2006年12月号电子报
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：2006年12月（延迟至2007年1月发行）
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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本期内容：
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在11月时，麻省理工开放式课程完成了秋季例行课程发布，其中有超过150门新增课程与75门更新课程。这意味着麻省理工开放式课程提供了总数超过1550门课程。您可阅读以系所分类的所有课程列表，其网址连结为：http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm。在课程名称旁的红色NEW就代表着新近发布的课程。完整的课程更新列表请参阅http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/updatedcourses.htm。
你知道可以注册索取RSS feed服务吗？它会将最近90天内的所有新进与更新课程列表寄给你。列表是以时间排序的方式，最近出版的会在最上面。请到下列网址来阅读列表，并学习更多有关RSS feed服务及订阅方式： http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/rss/new/mit-newcourses.xml
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在来源许可的情况下，我们将持续地加入麻省理工开放式课程的影音教材。到11月为止，已有22门课程完成了一系列的课堂影音教材（全部有609次课堂影音）。许多课程也有录影单元（全部的录影文件超过1200个）。某些课程有录音课程，而现在我们正把录影课程的音讯部份张贴出来。请到下列网址来查阅所有的影音课程列表：http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/avocw.htm。
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麻省理工学院并非所有的课程都与科学有关的！麻省理工学院的35个优秀的系所分属5个不同的学院，在麻省理工开放式课程的网站中有许多有趣且令人惊奇的课程：本月介绍的课程是4.615 开罗的建筑：
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-615Spring2002/CourseHome/index.htm
这是最早在麻省理工开放式课程网站中上线课程之一，它包含了大量的有关开罗建筑的影像库。大部份的影像是由出生于开罗的Nasser Rabbat教授所拍摄。他已在麻省理工学院教授有关依斯兰建筑的课程超过15年。
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开放式课程计划联盟是由超过100个教育机构提供其开放式教育课程的网站所组成的联盟。根据最新的统计，在联盟中有近3000门各种语言的课程。开放式课程计划联盟网站是你接触浩瀚资源的入口。
下次开放式课程计划联盟会议将会在2007年5月2~3日于西班牙桑坦德市举行，由Universia所主办。许多公认对于建立开放式课程计划的大学也受邀参加。想要了解更多有关此次活动的资讯请在2月初造访开放式课程计划联盟网站。
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麻省理开放式课程计划中的2004年秋季课程，18.S34：问题解决方法研讨就到处充满着挑战。下面的范例就是其一：
大家都知道如何用4次直切来将圆形起士切成相同的8块楔形。但你知道如何只用3次直切就可以达成？如果你不是起士问题的解题高手，请造访课程18.S34的首页并按下“答案”就可以获得解答。在那儿，你可以学到更多解题的技巧！
6. 您的赞助能使开放式课程永续经营
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麻省理工学院的教授群将其教材供全世界免费与开放使用，但是维护这些课程以及改善麻省理工开放式课程以符合各式不同的使用者是须要成本的。因此，我们需要各位使用者的慷慨捐赠来维持麻省理工开放式课程的运作。现在我们在每一个网页的上方提供“赞助麻省理工开放式课程”的快速连结：
按下快速连结的按钮，您将发现赞助麻省理工开放式课程是相当简单的，而且透过“赞助麻省理工学院”网站对麻省理工开放式课程给予财务上的支援是安全无虞的方式。麻省理工开放式课程将会坚持做为免费与自由使用的数位出版品，但无论如何，您的赞助不论是50元、100元甚至是500元都将支持我们继续提供高品质的麻省理工学院课程教材的发布。
December 2006 Newsletter
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MIT OpenCourseWare Update: December 2006 (Delivery delayed until January 2007)
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare.
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In this issue:
1. Another Milestone: Fall 2006 Publication Cycle Complete
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In November, OCW completed the fall publication cycle, with over 150 new courses and 75 updates published. This means that OCW now offers the materials for more than 1550 MIT courses. You can see the complete Master Course List, organized by department, at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm. New courses in this list are marked with, ah, “NEW.” The list of updated courses is at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/updatedcourses.htm.
Did you know that you can sign up for an RSS feed, sent right to your computer, listing all NEW and UPDATED courses published in the last ninety days? The list is in chronological order, most recent at the top. Go to http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/rss/new/mit-newcourses.xml to see the list, to learn more about RSS feeds, and to subscribe.
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As resources permit, we continue to add video and audio materials to OCW. As of November, 22 courses have complete series of lectures (609 lectures in all). Many other courses have video elements (over 1200 video files all together). Some courses are available in audio format, and we are now posting audio-only versions of video courses as we produce them. For links to all our video and audio courses, go to http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/avocw.htm.
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Not all MIT courses are techie! Across MIT’s 35 world-class departments in five different schools, there are many interesting course subjects that may surprise--and delight--you: This month’s feature is 4.615 The Architecture of Cairo:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-615Spring2002/CourseHome/index.htm
This was one of our early classes on OCW, and it contains extensive image galleries of Cairene architecture. Most of the images were taken by Professor Nasser Rabbat, who is a native of Cairo. He's been teaching classes on Islamic architecture at MIT for 15 years.
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The OCW Consortium (OCWC) is an alliance of over 100 institutions providing (or developing) their own OCW web sites. At last count, there are about 3000 courses, in many languages, offered across the Consortium. The OCW Consortium web site is your portal to this vast resource.
The next OCWC conference will be held in Santander, Spain on May 2-3, 2007, graciously hosted by Universia. Accredited universities interested in establishing their own OCW sites are welcome to attend. Look for more information on this event in early February on the OCWC web site.
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OCW course 18.S34 Problem Solving Seminar, Fall 2004, is chock full of challenges. Here’s one of them:
Everyone knows how to cut a wheel (cylinder) of cheese into eight identical wedges with four straight cuts. Can you do this with only three straight cuts, and if so, how? If you’re not a whiz at cheese problems, you can get the answer by going to the 18.S34 course home page and clicking on “answer” under the image. While you’re there, learn more about problem solving techniques!
6. Your Gift Sustains OCW Long-Term
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In offering free and open access to MIT courses, the MIT faculty are giving their educational materials to the world. But maintaining these courses, and evolving MIT OCW to meet the needs of our diverse user audience, has its costs. Thus, we depend on the generosity of users to sustain the MIT OCW project long term. We now offer a quick link to the Donating to MIT OCW section on every page on the MIT OCW Web site. Look for the following button at the top of every page:
Hit this button, and you will find that giving your gift to MIT OCW is easy, and that the Giving to MIT Web site is a safe and secure way to financially support MIT OCW. MIT OCW will always be a free and open digital publication, however, your $50, $100, or $500 donation will enable us to continue to offer a high-quality publication of MIT's course materials.
