麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页”

自从麻省理工“开放式课程”测试网站于2002年9月对外发布以来，我们发现已经有多个围绕特定麻省理工“开放式课程”课程的学习社区出现。其中有些仅仅是几个朋友聚在一起阅读麻省理工学院的课程资料，或者根据麻省理工“开放式课程”提供的内容相互测试。使麻省理工“开放式课程”教师和员工感到高兴的是，其他人则关注于如何利用麻省理工“开放式课程”网站提供的资料。

下表列出的是我们已经知道的学习社区。麻省理工“开放式课程”并不调整或管理这些学习社区，但是我们鼓励麻省理工“开放式课程”的使用者来测验它们：

雅虎上的MTI OCW

2001年4月麻省理工“开放式课程”首先对外宣布后马上就出现了，目的是讨论麻省理工“开放式课程”，考虑到它带来的广泛而深入的影响。这一组自称2001年7月建立以来有64位成员，650条信息发布。

MIT OpenCourseWare on MSN

一个讨论麻省理工“开放式课程”，以及其他围绕网络上信息开放和共享问题的社群。

课程1.00－计算机和工程问题解决导论的课程社区

本门课程是2002年9月30日测试网站发布的首批课程，也是围绕该课程资源形成学习社区的课程之一。

课程21L.002-2西方文化基础II:从文艺复兴到当代

根据课程作业列表的“问题讨论”形成的讨论区，它是由自学者建立，吸引其他学习者参与。

课程CMS.930－媒体，教育和市场

讨论“媒体、教育和市场”的讨论区，由麻省理工学院比较媒体课程所提供。

我们鼓励使用者利用网络和其他麻省理工“开放式课程”使用者沟通。如果您告诉我们你的讨论组情况，我们将在以后的麻省理工“开放式课程”更新邮件列表中发布它们。http://groups.yahoo.com/start 可以在Yahoo上建立新闻讨论组，http://groups.msn.com 在MSN上建立新闻讨论组，http://groups.aol.com在AOL上建立讨论组。

3. 深度探索：课程STS.085

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每月新闻组将为订阅者提供一门特定课程的深入指导。本月，我们将深入研究“课程STS.085: 电子边疆的道德与法律议题”，它是麻省理工学院的科学、技术和社会学系和电子工程和计算机科学学系共同开设的课程，由Hal Abelson教授开设，他是麻省理工“开放式课程”项目先驱探索者。课程详细讨论了有关控制和管理互联网相关的法律、政策和技术之间的交互作用。

课程大纲包括了本门课程的教师队伍，Abelson教授，惠普公司互联网安全部门首席技术负责人Joe Pato，万维网联盟（3W Consortium）技术和社会负责人Danny Weitzner，麻省理工学院人类学专家Mike Fischer教授，信息系统Joanne Straggas，和哈佛法学院Jonathan Zittrain教授。

课程讲稿的主题涵盖了“网际网络法律和政策问题导论”、“数位音乐和Napster，点对点传输”、“密码学的争论”。

课程提供许多阅读资料，大多简洁而且通过网络可以访问获取，包括“计算机犯罪研究”、“计算机沟通和自由表达”、“资讯和知识产权”、“国家安全和加密”。

关于专题研究，请详细阅读“学期考试目标和指南”，这是所有麻省理工学院学生必须达到的标准。为了了解论文的标准，以及如何写出符合要求的论文，使用者可以浏览麻省理工学院学生在以往学期中6份论文，如Richard Hu，Pius A. Uzamere II，and Fei Xing完成的论文：〈无线网络的极度安全标准PARANOIA〉(PARANOIA Security Standard for Wireless Networks)，1993-2002由Keith Winstein完成的论文：〈关于波士顿当地电视新闻故事集萃的歧视分析〉(Analysis of Local Boston Television News Story Selection Bias)。

4. 一个常见问题

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问：麻省理工“开放式课程”将会制作非英语版本的课程资料？

：麻省理工“开放式课程”已经和Universia.net达成协议，在拉丁美洲、西班牙和葡萄牙的大学和学院组成的联盟中，选择24门麻省理工“开放式课程”的课程转译成西班牙语和葡萄牙语版本。Universia.net位于西班牙联盟组织，现在在十个国家发挥着积极作用，包括阿根廷、巴西、哥伦比亚、智利、西班牙、墨西哥、秘鲁、葡萄牙、波多黎各和委内瑞拉，有超过650个大学的会员。麻省理工“开放式课程”很高兴建立这种合作关系，因为有助于麻省理工“开放式课程”扩展到更多的非英语国家的使用者。Universia将和麻省理工“开放式课程”一起工作来评估这些翻译后内容在拉丁美洲的影响。

2002年9月开始以来，麻省理工“开放式课程”在测试网站测试运行期间对外发布了50门课程，我们了解到麻省理工“开放式课程”的课程资料已经被翻译为至少10种语言，包括德语、蒙古语、越南语和乌克兰语。

麻省理工学院要求对任何麻省理工“开放式课程”资料从原始的英语到其他语言的翻译必须加上以下的声明：“这些麻省理工“开放式课程”的课程资料已经由[翻译单位]组织转译为[翻译语言]语言，麻省理工“开放式课程”对和这些资料相关的细节不提供任何担保和保证，无论是表达或隐含，不侵犯他人权益或者避免错误，无论是已经发现的还是尚未发现的。麻省理工“开放式课程”对任何翻译的错误不承担任何责任。任何这些资料中的错误和缺陷，如果是因为语言转译引起的，只能是[翻译单位]的单独责任而不是麻省理工“开放式课程”的”。

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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: October 2003

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users

and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare

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The October 2003 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:

1. New Courses Bring Total to 500

2. Fostering MIT OCW Learning Communities

3. Digging Deeper: Course STS.085

4. A Frequently Asked Question

1. New Courses Bring Total to 500

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The official "launch" of MIT OpenCourseWare, with the publication of approximately 500 courses, came on September 30, 2003. We hope that you are finding courses that interest you among the 500 courses, which come from all 33 of MIT's academic disciplines.

This issue of the newsletter, we are pleased to highlight the course materials from 50 of those new MIT course offerings, including:

Civil and Environmental Engineering

1.011 - Project Evaluation

1.050 - Solid Mechanics

Mechanical Engineering

2.093 - Computer Methods in Dynamics
2.094 - Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids

2.25 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics

Materials Science and Engineering

3.11 - Mechanics of Materials

3.320 - Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

6.012 - Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
6.021J - Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues
6.042J - Mathematics for Computer Science

6.045J - Automata, Computability, and Complexity
6.825 - Techniques in Artificial Intelligence

6.933J - The Structure of Engineering Revolutions

Physics

8.333 - Statistical Mechanics

8.811 - Particle Physics II

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

9.18 - Developmental Neurobiology

9.402 - Language and Thought

9.601J - Language Acquisition I

9.63 - Laboratory in Cognitive Science

9.67 - Object and Face Recognition

9.911 - Reasonable Conduct in Science

9.912 - Special Topics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences

9.98 - Language and Mind

Ocean Engineering

13.00 - Introduction to Ocean Science and Technology

Economics

14.05 - Intermediate Applied Macroeconomics

14.123 - Microeconomic Theory III

14.32 - Econometrics

14.472 - Public Economics II

Sloan School of Management

15.067 - Competitive Decision-Making and Negotiation

15.660 - Strategic HR Management

Aeronautics and Astronautics

16.920J - Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Political Science

17.100J - Political Economy I: Theories of the State and the Economy

17.196 - Globalization

17.508 - The Rise and Fall of Democracy/Regime Change

17.547 - Government and Politics of China

17.554 - Political Economy of Latin America

Mathematics

18.S66 - The Art of Counting

18.085 - Mathematical Methods for Engineers I

18.366 - Random Walks and Diffusion

Foreign Languages and Literature

21F.084J - Introduction to Latin American Studies

21F.402 - German II

History

21H.802 - Modern Latin America, 1808-Present: Revolution, Dictatorship, Democracy

21L.485 - 20th-Century Fiction

Writing and Humanistic Studies

21W.742J - Writing About Race

Nuclear Engineering

22.351 - Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Health Sciences and Technology

HST.121 - Gastroenterology

Media Arts and Sciences

MAS.450 - Holographic Imaging

MAS.961 - Designing Sociable Media 2.993: Designing Paths to Peace

Science, Technology, and Society

STS.062J - Drugs, Politics, and Culture

STS.467 - Research Seminar in Deep Sea Archaeology

For a complete list of all MIT OCW offerings, visit the complete course list. Look for notice of new courses in subsequent issues of "The MIT OpenCourseWare Update" email newsletter.

2. Fostering MIT OCW Learning Communities

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Since the MIT OCW pilot site opened to the public in September 2002, we have discovered that several learning communities have sprung up around certain MIT OCW courses. Some of learning communities are simply a few friends who gather to read through MIT's course materials, or test each other on the content provided by MIT OCW. But others have taken on a more focused approach to utilizing the materials presented on the MIT OCW site, much to the delight of MIT's faculty and staff.

Listed below are some learning communities that we are aware of. MIT OCW does not coordinate or manage these groups, but we encourage users of MIT OCW course materials to check them out:

MIT OpenCourseWare on Yahoo

The purpose of this list, founded shortly after MIT OCW was first announced in April 2001, is to discuss MIT OCW and consider its implications more broadly and deeply. The group boasts 64 members and 650 messages have been posted since it was created on April 7, 2001.

MIT OpenCourseWare on MSN

A group created to discuss MIT OCW, and other issues surrounding openness and sharing of information on the Web.

Course 1.00 - Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving

This course, published as part of the MIT OCW pilot on September 30, 2002, was one of the first to have a discussion group spring up around its material.

Course 21L.002-2 - Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissance to Modernity

Discussion based on the "Topics for Discussion" as presented in the "Assignments" listed for Course 21L.002-2. This group was created by a self-learner to engage other learners in a discussion about the course material.

Course CMS.930 - Media, Education, and the Marketplace

A group that discusses "Media, Education, and the Marketplace," an offering of MIT's Comparative Media Studies Program.

Users are encouraged to utilize the Web to communicate with other MIT OCW users. If you let us know about your group, we will publicize it in upcoming edition of the "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" email newsletter. To start a group on Yahoo, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/start ; to start a group on MSN, go to http://groups.msn.com , or to create a group on AOL, go to http://groups.aol.com.

3. Digging Deeper: Course STS.085

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Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to one particular subject. This month, we delve into "Course STS.085: Ethics and Law on the Electronic Frontier," a cross-listed course from MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. MIT Professor Hal Abelson, one of the pioneers of the MIT OCW project and a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, presents a consideration of the interaction between law, policy, and technology as they relate to the evolving controversies over control of the Internet.

The Syllabusincludes a listing of the instructors for the course, which include Professor Abelson; Joe Pato, the chief technology officer of the Internet Security Solutions Division at Hewlett-Packard; Danny Weitzner, director for technology and society at the World Wide Web Consortium; Mike Fischer, an MIT professor of anthropology; Joanne Straggas of MIT Information Systems; and Professor Jonathan Zittrain of the Harvard Law School.

Topics covered in the Lecture Notesfor this course include "An Introduction to Internet Law and Policy Issues," "Digital Music, Napster, P2P," and "The Cryptography Debate."

The class has many Readings, mostly short and available on the Web, including studies of "Computer Crime," "Computer Communications and Freedom of _Expression," "Information and Intellectual Property," and "Encryption and National Security."

Under Projects, read about the guidelines and expectations for the term paperall MIT students of this class must meet. To benchmark their work and understanding of how to write an acceptable paper, users also have access to six actual MIT student term papers from past semesters, with such titles as PARANOIA Security Standard for Wireless Networks, by Richard Hu, Pius A. Uzamere II, and Fei Xing; and Analysis of Local Boston Television News Story Selection Bias, 1993-2002, by Keith Winstein.

4. A Frequently Asked Question

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Q. Will non-English language versions of MIT OCW course materials be made available?

A. MIT OCW has entered into a formal agreement with Universia.net, a consortium of colleges and universities in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, to translate a sample of 24 MIT OCW coursesinto Spanish and Portuguese. Universia.net, a Web portal based in Spain, is currently active in 10 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) and counts more than 720 universities among its members. MIT OCW is excited about this relationship as it has the potential to extend our reach to a new non-English-speaking audience, and Universia will work with MIT OCW to evaluate the impact of these translated sites in Latin America.

Since September 2002, when the MIT OCW pilot phase opened to the public with 50 subjects, we know that MIT course materials have been translated into at least 10 languages, including German, Mongolian, Vietnamese, and Russian.

MIT asks that any MIT OCW materials translated into other languages from the original English must be accompanied by the following disclaimer: "These MIT OpenCourseWare course materials have been translated into [YOUR LANGUAGE] by [YOUR INSTITUTION] and MIT OpenCourseWare makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the materials, express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or the absence of errors, whether or not discoverable. MIT OpenCourseWare bears no responsibility for any inaccuracies in translation. Any inaccuracies or other defects contained in this material, due to inaccuracies in language translation, are the sole responsibility of [YOUR INSTITUTION] and not MIT OpenCourseWare."