit.edu/ocw/index.htm

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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