翻譯：王龍(簡介並寄信)
修正校定：朱學恒
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麻省理工「開放式課程」計畫更新日期：2003年八月
每月發行給麻省理工「開放式課程」計畫的使用者及夥伴的電子報
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麻省理工開放式課程電子報 2003年八月號內容：
1. 《有線雜誌網》雜誌深入探究「全世界都成了麻省理工學院的校園」
2. 發佈新課程，課程總數已達144門
3. 你們是如何使用麻省理工開放式課程的？
4. 深度探索：課程 11.204
5. 一個常見問題
1. 《有線雜誌網》雜誌深入探究「全世界都成了麻省理工學院的校園」
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剛發行的2003年9月份《有線雜誌網》(Wired)雜誌載文深入探究全球是怎樣使用麻省理工開放式課程的課程教材。作者David Diamond會見了一系列麻省理工開放式課程的使用者，行程從美國的農村到越南的胡志明市，詳細介紹了如何使用課程 6.170:軟體工程的實驗研究。
林偉國(Lam Vi Quoc)
林偉國(Lam Vi Quoc)應用了課程6.170講稿和編程指南中學習的內容來設計程序，目的是讓胡志明市的居民便於找到公交車線路。
Evan Hoff是個20歲的軟件開發者是美國田納西州納什維爾，他講述了6.170課程如何使他提高書寫編程代碼的創造力和效率的。閱讀整篇文章，那麼現在就拿起《連線雜誌》，或者是從剛於8月26日發佈在 http://www.wired.com/wired/current.html網站上的整篇文章。
2. 發佈新課程，課程總數已達144門
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麻省理工學院將於2003年9月發布500門課程，正式啟動麻省理工開放式課程項目。在7、8、9這幾個月中，我們將採用「滾動」發布時間表，以周為單位分批發布新課程到項目網站上。
本月我們很高興又提供59門新的課程，如下表所示：
機械工程 (link to list of courses from this department)
2.004: 動態模組化與控制II
材料科學與工程
3.185: 材料工程中的輸送現象
建築學
4.143: 非物質限制：程序和持久性
4.184: 建築設計研討：住宅的運算式設計
4.297: 建築特殊問題研究
4.341: 攝影概論
4.343: 攝影和相關媒介
4.661: 研究建築與藝術的理論與方法
電機工程與計算機科學
6.034: 人工智能
6.046J: 算法導論
6.061: 電力系統導論
6.111:數字系統概論實驗
6.630: 電磁學理論
6.632: 電磁波理論
6.635: 高級電磁學
6.803: 人類智慧演化
6.827: 多執行緒平行處理：語言與編譯器
物理學
8.08: 統計物理學 II
腦與認知科學
9.250: 演化心理學
9.51: 瞬間情緒的曝光促發效果
化學工程
10.391J: 永續能源
10.450: 動態過程、操作和控制
城市研究和規劃
11.002J: 公共政策基礎理論
11.127: 調查與教育的計算機模組化
11.225: 爭論與溝通
11.422: 商業區協進會
11.943J:都市運輸、土地使用和環境
經濟學
14.384:時間序列分析
14.451: 總體經濟學理論I
史隆管理學院
15.012: 應用宏觀和國際經濟學
15.057: 系統最優化
15.060: 資料、模型、與決策
15.269A: 2003春季：文學、道德與權威
15.269B: 2002秋季：文學、道德與權威
15.280: 經理人溝通
15.389: 全球企業家精神實習
15.568A: 管理信息系統
15.598:信息技術和企業變革
15.615:企業家與經理人法則
15.628: 專利權、著作權與知識財產權法規
15.665B:權力與談判
15.912:科技策略
15.928: 策略管理和咨詢研討會：理論基礎
15.963: 制式系統型組織：學習、認知與改變
15.974: 領導人實習
航空太空工程
16.891J: 太空政策研討
政治科學
17.471: 美國國家安全策略
數學
18.335J: 應用數學數值方法I
18.404J: 計算理論
歷史
21H.416: 比較觀點之中世紀經濟史
文學
21L:002: 西方文學基礎II: 文藝復興到近代
核子工程
22.51: 輻射與物質的交互作用
22.920: 核磁共振實作
工程系統組
ESD.801: 領導才能發展
衛生科學與技術
HST.950J: 醫用電腦運算
HST.723: 聲音的神經轉碼與感知
HST.951J: 醫療決策支援
HST.952: 生物醫學家的計算機應用
想獲取完整的麻省理工開放式課程課程列表，請訪問完整課程列表。往後可在由麻省理工開放式課程計畫負責更新的電子報中獲得新課程的消息。
3. 你們是如何使用麻省理工開放式課程的？
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我們希望全世界的教師將能利用麻省理工開放式課程網站提供的課程資源進行課程開發，自學者可以用來自學或其他輔助用途。
隨著我們不斷努力，網站將在2003年9月發布總數達500門課程，麻省理工開放式課程的員工將非常關注項目網站的評估和測量。我們將嘗試回答這些問題：網站的課程資源訪問情形怎樣？人們是怎樣使用這些資源的？麻省理工開放式課程項目產生的影響是什麼？教師們能改編麻省理工開放式課程課程資源用於自己的教學嗎？
為了建立用戶的案例研究，我們邀請並希望您能和我們分享你的故事。告知我們你是怎樣使用麻省理工開放式課程課程資源的。如果您願意分享您的故事，請聯絡Jon Paul Potts，麻省理工開放式課程聯絡主管：jpotts@mit.edu。
4. 深度探索：課程 11.204
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這份電子報每月會提供訂戶一份針對特定主題的深度指導。本月，我們將深入研究課程 11.204 規劃、溝通和數位媒體。本課程由城市研究和規劃系的Lorlene Hoyt 教授主講，關注數位化視覺和溝通的方法，以及在規劃方面的應用。他向使用者介紹了規劃者面臨的地點、種族、電力和環境因素的考慮，包括以數位技術在呈現、分析和溝通方面的角色。
The 課堂講稿介紹了一系列不同的方法，用於描述或呈現地點和它的居民，用於模擬變化，呈現未來的景象，用於在導向行為中參與多樣角色。
通過一系列的實習，學生們將可以應用這些方法建構網頁式的文檔，這些MIT學生的電子文檔也提供給麻省理工開放式的用戶。這些電子文檔不僅僅包括最後的考核方案，也包括整個城市規劃項目碩士學位其他的作業。
相關閱讀資料集萃了〈城市模擬和燈光設計表格：連通數位和現實的橋梁〉(Urban Simulation and the Luminous Planning Table: Bridging the Gap between the Digital and the Tangible)，來自規劃教育和研究雜誌刊載的Eran Ben-Joseph 及 Hiroshi Ishii的文章，以及Steven Johnson 的文章《浮現：關係彼此深繫的螞蟻生活(The Connected Lives of Ants》。
Hoyt教授也特意選輯了〈規劃者的工具箱〉，他的網路電子文檔，訪問地址是： http://gis.mit.edu/classes/11.204/webportfolio/index.htm。
5. 一個常見問題
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問：後設資料格式（metadata）是什麼，為什麼對麻省理工學院「開放式課程網頁」來說很重要？
答：後設資料格式基本上就是「有關資料的資料」。它就是用來描述其它資料的資料。舉例來說，這個麻省理工學院「開放式課程網頁」的常見問題集(FAQ)網頁裡面包含了作者、名稱、創造日期和獨特的網際網路位置；這些資料就構成了這一頁的後設資料。麻省理工學院「開放式課程網頁」和麻省理工學院圖書館合作，將一連串的後設資料格式安裝進內容中，讓使用者可以針對課程內容進行強效、複雜而精確的搜尋。
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: August 2003
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The August 2003 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. Wired Magazine Explores "MIT Everyware"
2. New Courses Bring Total to 144
3. How Are You Using MIT OCW?
4. Digging Deeper: Course 11.204
5. A Frequently Asked Question
1. Wired Magazine Explores "MIT Everyware"
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The September 2003 issue of Wired just hit newsstands and features an article exploring the use of MIT OCW materials around the globe. Writer David Diamond interviewed an array of MIT OCW users, traveling from the rural United States to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, detailing use of the materials for "Course 6.170: Laboratory in Software Engineering."
Lam Vi Quoc used what he learned from the lecture notes and programming tutorials in Course 6.170 to design a program that allows residents of Ho Chi Minh City to find bus routes in the city, by destination.
And Evan Hoff, a 20-year-old software developer in Nashville, Tenn., tells of how 6.170 has made him more productive and efficient in the way he writes his programming code. To read the entire article, pick up Wired on newsstands now, or check it out at http://www.wired.com/wired/current.htmlwhen the entire article is posted online on August 26.
2. New Courses Bring Total to 144
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The official "launch" of MIT OpenCourseWare, with the publication of approximately 500 courses, will take place in September 2003. However, over the course of the summer, we will employ a "rolling" publication schedule, releasing batches of new courses to the public site on a weekly basis.
This month, we are pleased to offer the course materials from 59 new MIT subjects, including:
Mechanical Engineering (link to list of courses from this department)
2.004: Modeling Dynamics and Control II
Materials Science and Engineering
3.185: Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering
Architecture
4.143: Immaterial Limits: Process and Duration
4.184: Architectural Design Workshops: Computational Design for Housing
4.297: Special Problems in Architecture Studies
4.341: Introduction to Photography
4.343: Photography and Related Media
4.661: Theory and Method in the Study of Architecture and Art
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
6.034: Artificial Intelligence
6.046J: Introduction to Algorithms
6.061: Introduction to Electric Power Systems
6.111: Introductory Digital Systems Laboratory
6.630: Electromagnetic Theory
6.632: Electromagnetic Wave Theory
6.635: Advanced Electromagnetism
6.803: The Human Intelligence Enterprise
6.827: Multi-threaded Parallelism: Languages and Compliers
Physics
8.08: Statistical Physics II
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
9.250: Evolutionary Psychology
9.51: Affective Priming at Short and Extremely Short Exposures
Chemical Engineering
10.391J: Sustainable Energy
10.450: Process Dynamics, Operations, and Control
Urban Studies and Planning
11.002J: Fundamentals of Public Policy
11.127: Computer Modeling for Investigation and Education
11.225: Argumentation and Communication
11.422: Business Improvement Districts
11.943J: Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment
Economics
14.27: Economics and E-Commerce
14.384: Time Series Analysis
14.451: Macroeconomic Theory I
Sloan School of Management
15.012: Applied Macro and International Economics
15.057: Systems Optimization
15.060: Data, Models, and Decisions
15.269A: Literature, Ethics, and Authority - Spring 2003
15.269B: Literature, Ethics, and Authority - Fall 2002
15.280: Communication For Managers
15.389: Global Entrepreneurship Lab
15.568A: Management Information Systems
15.598: IT and Business Transformation
15.615: Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager
15.628: Patents, Copyrights, and the Law of Intellectual Property
15.665B: Power and Negotiation
15.912: Technology Strategy
15.928: Strategic Management and Consulting Proseminar: Theoretical Foundations
15.963: Organizations as Enacted Systems: Learning, Knowing, and Changing
15.974: Leadership Lab
Aeronautics and Astronautics
16.891J: Space Policy Seminar
Political Science
17.471: American National Security Policy
Mathematics
18.335J: Numerical Methods of Applied Mathematics I
18.404J: Theory of Computation
History
21H.416: Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective
Literature
21L:002: Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissance to Modernity
Nuclear Engineering
22.51: Interaction of Radiation with Matter
22.920: A Hands-on Introduction to Magnetic Resonance
Engineering Systems Division
ESD.801: Leadership Development
Health Sciences and Technology
HST.950J: Medical Computing
HST.723: Neural Coding and Perception of Sound
HST.951J: Medical Decision Support
HST.952: Computing for Biomedical Scientists
For a complete list of all MIT OCW courses, visit our complete course list. Look for notice of new courses in subsequent issues of the "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" email newsletter.
3. How You Are Using MIT OCW?
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The hope is that educators around the world will be able to utilize the course materials presented on the MIT OCW Web site for curriculum development, and self-learners will be able to draw upon the materials for self-study or supplementary use.
As we move forward to the publication of the course materials for 500 MIT subjects in September 2003, the staff of MIT OCW is focused on evaluation and measurement of the MIT OCW Web site. We are trying to answer such questions as: How accessible are the MIT OCW course materials? How are people using the materials? What is the impact of MIT OCW? Are educators able to adapt MIT OCW materials for their own teaching?
We would like to ask you to share your story with us for the purposes of developing user profiles, we will interview you and post your photo on the MIT OCW Web site. Please contact Jon Paul Potts, the MIT OCW Communications Manager, at jpotts@mit.edu, if you would like to tell us about yourself.
4. Digging Deeper: Course 11.204
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Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to one particular subject. This month, we explore "Course 11.204 Planning, Communications, and Digital Media." This course, from MIT Professor Lorlene Hoyt of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, focuses on methods of digital visualization and communication and their application to planning issues. It introduces users to themes of place, race, power and the environment that face planners; and the role of digital technologies in representing, analyzing, and mobilizing communities.
The Lecture Notes introduce a variety of methods for describing or representing a place and its residents, for simulating changes, for presenting visions of the future, and for engaging multiple actors in the process of guiding action.
Through a series of Labs, students will apply these methods in the construction of a Web-based portfolio, and these MIT student portfolios are available to MIT OCW users. These portfolios are not only the final project for the course, but also contain other course work from throughout the Master's in City Planning program.
The Readings list highlights "Urban Simulation and the Luminous Planning Table: Bridging the Gap between the Digital and the Tangible," an article from the Journal of Planning Education and Research by Eran Ben-Joseph and Hiroshi Ishii; and Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants by Steven Johnson.
Professor Hoyt also highlights "The Planners Toolbox," her Web-based portfolio that is accessible online at http://gis.mit.edu/classes/11.204/webportfolio/index.htm.
5. A Frequently Asked Question
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Q. What is metadata and why is it important to MIT OCW?
A. Metadata is, literally, "data about data." Metadata can be better understood as information that describes other information. For example, the homepage on the MIT OCW Web site has an author, a title, a date of creation, and a unique Internet address - this information constitutes the metadata about this page. For all new subjects posted on the MIT OCW Web site, we have worked with the MIT Libraries to implement detailed metadata, enabling searches across course materials to become more sophisticated, more powerful, and more accurate than during our early pilot phase.
