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：2004年六月
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 2004年六月号内容：
1. 21世纪成就奖
2. 改进麻省理工开放式课程的学习社群
3. 深度探索：课程 15.667
4. 一个常见问题
1. 21世纪成就奖
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麻省理工和Sapient公司（一家以麻州剑桥为基地的商业顾问技术服务公司并协助麻省理工建立“开放式课程”计划）， 共同获得了知名的计算机世界21世纪成就奖在教育与研究项目的奖项。颁奖典礼于6月7日在华盛顿特区举行。计算机世界荣誉基金会选出麻省理工和Sapient公司获得这个奖项，是因为她们开发了麻省理工开放式学习课程计划，这个计划也获得教育领域的最佳资讯应用奖。微软公司的主席兼首席软件设计师比尔．盖兹(Bill Gates)，提名麻省理工和Sapient公司为计算机世界桂冠奖(Computerworld Laureate)，以表彰麻省理工开放式课程计划对全球资讯技术的革命性贡献，以及对社会的正面影响。
“荣获计算机世界颁发的21世纪成就奖的得奖单位代表了他们创新的想法、宏观的愿景、对社会的正面影响透过资讯技术而有显著地成果，” 计算机世界荣誉奖(Computerworld Honors Program)的执行长Daniel Morrow说。
今年10个奖项的颁奖活动将在美国国立建筑博物馆(National Building Museum)举行，超过500位来自资讯科技业的领导者、学者以及超过50国家的代表齐聚ㄧ堂。2004年桂冠奖则包含了来自美国36州以及26个国家的创新应用。麻省理工教授俞久平，他的课程a href="../../Ocean-Engineering/13-021Marine-HydrodynamicsFall2001/CourseHome/index.htm"13.021:海洋流体动力学已经在开放式课程计划上线，与Sapient公司的Mike Detjen一起获得2004年桂冠奖。
“我们非常荣幸地能和Sapient公司携手以科技来推广教育” 麻省理工开放式课程计划的执行长Anne H. Margulies说，“自从2003年秋天开始了我们的领航概念，麻省理工开放式课程计划已经有超过来自215个不同国家、城市及地区的使用者浏览，使得这个计划真正地成为全球性计划。我们与Sapient公司的合作提供了一个可靠与方便使用的网站给世界各地的教师与学生们，能够与Sapient公司共同获得知名的计算机世界荣誉奖是一件非常荣幸的事。”
由知名人士所组成的审查小组根据创新的想法、宏观的愿景、对社会的重要性来挑选出获奖的产品，一个对麻省理工开放式课程计划的案例研究业已放置于2004年计算机世界荣誉奖的数据库中。其他关于2004年桂冠奖的资讯，请到网站：http://www.cwheroes.org，其中有完整的获奖名单，包含学者、研究人员与一般大众。
2. 改善麻省理工开放式课程计划的学习社群
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麻省理工开放式课程计划与犹他州立大学的开放持续学习机会研究群(OSLO)研究小组开始一项先期研究计划。7项麻省理工开放式课程计划的课程现在已提供连结到学习社群，世界各地的人们可以透过研究群组相互连结与协同合作，并利用麻省理工开放式课程计划中的教学资源获得正式与非正式的支援。这些连结显示在下列课程的网页左边的导览区：
(译注：现有讨论群组已超过七门，可参考开放式系统说明)。
这项麻省理工开放式教学计划与犹他州立大学的联合研究计划称为“开放式学习支援网”(OLS)，是一个着眼于建立“社群软件”的研究计划，让非正规学习社群利用现存公开的教材而组织起来。开放持续学习机会研究群(OSLO)研究小组努力协助开放式学习支援的使用者，在他们的努力下学习使用麻省理工开放式教学计划的教材。根据来自先期社群的早期使用者的回馈意见，开放式学习支援网最近已经加入了一些新的特色，包括：
- 连结到麻省理工开放式教学计划的教材—现在论坛提供了方便的连结到相关的麻省理工开放式教学计划的教材，使论坛的使用者在参予主动讨论时能更方便的参考教材。
- RSS 馈信(RSS Feeds)—开放式学习支援的新闻区与论坛现在支援RSS，帮助人们能更新到最新的公告。
- 在文章中张贴原始码—现在可以在张贴文章时加入程式或程式码，并利用HTML的<pre>标签来保有原来的格式。
- 麻省理工的课程编号—在论坛主题中加入课程编号，使得在麻省理工开放式教学计划网站上确认与寻找特定的课程教材能更方便。
要了解这些先期学习社群的范例，请连结到“课程 18.06: 线性代数”的先期学习社群。
3. 深度探索：课程 15.667
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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。本月我们将探讨“课程 15.667：谈判与冲突管理”，该课程由史隆管理学院的Mary Rowe教授所教授。
课程15.667描述了谈判理论–策略与风格—在雇用关系里的脉络。除了课堂上的理论与实作外，学生练习不同主题的角色扮演的情境模拟。同时学生也要学习如何在困难的情况下进行谈判，例如：讨人厌的、种族歧视、性别歧视、告密及紧急情况。课程涵盖了本身与第三方的冲突管理。第三方的技巧包含了协助其他人直接处理冲突、调解、调查、仲裁以及协助因争执所产生的系统变化。
麻省理工开放式课程计划网站上的“谈判与冲突管理”包含了丰富的资源，提供给每一位对谈判有兴趣的教学者与学习者。课程讲稿部分包含了情境模拟角色扮演的完整指导，课堂练习时的问题讨论与指导者的笔记。最主要的讲义及概念则集合成一个套件，称为谈判101。另外，在相关的资源里也包含了想要对课程有进一步了解的有用的书单。
4. 一个常见问题
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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701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或是理论。要进行进一步搜寻，请利用我们的进阶搜寻系统。
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。
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航空宇航工程学系为例好了，点选首页左方的航空宇航工程学系连结，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。
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: June 2004
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The June 2004 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. 21st Century Achievement Awards
2. Improving MIT OCW Learning Communities
3. Digging Deeper: Course 15.667
4. A Frequently Asked Question
1. 21st Century Achievement Awards
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MIT and Sapient Corp., the Cambridge, MA-based business consulting and technology services firm that helped MIT build the OpenCourseWare Web site, were jointly honored as the worldwide winner of the prestigious Computerworld 21st Century Achievement Award in Education and Academia during a ceremony held June 7 in Washington, D.C. MIT and Sapient were selected by the Computerworld Honors Foundation for their work to develop MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW), which was named as the best application of IT in the field of education. Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft, originally nominated MIT and Sapient as a Computerworld Laureate in recognition of MIT OCW's contribution to the global information technology revolution and its positive impact on society.
"Recipients of the Computerworld Honors 21st Century Achievement Awards represent those organizations whose use of information technology has been especially noteworthy for the originality of its conception, the breadth of its vision, and the significance of its benefit to society," said Daniel Morrow, Executive Director of the Computerworld Honors Program.
This year's awards, in 10 categories, were presented at a gala event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., and were attended by over 500 guests, including leaders of the information technology industry, scholars, and diplomats representing more than 50 countries. The 2004 collection of Laureates includes innovative applications of technology from 36 U.S. states and 26 countries. MIT Professor Dick K.P. Yue, whose "Course 13.021: Marine Hydrodynamics" is available on MIT OCW, accepted the award with Mike Detjen of Sapient Corp.
"We are extremely honored to be recognized with Sapient for our role in promoting education through technology," said Anne H. Margulies, Executive Director of MIT OCW. "Since the launch of our proof-of-concept pilot in fall 2003, the MIT OCW Web site has received traffic from users in more than 215 countries, city-states and territories, making it a truly global initiative. Our partnership with Sapient enabled us to provide a reliable and user-friendly site for educators and learners around the world, and it is a wonderful honor to be jointly recognized with Sapient by the prestigious Computerworld Honors program."
A panel of distinguished judges selected the winning applications based on originality of conception, breadth of vision, and significance to society. A case study on MIT OCWhas been archived in the 2004 Computerworld Honors Collection. Additional information about the 2004 collection of Laureates is available at http://www.cwheroes.org, where the entire collection is available to scholars, researchers, and the general public.
2. Improving MIT OCW Learning Communities
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MIT OCW has embarked on a pilot research project with the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities (OSLO) Research Group at Utah State University. Seven MIT OCW courses now offer links to learning communities where individuals around the world can connect with each other, collaborate, form study groups, and receive support for their use of MIT OCW materials in formal and informal educational settings. These links appear in the left-hand navigation of the following MIT OCW courses:
This joint MIT OCW/Utah State University research project, called Open Learning Support (OLS)is focused on building "social software" that enables informal learning communities to form around existing open educational content. The OSLO Research Group is committed to supporting OLS users in their efforts to learn using MIT OCW materials. Based on feedback from early users of the pilot communities, some new features have recently been added to OLS, including:
- Link to MIT/OCW Materials -- Forums now contain a convenient link to the associated MIT OCW educational materials, making it easier for users of the forums to reference the materials while participating in active discussions.
- RSS Feeds -- RSS feeds are now available for OLS News and Forums to help keep people up-to-date on the latest postings.
- Source Code in the Body of Posts -- It is now possible to include programming / source code in the body of a post and preserve the layout by using an HTML <pre> tag.
- MIT Course Numbers -- Course numbers have been added to the title of forums, making it easier to identify and find the particular course materials on the MIT OCW Web site.
To see an example of one of these pilot learning communities, connect to the pilot learning community for "Course 18.06: Linear Algebra" now.
3. Digging Deeper: Course 15.667
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Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to one particular subject. This month, we delve into "Course 15.667: Negotiation and Conflict Management," a course from the Sloan School of Management taught by Professor Mary Rowe.
Course 15.667 presents negotiation theory -- strategies and styles -- within an employment context. In addition to the theory and exercises presented in class, students practice negotiating with role-playing simulations that cover a range of topics. Students also learn how to negotiate in difficult situations, which include abrasiveness, racism, sexism, whistle-blowing, and emergencies. The course covers conflict management as a first party and as a third party. Third-party skills include helping others deal directly with their conflicts, mediation, investigation, arbitration, and helping the system change as a result of a dispute.
The MIT OCW site for "Negotiation and Conflct Management," includes a wealth of resources for anyone interested in teaching or learning about negotiation. The Lecture Notes section includes full instructions for role-play simulations, and class exercises with discussion questions and instructor's notes. The most essential handouts and ideas from the course have been assembled into a packet called Negotiation 101. In addition, a list of useful books on negotiations and conflict management is included in the Related Resourcessection for those who would like to learn more about some of the topics in this class.
4. A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: How do I find what courses are available?
ANSWER: MIT OCW offers the educational materials from 701 MIT courses. There are three ways to access the materials: Utilize the Search function that can be found in the left-hand corner of every page on the MIT OCWsite. Search for specific text, such as certain academic discipline area, across all courses or within just one course. To perform a detailed search, use our Advanced Search.
A second way to see what courses are available is to click on Course List that is listed in the top right-corner navigation of every page on the MIT OCW Web site. This will allow you to view the list of every available course, grouped into the 33 MIT academic departments.
Or, view the courses currently available grouped by MIT department. The departments that have MIT OCW course sites available are listed in the left-hand navigation bar of the MIT OCW homepage. An example would be the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Click on the Aeronautics and Astronauticslink in the left navigation bar on the MIT OCW homepage, and you will go to the department page, which includes a complete list of MIT Aero/Astro courses offered, along with a brief description of the department and its curriculum goals.
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