翻譯：姜凱文(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年一月
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年一月號內容：
1. 根據使用者的反應重新設計的麻省理工開放式課程先期計畫
2. 來自世界各地的回響
3. 深度探索：課程 6.170
4. 本月的科技小百科
5. 一個常見問題
1. 根據使用者的反應重新設計的麻省理工開放式課程先期計畫
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麻省理工開放式課程網站的改良版已經於2003年1月15日對外開放，針對使用者的實用性與網站導覽進行改版。本次的改版是麻省理工開放式課程小組根據所收到的，從2002年9月30日開始的麻省理工開放式課程的先期計畫的使用者回饋建議。使用者會發現先期網站嶄新的首頁、改良後的”協助”部份以及”來自世界各地的回響”的新網頁，這是分享從去年秋天啟用的麻省理工開放式課程先期計畫所收到的美好訊息。另外，在2002年12月17日增加了18門麻省理工學院的課程，包含新提供的人類學、比較媒體研究、歷史、文學、材料科學與工程以及核子工程。完整的課程列表請詳
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm
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2. 來自世界各地的回響
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自麻省理工開放式課程的先期計畫啟用的三個月，初期的成果顯示在2001年4月由校長Charles M. Vest所指導的願景 – 將麻省理工學院的教材上網，並免費提供給世界各地的使用者 - 是一個崇高的、可達成的目標。想瞭解我們的使用者 – 一個全球性的教育者、學生及自修者所形成的社群 – 及全世界的媒體對麻省理工開放式課程所說的話，請造訪我們的「來自世界各地的回響」網頁，網址是：
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/worldreaction.htm
另外還有：
Le Massachusetts Institute of Technology choisit la gratuité sur le Web
Le Monde, October 21, 2002
http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3416--295113-,00.html
麻省理工學院在網站上提供的免費教材
電腦世界, 2002年10月11日
http://www.computerworld.com/news/2002/story/0,11280,75085,00.html
全世界都成了麻省理工學院的校園了
Wired.com, 2002年10月4日
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,55507,00.html
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3. 深度探索：課程 6.170
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每個月，麻省理工開放式課程的更新訊息會提供訂閱者對一篇導讀，針對已成為麻省理工開放式課程先期計畫一份子的主題網站。本月，我們將深入探索「課程 6.170：2001秋季課程：軟體工程實驗」，你可以在麻省理工開放式課程網站上找到：
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/CourseHome/index.htm
在課程 6.170中，麻省理工學院的學生要合作撰寫程式，開發Gizmoball 彈鋼珠遊戲，這是一款在電子遊樂場常見的遊戲。當鋼珠落下時玩家可控制一組打擊鋼珠的桿子(將球擊回)。這款由麻省理工學院的學生團隊所開發的Gizmoball 彈鋼珠遊戲的版本可在網站上找到：
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/Projects/index.htm#overview
點選左邊的導覽區的「課堂講稿」，這些講稿是用pdf的格式– 點選任一個PDF檔案可查閱課程講稿的範例
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/LectureNotes/index.htm
點選「專題」可以找到如何製作Gizmoball。
點選「製作軟體系統文件」，程式初學者可找到好的練習。不管運作起來有多麼順利，一個說明文件和流程文件不完整的系統不值一文:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/Projects/index.htm
點選「工具」部份，可找到要完成Gizmoball專題所需要的軟體(像是Java Applets)。這些連結也提供了如何使用的指導。
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/Tools/index.htm
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4. 本月的科技小百科
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自從9月30日麻省理工開放式課程先期計畫公開使用後，我們就不斷地收到詢問關於課程 8.02: 2002秋季課程：電力與磁力：科技輔助互動學習 / 物理工作室計劃中的Java Webstart 應用。Java Webstart是一種在Java Framework中可執行完整應用程式的技術並提供跨平台的能力。每個想要觀看在課程 8.02中的概念模擬的使用者必須決定是否要在自己的電腦上執行這個程式。想要觀看模擬，請到：
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-Magnetism--TEAL-Studio-Physics-ProjectFall2002/StudyMaterials/detail/tealsim.htm
在這個網頁中，你會找到下載Webstart的網站連結。
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5. 一個常見問題
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問：我能夠如何利用麻省理工學院「開放式課程網頁」的教材？
麻省理工學院開放式課程計畫所隱含的意義是要讓麻省理工學院課程所使用的教材能夠免費且開放地提供其它人使用在非商業性的教育活動中。在麻省理工學院開放式課程中，麻省理工學院開放任何人使用這些資料，不管是以毫不修改或是進行改編皆可。我們不限制使用者如何修改資料來符合自己的需求。這些教材可以被編輯、翻譯、和其它人的資料合併、改變格式或是以其他任何方法修改。不過，麻省理工學院開放式課程的使用者必須配合以下三項要求：
1) 非商業化：麻省理工學院開放式課程開放給任何人使用，但那些對使用這些教育資料收取費用的營利團體例外。
2) 註明出處：所有對於這些資料的使用或是重複利用，包括了改寫都必須註明資料來自麻省理工學院，如果原始資料中有教員的名字，也必須註明出自該教員之手。
3)同樣分享：任何對麻省理工學院開放式課程原始資料或是改編內容的出版和散佈，包括製作電子版、印刷成課堂講印或是將這些教材置放在網頁上，這些行為都必須符合麻省理工學院開放式課程開放這些資料給使用者的同樣規範。
我們鼓勵教師多利用這些教材來規劃教學目標和內容，自學者可以利用這個網站來獲得自習的教材或是補充的資料。
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: January 2003
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The January 2003 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. MIT OCW Pilot Redesigned Based on User Feedback
2. World Reaction
3. Digging Deeper: Course 6.170
4. Technology Tip of the Month
5. A Frequently Asked Question
1. MIT OCW Pilot Redesigned Based on User Feedback
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An improved version of the MIT OpenCourseWare Web
site was released to the public on January 15, improving
the usability and navigation of the site for users. The
improvements were based on feedback the MIT OCW Team
has received from users since the opening of the MIT OCW
pilot on September 30, 2002. Users will find a new homepage
for the pilot site, an improved "Help" section, and a new page,
"World Reaction" which shares some of the wonderful messages
MIT OCW has received since the opening of the pilot site last fall.
In addition, 18 MIT subjects were added to the MIT OCW Web
site on December 17, 2002, including new offerings Anthropology,
Comparative Media Studies, History, Literature, Materials
Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering. See the
complete list of MIT OCW courses at:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm
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2. World Reaction
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Three months into the pilot phase of MIT's OpenCourseWare
initiative, early results indicate that the vision articulated by
President Charles M. Vest in April 2001 - to make MIT course
materials available on the Web, free of charge, to any user
anywhere in the world - is a noble and achievable aim. Find
out what our users - a worldwide community of educators,
students and self-learners - and the world media are saying
about MIT OCW by visiting our "World Reaction" pages:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/worldreaction.htm
Also:
Le Massachusetts Institute of Technology choisit la gratuité sur le Web
Le Monde, October 21, 2002
http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3416--295113-,00.html
MIT offers courses for free on the Web
Computerworld, October 11, 2002
http://www.computerworld.com/news/2002/story/0,11280,75085,00.html
All the World's an MIT Campus
Wired.com, October 4, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,55507,00.html
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3. Digging Deeper: Course 6.170
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Each month, The MIT OpenCourseWare Update will offer
subscribers a guide to one particular subject site offered
as part of the MIT OCW pilot. This month, we delve deeper
into "Course 6.170: Laboratory in Software Engineering,"
which you will find on the MIT OCW Web site at:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/CourseHome/index.htm
In Course 6.170, MIT students work in teams to write a
software program that will create Gizmoball a version of
pinball, an arcade game. The player controls a set of flippers
that can bat at the ball as it falls. The version of Gizmoball
included on the site was created by a team of MIT students:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/Projects/index.htm#overview
Click on "Lecture Notes" in the left-hand Navigation Bar. The
Lecture Notes for this course exist in PDF form - click on any
PDF to see samples of the course lecture notes:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/LectureNotes/index.htm
Click on "Projects" to find instructions for how to make Gizmoball.
Click on "Documenting a Software System" to discover a good
lesson for budding software programmers: A poorly documented
system is not worth much, however well it may have once worked:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/Projects/index.htm
Click to the "Tools" section, to discover the software needed to
complete the Gizmoball project (such as Java applets). Links
are also provided to tutorials on how to use the tools:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-170Laboratory-in-Software-EngineeringFall2001/Tools/index.htm
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4. Technology Tip of the Month
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Since the MIT OCW pilot site opened to the public on September
30, we have received many inquiries about the Java Webstart
application included in "Course 8.02: Electricity and Magnetism:
TEAL/Studio Physics Project." Java WebStart is a technology that
runs full-featured applications in a Java framework, while offering
cross-platform compatibility. Each user who would like to view
the concept simulations in Course 8.02 must decide if they want
to run the program on their computer. View the simulations at:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-Magnetism--TEAL-Studio-Physics-ProjectFall2002/StudyMaterials/detail/tealsim.htm
On this MIT OCW page, you will find a link to the Java Webstart
download site.
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5. A Frequently Asked Question
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Q. What uses of MIT OCW materials are allowed?
The underlying purpose of MIT OpenCourseware is to make
course materials used in MIT courses freely and openly
available to others for non-commercial educational purposes.
Through MIT OCW, MIT grants the right to anyone to use
the materials, either "as is," or in a modified form. There is no
restriction on how a user can modify the materials for the
user's purpose. Materials may be edited, translated,
combined with someone else's materials, reformatted,
or changed in any other way. However, there are three
requirements that an MIT OCW user must meet to use
the materials:
1) Non-commercial: The use must be non-commercial.
2) Attribution: Any and all use or reuse of the material,
including use of derivative works (new materials that
incorporate or draw on the original materials), must be
attributed to MIT and, if a faculty member's name is
associated with the material, to that person as well.
3) Share alike (aka "copyleft"): Any publication or distribution
of original or derivative works, including production of electronic
or printed class materials or placement of materials on a Web
site, must offer the works freely and openly to others under the
same terms MIT OCW makes the works available to users.
Educators are encouraged to utilize the materials for curriculum
development, and self-learners are encouraged to draw upon
the materials for self-study or supplementary use.
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