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2006年10月号电子报

翻译：姜凯文(kelvin.chiang@maaconsultants.com，国立中兴大学土木工程研究所大地组硕士，亚新工程顾问公司系统工程师)
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10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 2006年10月号 内容：
1. 新课程上线了
2. 课程更新
3. 一则谜题
4. 麻省理工学院也有这个课程？
5. 开放式课程计划联盟新闻：有两个开放式课程上线了
6. 开放式课程计划联盟新闻：有两个开放式课程公布了
7. 您的赞助能使开放式课程永续经营

1.新课程上线了
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麻省理工开放式课程欣喜地宣布有14门新的课程加入了2006年秋季最新的课程发表。我们所提供的自由使用教材的课程总数已超过1450门，包含下列最新发表的部份：
在阅览麻省理工学院开放式课程所有课程列表时，看到红色的NEW就代表着新近发布的课程。


2.课程的更新
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近几个月有许多的使用者向我们询问有关找寻“消失了”的课程。其实并没有任何课程从网站上被移除，但已有超过225门课程被更新了。麻省理工开放式课程开始将一些较旧的课程归档并以2005年春季后的更新课程（以较新的年份与项目）加以取代。某些课程提供了额外的教学与学习上的资源，而某些则是在教学与方法上已有相当大的差别。
最近更新的课程有：
使用者或许曾将有兴趣的课程加到“我的最爱”的书签中，若书签连结已失效，那是因为课程被更新了并且有新的网址，而非课程下架。请参阅完整的课程更新列表在http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/updatedcourses.htm。


3.一则谜题
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我们将在每一期的电子报中题供一则谜题给对于喜爱益智问答的使用者，答案就在麻省理工开放式课程中的课程里。本月的谜题是“三片煎饼”，出自麻省理工学院的厨房化学课程：
SP.287/5.S15/ESG.SP287 - 厨房化学, 2006年春季课程, 特殊课程

在你的帽子中有三片煎饼。一片是两面煎成金黄色，一片是两面煎成咖啡色，另一片则是一面金黄色一面咖啡色。你从帽子中拿起一片煎饼，看到的是咖啡色的一面。请问这片煎饼的另外一面是咖啡色的机率为何？

可以在相关资源的网页中找到三片煎饼的解答，在相关资源的网页中向下卷动找到“煎饼”。


4.麻省理工学院也有这个课程？
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麻省理工学院是以优秀的科学与工程教育所著称，但是除了35个优秀的系所分属5个不同的学院外，在麻省理工开放式课程的网站中有许多不太显眼却挺有趣的课程。
音乐创作导论以及和声学与对位法的课程中也包涵由麻省理工学院学生所原创的部份。

21.M.263－自1960年以后的音乐，音乐与戏剧艺术系
21M.301－和声学与对位法 I，2005年春季课程，音乐与戏剧艺术系
21M.302－和声学与对位法 II，2005年春季课程，音乐与戏剧艺术系
21M.065－音乐创作导论，2005年秋季课程，音乐与戏剧艺术系



5.开放式课程计划联盟新闻：有两个开放式课程上线了
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美国圣母大学
圣母大学的嘉纳宝教学中心（Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning）在9月20日发表了开放式课程计划网站，将8门课程上线，供全球的使用者自由使用。该计划最终将提供30门专注于生命的心灵与道德观点、人类处境、意义探索、冲突排解的课程，并使圣母大学与开放式课程计划联盟紧密合作。

英国开放大学
位于英国的开放大学在10月25日发表了开放学习（OpenLearn）网站。开放学习网站让全球的人们自由读取、下载与使用所选的教育资源。线上的学习教材是来自开放大学的课程与技术，包含视讯会议、心智图、即时通讯以便供教师与学生互动与学习时使用。



5.开放式课程计划联盟新闻：有两个开放式课程公布了
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加州大学尔湾分校
加州大学尔湾分校加入了开放式课程计划联盟并计划在2007年上半年发表。先期计划将焦点放在科学与供给教师使用与个人财务规划领域的数学。创立于1965年的加州大学尔湾分校是加州大学中成长快速的分校之一，拥有超过24,000位大学与研究生与1,400位教授。

耶鲁大学
耶鲁大学在9月份宣布成立开放教育性资源视讯讲座计划。该计划将制作大学部课程的数位视讯并在网际网络上供网络使用者自由使用。特别的是，该计划将会对7门课程建立多元化的包装－包含多语言的完整字幕、课程大纲及其它课程教材－并为其设计网页介面，预计在2007年秋季上线。
若能证明本次的大胆尝试是成功的话，耶鲁大学希望在未来数年中能深远地扩大其线上的贡献。这项新的大胆尝试结合了许多以大学为主的创举，期让教材透过网际网络而广泛地被使用。


7.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。

GIVE to MIT OCW.

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。

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MIT OpenCourseWare Update: October 2006

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The October 2006 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. New Courses Available
2. Updated Courses
3. A Brainteaser
4. MIT Teaches That?
5. OCW Consortium News: opencoursewares launched
6. OCW Consortium News: opencoursewares announced
7. Your Gift Sustains OCW Long-Term


1. New Courses Available
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MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) announces the publication of 14 additional new courses as part of our Fall 2006 course publication cycle. We now offer open access to the educational materials from more than 1450 courses, including the following new courses:














2. Updated Courses
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Several users have contacted us in recent months searching for "missing" courses. In fact, there are no courses that have been removed from the MIT OCW Web site, but more than 225 have been updated. MIT OCW began archiving some of its older courses and replacing them with updated versions of those courses in the spring of 2005 (with new years and terms). Some of the courses are substantially different in teaching methodology, while some now offer additional teaching and learning resources.
The latest updated courses include:








Users may have bookmarked their favorite courses on the MIT OCW site. If those bookmarks no longer work, it is because that course has been updated and has a new Web address, not because we took the course down. Please see the complete list of updated courses at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/updatedcourses.htm.

3. A Brainteaser
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For those of you who like intellectual challenges, we will present a brainteaser in each email newsletter, the answer to which can be found in one of the courses published in MIT OCW. This month's brainteaser, Three Pancakes, is from the MIT Kitchen Chemistry course:
SP.287/5.S15/ESG.SP287 - Kitchen Chemistry, Spring 2006, Special Programs

You have a hat in which there are three pancakes. One is golden on both sides, one is brown on both sides, and one is golden on one side and brown on the other. You withdraw one pancake, look at one side, and see that it is brown. What is the probability that the other side is brown?



4. MIT Teaches That?
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MIT is known primarily for academic excellence in science and engineering. But with 35 excellent departments in five different schools, there are many interesting course subjects that may not be noticed on initial browsing of the MIT OCW site.

The Introduction to Musical Composition and the Harmony and Counterpoint courses include original compositions by MIT students.

21M.301 - Harmony and Counterpoint I, Spring 2005, Music and Theater Arts

21M.302 - Harmony and Counterpoint II, Spring 2005, Music and Theater Arts



5. OCW Consortium News: Two opencoursewares launched
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The University of Notre Dame's Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning launched its OpenCourseWare Web site September 20th, making the materials for eight Notre Dame courses available online, free of charge, to any user in the world. The project will eventually offer 30 courses devoted to understanding the spiritual and moral aspects of life, the human condition, the search for meaning, and conflict resolution, and will align Notre Dame with the OCW Consortium.
The Open University (OU) in the United Kingdom launched its OpenLearn Web site on October 25th. OpenLearn allows anyone in the world to freely access, download and use selected educational resources. Online learning material is taken from Open University courses and uses technologies including videoconferencing, mind maps and instant messaging to get teachers and students interacting and learning.


6. OCW Consortium News: Two opencoursewares announced
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University of California at Irvine
The University of California at Irvine (UCI) has joined the OCW Consortium and expects to launch their OCW site in the first half of 2007. Initial courses are expected to focus on science and math for teachers and personal finance planning. Founded in 1965, UCI is among the fastest-growing University of California campuses, with more than 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students and about 1,400 faculty members.


Yale University
Yale University announced its Open Educational Resources Video Lecture Project in September. This project will make digital videos of selected undergraduate courses freely available on the Internet. Specifically, the project will create multidimensional packages-including full transcripts in several languages, syllabi, and other course materials-for seven courses and design a web interface for these materials, to be launched in the fall of 2007.  If the venture proves successful, Yale hopes to significantly expand its online offerings over the next few years. The new venture joins a growing number of university-based initiatives that use the Internet to make educational materials widely available.


7. 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 on the top of each page:





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