Now Anyone Can Go To M.I.T.
For the past four years, The Massachussets Institute of Technology, one of the world's foremost universities, has been at the forefront of an educational revolution.
In 2002, they began publishing every jot and tittle of their course information on the web. Provided you have internet access, it's possible for you to study the same materials as MIT students while in a hut in Timbuktu.
According to the school's website, the OCW project has a dual mission:
"* To provide free access to virtually all MIT course materials for educators and learners around the world.
* to extend the reach and impact of MIT OCW and the “opencourseware” concept."
They've done pretty damn well on both accounts. I've consulted the higher minds of MIT when designing my own syllabi, and the open courseware project has been embraced in China, Japan, and France as well as the United States.
Read About MIT Open Courseware Here
In 2002, they began publishing every jot and tittle of their course information on the web. Provided you have internet access, it's possible for you to study the same materials as MIT students while in a hut in Timbuktu.
According to the school's website, the OCW project has a dual mission:
"* To provide free access to virtually all MIT course materials for educators and learners around the world.
* to extend the reach and impact of MIT OCW and the “opencourseware” concept."
They've done pretty damn well on both accounts. I've consulted the higher minds of MIT when designing my own syllabi, and the open courseware project has been embraced in China, Japan, and France as well as the United States.
Read About MIT Open Courseware Here
