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年十一月
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年十一月号内容：
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做为新闻与资讯传递的世界级领导者的CNN(美国有线新闻网)在2004年9月及10月分别在CNN与CNN国际频道中播放麻省理工开放式课程特别报导，这对麻省理工开放式课程拓展潜在使用者来说是一个大好机会。
假如你错过了这个机会，到麻省理工开放式课程网站上查看CNN节目的影音串流文件。这些文件为Real Player格式，分别有(220K 80K) 56K)的下载速度。在麻省理工开放式课程网站的课程列表以及媒体报导网页上也会特别将这些文件标示出来。
这段由CNN国际频道“全球挑战”(Gloable Challenges)单元所制播的关于麻省理工开放式课程的6分钟影像片段在9月12日、19日、26日以及10月3日、10日播出。 这段节目也会于9月底在CNN美国频道的Next@CNN节目中播出。“全球挑战”这个节目单元是报导世界各地的可能改变世界的永续发展计划，从社群营造到创新观念：麻省理工开放式课程就是其中一个例子。
2.麻省理工学院校长，前普林斯顿大学(Princeton University)校长对开放式共享的看法
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谁猜得到佛罗伦斯蛋卷(Florentine omelet)在麻省理工开放式课程的由来中起了作用？
在具体化“开放式课程计划”概念的时候，在纽约一家小餐馆的早餐会成为了关键性的一刻，根据Andrew W. Mellon基金会主席William G. Bowen所说，在2000年的一个早上与麻省理工学院校长查尔斯 M．卫斯特(Charles M. Vest)用餐时讨论到基金会对创新计划的支援。这个轶事是从麻省理工开放式课程网站中的“Bowen的回忆”所传出，也在2004年10月4日在麻省理工学院所举办的教授论坛中公开分享。
欢迎世界各地的麻省理工学院使用者一起来聆听Bowen的评论，除了卫斯特及麻省理工学院教务长Robert A. Brown以外，还有透过MIT WORLD观看网络转播的观众。MIT WORLD 是麻省理工学院重要的一个自由公开的公共事务影像网站。这个网站陈列了每天举办的研讨会与论坛中各式演讲者的的内容，也是一个教育性的文件库，收存了从2001年迄今的230重要活动的影像档。（包括微软、戴尔计算机、亚玛逊书店的负责人等。请至http://mitworld.mit.edu观看资料。）
Bowen从1988年起担任Andrew W. Mellon基金会主席。在此之前，他是普林斯顿大学校长及经济与公共事务方面的教授。Bowen着重在资讯科技应用的知识领导了许多的创新的计划，包含麻省理工开放课程。 他同时也是19本著作的作者或共同作者，包含与James Shulman合着的《人生竞赛：大学运动竞赛与教育的价值》。
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麻省理工开放课程免费开放了914门课程，同时每个月，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 18.03：微分方程，由麻省理工学院数学系教授Haynes Miller与Arthur Mattuck所讲授的精彩课程。
微分方程式是用来表达自然法则的语言。了解微分方程式解法的特性是当代许多科学与工程的基础。常微分方程式(Ordinary differential equations, ODE's)是用来处理单变数函数，你可以把变数想像为时间。这门课程在麻省理工开放课程网站上以创新的方式展示了麻省理工学院正在教授的微分方程式。
在课程讲稿的部份有38个PDF格式的讲稿，这些提供给学生的单纯文字文件，几乎将Miller教授生动的讲课内容逐字抄录下来。 这门课程遵询着“主动学习”的方法，在课程期间，帮助学生获得有关微分方程式的了解、建构、解答以及诠释上专业知识。
还有24组实习问题与解法，8组作业与解答及综合测验部份，还包含了练习与实际考试及解答。
这个课程的网站同时也以完整的Mattuck教授的课程录影为号召，主要是以麻省理工学院2003年春季课程教学的实况录影。Mattuck教授以他动人的讲课给与了麻省理工学院的学生许多启示。从1970年代起，Mattuck教授就着手进行一项协助教学及博士后研究生的录影教学计划来改善教学。这些完整的录影带由d'Arbeloff Fund所资助的麻省理工学院卓越教育计划(Excellence in MIT Education)提供。
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问：我是否可以在我的个人网页与麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”做网络连结？
答：根据麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”创作共享理念授权同意书(MIT OCW Creative Common License) 的条款，只要是这些网页内容和连结是允许自由使用(例如不受限制，或是免费使用)；并且没有声明、表达、暗示这些网页与麻省理工学院有合作关系或是受到麻省理工学院背书推荐，网络连结到麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”主页、课程索引或是课程内容网页是被允许的。
麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”除了保证连结麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”的首页外，无法为任何特殊连结的持续成功性作保证。因为新课程的公布及使用者要求而新增的连结，会使某些连结可能会改变，因此，我们建议有设连结到麻省理工学院开放课程网页的网站要经常检查他们所建立的连结是正确的。/div>
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: November 2004
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The November 2004 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1.See CNN Video About MIT OCW
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CNN is among the world's leaders in news and information delivery, and so it was a great opportunity for outreach to potential users when MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW), was featured on CNN and CNN International television in September and October 2004.
In case you missed it, check out the streaming video file of the CNN program on the MIT OCW Web site. These videos are in Real Player format at speeds of ( 220K) ( 80K) ( 56K). The videos are also highlighted on the MIT OCW homepage , and on the Media Coverage page.
The six-minute segment about MIT OCW was produced by the CNN International program Global Challenges that aired September 12, 19 and 26, and October 3 and 10. The segment also aired on CNN United States on the program Next@CNNin late September. "Global Challenges" travels around the world to bring feature reports on sustainable development, focusing on everything from small-scale community projects to innovative ideas -- such as MIT OCW -- that could change the world.
2.MIT President, Former Princeton President On Open Sharing
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Who could have guessed that a Florentine omelet would play a role in the origins of MIT OCW?
A breakfast meeting in a New York "greasy spoon" was one of the seminal moments in shaping the "opencourseware" concept, according to William G. Bowen, the President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, who dined with MIT President Charles M. Vest one morning in 2000 to discuss foundation support for the initiative. This anecdote came during Bowen's reflections on MIT OCW and open sharing that he shared at an MIT Faculty Forum on Open Sharing that was held at MIT on October 4, 2004.
Users of MIT OCW around the world are invited to see and hear Bowen's remarks, along with those of Vest and MIT Provost Robert A. Brown, by watching a video of the event on MIT World . MIT World is a free and open video streaming Web site of significant public events at MIT. It is a showcase for the diversity of speakers, panels and symposia held every day on MIT's campus, offering an educational archive of more than 230 videos of significant events from 2001 to the present. Users are invited to view a virtual "Who's Who" of great thinkers, from Nobel Laureates to a wide range of corporate leaders (including Bill Gates, Carly Fiorina, Michael Dell and Jeff Bezos). Check out MIT World at http://mitworld.mit.edu.
Bowen has been president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 1988. Before that, he was President of Princeton University where he also served as a professor of economics and public affairs. Bowen's interest in the applications of information technology to scholarship has led to a range of initiatives, including MIT OCW. He is also the author or co-author of 19 books, including The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values (2001) with James Shulman.
3.Digging Deeper: Course 18.03
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MIT OCW offers free and open access to 914 courses, and each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to one particular subject. This month, we dig into Course 18.03: Differential Equations , a wonderful course taught by Professors Haynes Miller and Arthur Mattuck from the MIT Department of Mathematics .
Differential equations are the language in which the laws of nature are expressed. Understanding properties of solutions of differential equations is fundamental to much of contemporary science and engineering. Ordinary differential equations (ODE's) deal with functions of one variable, which can often be thought of as time. The MIT OCW Web site for this course showcases the innovative ways in which differential equations are now being taught at MIT.
The Lecture Notes section feature 38 PDFs of lecture notes. These are simple text files that were provided to the students containing nearly verbatim transcripts of Professor Miller's lively lectures. The lectures follow an "active learning" approach. The lecture periods are used to help students gain expertise in understanding, constructing, solving, and interpreting differential equations.
There are 24 sets of Recitationproblems and solutions, eight sets of Assignments and Solutions , and a comprehensive Exams section, including practice examsand actual exams with solutions.
The course site also features a complete set of Professor Mattuck's Video Lectures , recorded live in MIT's spring 2003 semester. Professor Mattuck has inspired and informed generations of MIT students with his engaging lectures. Starting in the 1970s, Professor Mattuck began a video program for teaching assistants and post-docs to improve their teaching. These complete videotapes were made possible by the d'Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in MIT Education .
4.A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: Can I link to the MIT OCW Web site from my Web site?
ANSWER: Links to MIT OCW or to courses or pages within the MIT OCW Web site are permitted so long as the use of the materials associated with the link is permitted under the terms of the MIT OCW Creative Commons license ; that the link is freely accessible (e.g., no restrictions or fee for access); and that there is no claim, appearance, or implication of an affiliation with or endorsement by MIT.
MIT OCW cannot guarantee the persistence of any specific link other than those to the MIT OCW homepage . As new courses are published and new user features are added to the MIT OCW site, some links may change, so Web sites that link into MIT OCW are advised to check on a regular basis that they have provided the correct URL in their links.
