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：2005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 2005年六月号内容：
1. 科技推动的主动式学习应用在物理学的课程上
2. 一个常见问题
3. 约翰．霍普金斯公共卫生学院的开放式课程计划
4. 犹他州立大学的开放式课程计划
5. 日本的开放式课程联盟
1. 科技推动的主动式学习应用在物理学的课程上
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麻省理工开放式课程的特点之一是，在几个学院中，若有不同教授以不同的教学方式讲授相同主题时，我们会对相同课程提供了多个课程网站。
麻省理工学院物理系就是一个好的范例。所有麻省理工学院的大学生都必需修习物理学II(电力与磁力)，不过，麻省理工学院提供了数种版本的物理学II，也都在麻省理工开放式课程网站上。在2005年春季，麻省理工开放式课程发布了课程8.02T – 2005年春季课程：电力与磁力，这是物理导论的第二学期，大一新生等级的课程。这个课程利用TEAL(科技推动的主动式学习)方式上课--透过小组互动与现有的技术。TEAL/Studio计划((Technology Enabled Active Learning)是在学习物理学上的一个新方式，是设计让学生发展更好的直观能力以及物理现象的观念模型。
由麻省理工学院的John Belcher教授所领导的教授们所发展的TEAL是以实验桌上的实验配合笔记型计算机撷取资料以及解决问题的研讨会为特色。阅读TEAL的课程大纲可以了解课程的学习目标与课程组织。
视觉化教材的部份提供了用来展示不同物理现象的多媒体工具，包括向量场、静电学、静磁学、法拉第定律和光。视觉化教材是供教授们自由下载使用，让他们利用麻省理工开放式课程来开发自己的物理课程介绍。
在课程讲稿中有完整的课程笔记，是由Belcher教授和他的同僚Sen-Ben Liao 和 Peter Dourmashkin博士所撰写的。在TEAL教室中学生有机会使用个人回覆系统(Personal Response System, PRS)，问题会张贴在教室中以激励讨论和引导其观念。学生将答案以电子方式“投票”并计算其答案得分。个人回覆系统在麻省理工开放式课程的网站上是开放使用的。
这个课程的TEAL版本提供了不一样的教学与学习工具，包含了教学时程、相关阅读资料、实作课程、作业以及讨论群组，使用者可以和其他人讨论课程所使用的教材。
麻省理工开放式课程对这门课程提供了另一个版本，由麻省理工学院Walter Lewin教授所教的课程 8.02 – 2002春季课程：电力与磁力，包含了36个录影课程。Walter Lewin教授，他生动与迷人的讲课风格是国际知名的，提供丰富的内容，包含课程讲稿、作业与题解、测验与解答、相关资源的连结、一个独立的讨论群组和完整的2002年春季课程的影片教学。
麻省理工开放式课程很高兴能提供这两门课程以及其所使用的不同教学方法给使用者参考。
2. 一个常见问题
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问：如果麻省理工开放式课程会一直开放与免费的，为何现在网站上会询问使用者是否要捐款？
答：麻省理工开放式课程将会一直是开放与免费的数位出版计划，感谢 WWilliam and Flora Hewlett基金会与Andrew Mellon基金会的慷慨资助，使麻省理工开放式课程到2005年春季已发布了1100门课程。在提供免费与开放使用这些课程上，麻省理工学院将其教育用的教材贡献给全世界，但是维护这些课程，以及将麻省理工开放式课程提升到满足不同使用者族群，是有其成本的。来自使用者50元、100元或500元的捐款将会促使我们持续地提供高品质的麻省理工学院的课程教材。
捐款给麻省理工开放式课程是简单的。透过“捐款给麻省理工学院”的网站给予麻省理工开放式课程财务上的支持是个安全与隐密的方式：
- 请造访捐赠网站，同时您的捐赠会自动地标示给麻省理工开放式课程基金。
- 点击“现在捐赠”按钮(按下页首的橘红色按钮也是一样的)(译注：OOPS网页尚未更新此设计)。
- 在下一页中，点击橘红色的“继续”按钮。
- 输入您所要捐赠的金额，以美元为单位。
- 遵照简单的步骤来传送您给麻省理工开放式课程的捐款。
您也可以邮寄的方式将私人支票寄给麻省理工开放式课程。将支付人注明给“麻省理工学院”并随信附上这笔捐款是给麻省理工开放式课程基金#4021100的纸条，并邮寄到：
- Recording Secretary
- MIT Office of the Treasurer
- 238 Main Street, Suite 200
- Cambridge, MA 02142
3. 约翰．霍普斯金公共卫生学院的开放式课程计划
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位于马里兰州巴的摩尔的约翰．霍普金斯．彭博公共卫生学院(JHSPH)是世界知名的公共卫生领域的国际权威。JHSPH每天藉由开创性的新研究来确保世界上数以百万的人们免于疾病与伤害，为防护全球人类生命而散布其知识与专业技术及教育明日的科学家与实践者。约翰．霍普金斯公共卫生学院的开放式课程计划提供了学校最热门课程的教材给使用者阅览。
4. 犹他州立大学的开放式课程计划
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犹他州立大学 (USU)是美国以学生为中心，由国家捐地所成立的优秀大学。犹他州立大学的开放式课程计划实践了犹他州立大学的使命，透过学习、发现与参与来服务人群。
5. 日本的开放式课程联盟
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六所日本顶尖的大学 – 庆应义塾大学、京都大学、大阪大学、东京理工学院、东京大学与早稻田大学 – 宣布组成日本开放式课程合作团队。
这六所大学现已提供近百门英文、日文版课程免费使用。
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: June 2005
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The June 2005 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. Technology-Enabled Active Learning in Physics
2. A Frequently Asked Question
3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
4. Utah State University OCW
5. Japan OCW Alliance
1. Technology-Enabled Active Learning in Physics
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One of the unique aspects of MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW), is that in several academic areas, we offer multiple course sites for the same topic in cases where there are different pedagogical models being taught by different members of the MIT faculty.
A good example of this can be seen in the MIT Department of Physics. All MIT undergraduates must take Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism), however, MIT offers several versions of Physics II, and this is reflected on the MIT OCW web site. In Spring 2005, MIT OCW published Course 8.02T -- Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2005, a freshman-level course that is the second semester of introductory physics. The subject is taught using the TEAL (Technology Enabled Active Learning) format which utilizes small group interaction and current technology. The TEAL/Studio Project is a new approach to physics education designed to help students develop much better intuition about, and conceptual models of, physical phenomena.
Developed by a team of faculty led by MIT Professor John Belcher, TEAL features table-top experiments utilizing laptop computers for data acquisition and problem-solving workshops. Read the TEAL Syllabus for information about the course learning objectives, and how the course is organized.
The Visualizations section offers multimedia tools that demonstrate various physical phenomena, including Vector Fields, Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, Faraday's Law, and Light. These visualizations are freely available for download by faculty utilizing MIT OCW to develop their own introductory physics courses.
In the Lecture Notes section, there is a full set of course notes written by Belcher and his colleagues,Dr. Sen-Ben Liao and Dr. Peter Dourmashkin. The TEAL classroom includes the opportunity for students to use the Personal Response System (PRS). Questions are posed to the class to stimulate discussion and indicate how concepts are going over. Students "vote" on answers electronically and their answers are tallied. These PRS are available on the MIT OCW course site.
The TEAL version of this course offers a variety of other teaching and learning tools, including a Course Calendar, Readings, Labs, Assignments, and a Discussion Group, where users can discuss with each other the materials presented in this course.
MIT OCW presents another version of this topic taught by MIT Professor Walter Lewin, Course 8.02 -- Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002, which includes 36 videotaped lectures. Professor Lewin, who is internationally known for his dynamic and engaging lecture style, offers a wealth of content, including Lecture Notes, Problem Sets with solutions, Exams with solutions, links to Related Resources, a separate Discussion Group, and a complete set of Video Lectures, recorded on the MIT campus during Spring 2002.
MIT OCW is pleased to offer users access to both of these courses, and the different pedagogical models they present.
2. A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: If MIT OCW will always be free and open, why is the Web site now asking users for financial donations?
ANSWER: MIT OCW will always be a free and open digital publication. Thanks to the generous support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation, MIT OCW has published 1100 courses through Spring 2005. In offering free and open access to these courses, MIT is giving its 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. Going forward, $50, $100, or $500 donations from our users will enable us to continue to offer a high-quality publication of MIT's course materials.
Giving to MIT OCW is easy. The Giving to MIT Web site is a safe and secure way to financially support MIT OCW:
- Visit the Giving Site and your gift has been automatically designated to the MIT OCW Fund
- Hit the Give Now button (similar to the orange button at the top of this page)
- On the next page, hit the orange Continue button
- Enter the amount of money, in U.S. Dollars, that you wish to donate
- Follow the simple steps to send your gift to MIT OCW
You can also mail your gift in the form of a personal check to MIT OCW. Make your check payable to "MIT" and enclose a note indicating that the contribution is for the MIT OpenCourseWare Fund #4021100. Send your donation to:
- Recording Secretary
- MIT Office of the Treasurer
- 238 Main Street, Suite 200
- Cambridge, MA 02142
3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) in Baltimore, MD, is world-renowned as a leading international authority on public health. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Opencourseware project provides access to the school's most popular courses.
4. Utah State University OCW
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Utah State University (USU) is one of the nation's premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities. USU Opencourseware supports USU's institutional mission to serve the public through learning, discovery, and engagement.
5. Japan OCW Alliance
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The top six universities in Japan -- Keio University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, the University of Tokyo, and Waseda University -- have announced the formation of the Japan OCW Alliance. These six universities now offer open access to close to 100 courses, in both English and Japanese.
