翻译：姜凯文(简介并寄信)
修正校定：朱学恒
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麻省理工“开放式课程”计划更新日期：2003年四月
每月发行给麻省理工“开放式课程”计划的使用者及伙伴的电子报
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麻省理工开放式课程电子报 2003年四月号内容：
1. 请告诉我们你是如何使用麻省理工开放式课程？
2. 深度探索：课程 15.783J
3. 本月的科技小百科
4. 一个常见的问题
1.请告诉我们你是如何使用麻省理工开放式课程？
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我们希望全世界的教师将能利用麻省理工开放式课程网站提供的课程资源进行课程开发，自学者可以用来自学或其他辅助用途。
随着我们不断努力，网站将在2003年9月发布总数达500门课程，麻省理工开放式课程的员工将非常关注项目网站的评估和测量。我们将尝试回答这些问题：网站的课程资源访问情形怎样？人们是怎样使用这些资源的？麻省理工开放式课程项目产生的影响是什么？教师们能改编麻省理工开放式课程课程资源用于自己的教学吗？
为了建立用户的案例研究，我们邀请并希望您能和我们分享你的故事。告知我们你是怎样使用麻省理工开放式课程资源的。如果您愿意分享您的故事，请联络Jon Paul Potts，麻省理工开放式课程联络主管： jpotts@mit.edu
2. 深度探索：课程 15.783J
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每个月，这份电子报将提供订户一份针对特定主题的深度指导。本月，我们将探讨“课程 15.783J：产品设计与开发”，由史隆管理学院所开设的课程，课程网址是： http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-783JProduct-Design-and-DevelopmentSpring2002/CourseHome/index.htm
“产品设计与开发”是以专案为主的课程，并检视现代的产品设计与开发的工具与方法。这门课程的基础是一个由学生所构想、设计与具体产品的雏型，并以团队管理、建构与工业设计的的专案。在课堂上是以研讨会方式引导学生，并利用实际案例与实做的经验来强化其关键理念。在麻省理工开放式课程网站中，这门课程的PDF格式的课堂讲稿位置在： http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-783JProduct-Design-and-DevelopmentSpring2002/LectureNotes/index.htm
在课程讲稿中所涵盖的主题有确认顾客的需求、观念的形成、产品的架构、工业设计与制造设计。
在网站上的课程教材还包含了在之前的学期由史隆学院学生实际所设计的专案范例，像是“马克笔墨水补充站”以及“酒保的倒酒器”，以绿色-黄色-红色的发光二极体排列来纪录倒酒的次数，方便酒保了解倒酒的次数，请参考：
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-783JProduct-Design-and-DevelopmentSpring2002/Projects/index.htm
网站上也包含了课程所使用的教科书的连结，产品设计与开发，由麻省理工学院的史蒂芬．艾宾格教授（Steven Eppinger）与宾州大学华顿学院的卡萝．T ．厄瑞齐教授（Karl T. Ulrich）所共同撰写。 http://www.ulrich-eppinger.net
3. 本月的科技小百科
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为了要将教材做最好的利用与观看效果，麻省理工开放式课程根据课程教材使用的经验所采用的纲要来协助最优化。我们的课程网站均可在麦金塔与视窗系统上执行。虽然建议以更高的连线速度进行连线，但像是以28.8kbps 的MODEM的慢速连线亦可在网站上观看大部份的教材，只是在下载教材时会多花些时间。在浏览器的搭配上，使用Netscape 4.75或更新版本，Internet Explorer5.5或更新版本会有最好的效果。(浏览麻省理工开放式课程网站)所需要的软件还包括Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0，麻省理工开放式课程建议下列自由下载的外挂程式也要安装：QuickTime, Windows Media Player, Real Media Player and Shockwave。连结到这些外挂程式的下载网页，请到麻省理工开放式课程的“技术需求”页面： http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/technical-faq.htm
4.一个常见的问题
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问：我要怎么知道有哪些课程可以选择？
答：麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”提供了50门麻省理工学院课程的教材。有三种方法来存取这些教材：使用本站每一页都可以看到的左边角落“搜寻”功能。你可以搜寻特定的文字：针对所有课程或是单一课程搜寻某个特别的学门。要了解网站搜寻的说明，请到网页： http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/search-help.htm
第二种方法则是点选本站每一页右上方的课程列表按钮。这将可以让你浏览目前所有的课程清单，依三十三个麻省理工学院科系作分类。 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm
或者，你也可以以科系分类来观看相关资料。麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”的首页左手边列出了目前有课程上网的科系。就以麻省理工学院的数学系为例好了，点选首页左方的数学(Mathematics)连结，你就可以进入该系所的首页，这会包含了一个参与麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”的课程完整列表，页首还会有对该系所和其教学目的有一段简短的描述。 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/index.htm
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: April 2003
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The April 2003 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. Tell Us How You Are Using MIT OCW
2. Digging Deeper: Course 15.783J
3. Technology Tip of the Month
4. A Frequently Asked Question
1.Tell Us How You Are Using MIT OCW
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The hope is that educators around the world will be able to utilize the course materials presented on the MIT OCW Web site for curriculum development, and self-learners will be able to draw upon the materials for self-study or supplementary use.
As we move forward to the publication of the course materials from 500 more MIT subjects in September 2003, the staff of MIT OCW is focused on evaluation and measurement of the MIT OCW site. We are trying to answer such questions as: How accessible are the course materials? How are people using the materials? What is the impact of MIT OCW? Have educators adapted the MIT OCW materials for their own teaching?
We would like to ask you to share your story with us for the purposes of developing user case studies. Tell us how you are using the MIT OCW materials. Please contact Jon Paul Potts, the MIT OCW Communications Manager, at jpotts@mit.edu, if you would like to share your case study.
2. Digging Deeper: Course 15.783J
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Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to one particular subject. This month, we delve into "Course 15.783J: Product Design and Development," a course from MIT's Sloan School of Management: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-783JProduct-Design-and-DevelopmentSpring2002/CourseHome/index.htm
"Product Design and Development" is a project-based course that examines modern tools and methods for product design and development. The cornerstone of the course is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design, and prototype a physical product. Class sessions are conducted in workshop mode and employ cases and hands-on exercises to reinforce the key ideas. The MIT OCW site for this course includes Lecture Notes in PDF format: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-783JProduct-Design-and-DevelopmentSpring2002/LectureNotes/index.htm
Topics covered in the Lecture Notes include identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, and design-for-manufacturing.
The MIT OCW course materials also include examples of actual projects designed by Sloan School students in prior semesters, such as a "Marker Refill Station," and a "Bartender's Pour Spout," which times the pouring of liquor drinks with a green- yellow-red LED light sequence that lets the bartender know when one shot is poured:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-783JProduct-Design-and-DevelopmentSpring2002/Projects/index.htm
The site also includes a link to the textbook for the course, Product Design and Development, co-written by MIT Professor Steven Eppinger and Professor Karl T. Ulrich of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School: http://www.ulrich-eppinger.net
3. Technology Tip of the Month
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To best view and utilize the materials presented, MIT OCW has adopted guidelines to help optimize the experience with the course materials. Our course sites work on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. Although higher-speed connections are preferable, slower connections, such as 28.8 kbps modems, should allow users to view most materials on the sites; however, downloading materials will take a longer period of time. The course sites should work best on Internet browsers of Netscape version 4.75 or above, and Internet Explorer version 5.5 or above. Required software includes Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0, and, MIT OCW recommends that the following freely available plug-ins be installed in your computing environment: QuickTime, Windows Media Player, Real Media Player and Shockwave. For links to the downloads for these plug-ins, visit the MIT OCW "Technical Requirements" page: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/technical-faq.htm
4.A Frequently Asked Question
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Q: How do I find what subjects are available? A: MIT OCW currently offers the course materials from 50 MIT subjects. There are three ways to access the materials from individual subjects: Utilize the "Search" function that can be found in the top left-hand corner of every page on the MIT OCW site. Search for specific text, such as a subject area, across all courses or within just one course. For an explanation of the site's "Search" functionality, go to: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/search-help.htm
Click on the link that reads "Course List" in the MIT OCW page header at the top of your browser window to view the listing of all current MIT OCW subjects offered: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm
Or view the subjects currently available grouped by MIT department. The departments that have MIT OCW subject sites available are listed in the left-hand navigation bar of the OCW homepage. An example would be the MIT Department of Mathematics. Click on the "Mathematics" link in the left navigation bar on the MIT OCW homepage, and you will go to the department homepage, which includes a complete list of MIT mathematics courses offered, along with a brief description of the department and its curriculum goals: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/index.htm
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