MIT OpenCourseWare

2006年9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9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7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. RSS Feeds 服务
6. 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。本月的谜题是出自课程:微积分及理论

在一只松鼠身上可以找到几个鞍点?
若松鼠正在吃着培果时可以找到几个鞍点?

(答案可以从课程18.024,2003年春季课程-微积分及理论 II的首页中找到。在你确认答案以前,如果你的同学能想出来的话,就先问问他们吧!)


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。本月将向您介绍其中的一门课程: 21F.084/21A.224, 17.55 – 2005年秋季课程:拉丁美洲研究导论

该课程是介绍拉丁美洲的社会与政治,课程主题涵盖了征服与奴役的遗产、拉丁美洲的外债危机、智利民主体制的崩坏、巴西的领土争议与墨西哥的贪污与审判的公平性。请详细了解。



5.RSS Feeds 服务
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为了让麻省理工开放式课程的使用者能接收到新课程与课程更新的讯息,最近在麻省理工学院的系所网站首页与研究所课程列表中新加入了RSS Feeds服务,让使用者可以接收到新课程与课程更新的通知。使用者仍然可以到网站中的研究所课程列表直接找寻新近发表的课程(有标示着NEW)。由于开放式课程每年有两次课程发布的高峰,因此可以由RSS Feeds服务中查询到每年的4月与11月例行发布的最后变动。

想要了解更多有关RSS Feeds服务,请造访麻省理工开放式课程的RSS Feeds服务网页



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。

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: September 2006

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The September 2006 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:


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 is from a course in Calculus with Theory:
     
        How many saddle points can you find on a squirrel?
        And how many if the squirrel is eating a bagel?




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. This month we would like to draw your attention to one of these courses:
Designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society, the course covers topics such as the legacies of conquest and slavery, the Latin American debt crisis, the breakdown of Chilean democracy, land disputes in Brazil, and corruption and criminal justice in Mexico. Check it out.


5. RSS Feeds
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To learn more about our RSS feeds, visit the MIT OCW RSS Feeds page.


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.

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