翻译：王龙(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年八月
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年八月号内容：
1. 《有线杂志网》杂志深入探究“全世界都成了麻省理工学院的校园”
2. 发布新课程，课程总数已达144门
3. 你们是如何使用麻省理工开放式课程的？
4. 深度探索：课程 11.204
5. 一个常见问题
1. 《有线杂志网》杂志深入探究“全世界都成了麻省理工学院的校园”
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刚发行的2003年9月份《有线杂志网》(Wired)杂志载文深入探究全球是怎样使用麻省理工开放式课程的课程教材。作者David Diamond会见了一系列麻省理工开放式课程的使用者，行程从美国的农村到越南的胡志明市，详细介绍了如何使用课程 6.170:软件工程的实验研究。
林伟国(Lam Vi Quoc)
林伟国(Lam Vi Quoc)应用了课程6.170讲稿和编程指南中学习的内容来设计程序，目的是让胡志明市的居民便于找到公交车线路。
Evan Hoff是个20岁的软件开发者是美国田纳西州纳什维尔，他讲述了6.170课程如何使他提高书写编程代码的创造力和效率的。阅读整篇文章，那么现在就拿起《连线杂志》，或者是从刚于8月26日发布在 http://www.wired.com/wired/current.html网站上的整篇文章。
2. 发布新课程，课程总数已达144门
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麻省理工学院将于2003年9月发布500门课程，正式启动麻省理工开放式课程项目。在7、8、9这几个月中，我们将采用“滚动”发布时间表，以周为单位分批发布新课程到项目网站上。
本月我们很高兴又提供59门新的课程，如下表所示：
机械工程 (link to list of courses from this department)
2.004: 动态模组化与控制II
材料科学与工程
3.185: 材料工程中的输送现象
建筑学
4.143: 非物质限制：程序和持久性
4.184: 建筑设计研讨：住宅的运算式设计
4.297: 建筑特殊问题研究
4.341: 摄影概论
4.343: 摄影和相关媒介
4.661: 研究建筑与艺术的理论与方法
电机工程与计算机科学
6.034: 人工智能
6.046J: 算法导论
6.061: 电力系统导论
6.111:数字系统概论实验
6.630: 电磁学理论
6.632: 电磁波理论
6.635: 高级电磁学
6.803: 人类智慧演化
6.827: 多执行绪平行处理：语言与编译器
物理学
8.08: 统计物理学 II
脑与认知科学
9.250: 演化心理学
9.51: 瞬间情绪的曝光促发效果
化学工程
10.391J: 永续能源
10.450: 动态过程、操作和控制
城市研究和规划
11.002J: 公共政策基础理论
11.127: 调查与教育的计算机模组化
11.225: 争论与沟通
11.422: 商业区协进会
11.943J:都市运输、土地使用和环境
经济学
14.384:时间序列分析
14.451: 宏观经济学理论I
史隆管理学院
15.012: 应用宏观和国际经济学
15.057: 系统最优化
15.060: 资料、模型、与决策
15.269A: 2003春季：文学、道德与权威
15.269B: 2002秋季：文学、道德与权威
15.280: 经理人沟通
15.389: 全球企业家精神实习
15.568A: 管理信息系统
15.598:信息技术和企业变革
15.615:企业家与经理人法则
15.628: 专利权、著作权与知识财产权法规
15.665B:权力与谈判
15.912:科技策略
15.928: 策略管理和咨询研讨会：理论基础
15.963: 制式系统型组织：学习、认知与改变
15.974: 领导人实习
航空宇航工程
16.891J: 太空政策研讨
政治科学
17.471: 美国国家安全策略
数学
18.335J: 应用数学数值方法I
18.404J: 计算理论
历史
21H.416: 比较观点之中世纪经济史
文学
21L:002: 西方文学基础II: 文艺复兴到近代
核子工程
22.51: 辐射与物质的交互作用
22.920: 核磁共振实作
工程系统组
ESD.801: 领导才能发展
卫生科学与技术
HST.950J: 医用计算机运算
HST.723: 声音的神经转码与感知
HST.951J: 医疗决策支援
HST.952: 生物医学家的计算机应用
想获取完整的麻省理工开放式课程课程列表，请访问完整课程列表。往后可在由麻省理工开放式课程计划负责更新的电子报中获得新课程的消息。
3. 你们是如何使用麻省理工开放式课程的？
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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。
4. 深度探索：课程 11.204
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这份电子报每月会提供订户一份针对特定主题的深度指导。本月，我们将深入研究课程 11.204 规划、沟通和数位媒体。本课程由城市研究和规划系的Lorlene Hoyt 教授主讲，关注数位化视觉和沟通的方法，以及在规划方面的应用。他向使用者介绍了规划者面临的地点、种族、电力和环境因素的考虑，包括以数位技术在呈现、分析和沟通方面的角色。
The 课堂讲稿介绍了一系列不同的方法，用于描述或呈现地点和它的居民，用于模拟变化，呈现未来的景象，用于在导向行为中参与多样角色。
通过一系列的实习，学生们将可以应用这些方法建构网页式的文档，这些MIT学生的电子文档也提供给麻省理工开放式的用户。这些电子文档不仅仅包括最后的考核方案，也包括整个城市规划项目硕士学位其他的作业。
相关阅读资料集萃了〈城市模拟和灯光设计表格：连通数位和现实的桥梁〉(Urban Simulation and the Luminous Planning Table: Bridging the Gap between the Digital and the Tangible)，来自规划教育和研究杂志刊载的Eran Ben-Joseph 及 Hiroshi Ishii的文章，以及Steven Johnson 的文章《浮现：关系彼此深系的蚂蚁生活(The Connected Lives of Ants》。
Hoyt教授也特意选辑了〈规划者的工具箱〉，他的网络电子文档，访问地址是： http://gis.mit.edu/classes/11.204/webportfolio/index.htm。
5. 一个常见问题
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问：后设资料格式（metadata）是什么，为什么对麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”来说很重要？
答：后设资料格式基本上就是“有关资料的资料”。它就是用来描述其它资料的资料。举例来说，这个麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”的常见问题集(FAQ)网页里面包含了作者、名称、创造日期和独特的网际网络位置；这些资料就构成了这一页的后设资料。麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”和麻省理工学院图书馆合作，将一连串的后设资料格式安装进内容中，让使用者可以针对课程内容进行强效、复杂而精确的搜寻。
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: August 2003
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The August 2003 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. Wired Magazine Explores "MIT Everyware"
2. New Courses Bring Total to 144
3. How Are You Using MIT OCW?
4. Digging Deeper: Course 11.204
5. A Frequently Asked Question
1. Wired Magazine Explores "MIT Everyware"
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The September 2003 issue of Wired just hit newsstands and features an article exploring the use of MIT OCW materials around the globe. Writer David Diamond interviewed an array of MIT OCW users, traveling from the rural United States to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, detailing use of the materials for "Course 6.170: Laboratory in Software Engineering."
Lam Vi Quoc used what he learned from the lecture notes and programming tutorials in Course 6.170 to design a program that allows residents of Ho Chi Minh City to find bus routes in the city, by destination.
And Evan Hoff, a 20-year-old software developer in Nashville, Tenn., tells of how 6.170 has made him more productive and efficient in the way he writes his programming code. To read the entire article, pick up Wired on newsstands now, or check it out at http://www.wired.com/wired/current.htmlwhen the entire article is posted online on August 26.
2. New Courses Bring Total to 144
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The official "launch" of MIT OpenCourseWare, with the publication of approximately 500 courses, will take place in September 2003. However, over the course of the summer, we will employ a "rolling" publication schedule, releasing batches of new courses to the public site on a weekly basis.
This month, we are pleased to offer the course materials from 59 new MIT subjects, including:
Mechanical Engineering (link to list of courses from this department)
2.004: Modeling Dynamics and Control II
Materials Science and Engineering
3.185: Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering
Architecture
4.143: Immaterial Limits: Process and Duration
4.184: Architectural Design Workshops: Computational Design for Housing
4.297: Special Problems in Architecture Studies
4.341: Introduction to Photography
4.343: Photography and Related Media
4.661: Theory and Method in the Study of Architecture and Art
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
6.034: Artificial Intelligence
6.046J: Introduction to Algorithms
6.061: Introduction to Electric Power Systems
6.111: Introductory Digital Systems Laboratory
6.630: Electromagnetic Theory
6.632: Electromagnetic Wave Theory
6.635: Advanced Electromagnetism
6.803: The Human Intelligence Enterprise
6.827: Multi-threaded Parallelism: Languages and Compliers
Physics
8.08: Statistical Physics II
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
9.250: Evolutionary Psychology
9.51: Affective Priming at Short and Extremely Short Exposures
Chemical Engineering
10.391J: Sustainable Energy
10.450: Process Dynamics, Operations, and Control
Urban Studies and Planning
11.002J: Fundamentals of Public Policy
11.127: Computer Modeling for Investigation and Education
11.225: Argumentation and Communication
11.422: Business Improvement Districts
11.943J: Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment
Economics
14.27: Economics and E-Commerce
14.384: Time Series Analysis
14.451: Macroeconomic Theory I
Sloan School of Management
15.012: Applied Macro and International Economics
15.057: Systems Optimization
15.060: Data, Models, and Decisions
15.269A: Literature, Ethics, and Authority - Spring 2003
15.269B: Literature, Ethics, and Authority - Fall 2002
15.280: Communication For Managers
15.389: Global Entrepreneurship Lab
15.568A: Management Information Systems
15.598: IT and Business Transformation
15.615: Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager
15.628: Patents, Copyrights, and the Law of Intellectual Property
15.665B: Power and Negotiation
15.912: Technology Strategy
15.928: Strategic Management and Consulting Proseminar: Theoretical Foundations
15.963: Organizations as Enacted Systems: Learning, Knowing, and Changing
15.974: Leadership Lab
Aeronautics and Astronautics
16.891J: Space Policy Seminar
Political Science
17.471: American National Security Policy
Mathematics
18.335J: Numerical Methods of Applied Mathematics I
18.404J: Theory of Computation
History
21H.416: Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective
Literature
21L:002: Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissance to Modernity
Nuclear Engineering
22.51: Interaction of Radiation with Matter
22.920: A Hands-on Introduction to Magnetic Resonance
Engineering Systems Division
ESD.801: Leadership Development
Health Sciences and Technology
HST.950J: Medical Computing
HST.723: Neural Coding and Perception of Sound
HST.951J: Medical Decision Support
HST.952: Computing for Biomedical Scientists
For a complete list of all MIT OCW courses, visit our complete course list. Look for notice of new courses in subsequent issues of the "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" email newsletter.
3. 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 for 500 MIT subjects in September 2003, the staff of MIT OCW is focused on evaluation and measurement of the MIT OCW Web site. We are trying to answer such questions as: How accessible are the MIT OCW course materials? How are people using the materials? What is the impact of MIT OCW? Are educators able to adapt 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 profiles, we will interview you and post your photo on the MIT OCW Web site. Please contact Jon Paul Potts, the MIT OCW Communications Manager, at jpotts@mit.edu, if you would like to tell us about yourself.
4. Digging Deeper: Course 11.204
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Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to one particular subject. This month, we explore "Course 11.204 Planning, Communications, and Digital Media." This course, from MIT Professor Lorlene Hoyt of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, focuses on methods of digital visualization and communication and their application to planning issues. It introduces users to themes of place, race, power and the environment that face planners; and the role of digital technologies in representing, analyzing, and mobilizing communities.
The Lecture Notes introduce a variety of methods for describing or representing a place and its residents, for simulating changes, for presenting visions of the future, and for engaging multiple actors in the process of guiding action.
Through a series of Labs, students will apply these methods in the construction of a Web-based portfolio, and these MIT student portfolios are available to MIT OCW users. These portfolios are not only the final project for the course, but also contain other course work from throughout the Master's in City Planning program.
The Readings list highlights "Urban Simulation and the Luminous Planning Table: Bridging the Gap between the Digital and the Tangible," an article from the Journal of Planning Education and Research by Eran Ben-Joseph and Hiroshi Ishii; and Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants by Steven Johnson.
Professor Hoyt also highlights "The Planners Toolbox," her Web-based portfolio that is accessible online at http://gis.mit.edu/classes/11.204/webportfolio/index.htm.
5. A Frequently Asked Question
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Q. What is metadata and why is it important to MIT OCW?
A. Metadata is, literally, "data about data." Metadata can be better understood as information that describes other information. For example, the homepage on the MIT OCW Web site has an author, a title, a date of creation, and a unique Internet address - this information constitutes the metadata about this page. For all new subjects posted on the MIT OCW Web site, we have worked with the MIT Libraries to implement detailed metadata, enabling searches across course materials to become more sophisticated, more powerful, and more accurate than during our early pilot phase.
