MIT OpenCourseWare

2006年8月號電子報

翻譯:姜凱文(kelvin.chiang@maaconsultants.com,國立中興大學土木工程研究所大地組碩士,亞新工程顧問公司系統工程師)
修正校定:朱學恆

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麻省理工「開放式課程」計畫更新日期:2006年8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 2006年7月號 內容:
1. 新課程上線了
2. 課程更新
3. 盒裝的開放式課程
4. 開放式課程計畫聯合入口網站
5. 您的贊助能使開放式課程永續經營

1.新課程上線了
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麻省理工開放式課程欣喜地宣佈有11門新的課程加入了2006年秋季最新的課程發表。我們所提供的自由使用教材的課程總數已超過1400門,包含下列最新發表的部份:
在閱覽麻省理工學院開放式課程所有課程列表時,看到紅色的NEW就代表著新近發佈的課程。


2.課程的更新
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近幾個月有許多的使用者向我們詢問有關找尋「消失了」的課程。其實並沒有任何課程從網站上被移除,但已有超過225門課程被更新了。麻省理工開放式課程開始將一些較舊的課程歸檔並以2005年春季後的更新課程(以較新的年份與項目)加以取代。某些課程提供了額外的教學與學習上的資源,而某些則是在教學與方法上已有相當大的差別。
最近更新的課程有:
使用者或許曾將有興趣的課程加到「我的最愛」的書籤中,若書籤連結已失效,那是因為課程被更新了並且有新的網址,而非課程下架。請參閱完整的課程更新列表在http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/updatedcourses.htm


3.盒裝的開放式課程
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麻省理工學院正在尋找非洲的教育教構,可提供架設麻省理工開放式課程網站在當地的複製版本或是鏡射網站,做為麻省理工的「盒裝的開放式課程」專案的一部份。鏡射網站只需提供當地有效的網路連結,以避免使用昂貴又不見得可靠的網際網路需求。

麻省理工的「盒裝的開放式課程」專案對非洲的教育機構是完全免費的。每一套包含了一份完整的麻省理工開放式課程網站的複製與一個裝有實用工具程式與教材的外接式硬碟。有興趣的教育機構請聯絡麻省理工開放式課程的對外拓展處(External Outreach Liaison),電子郵件地址為: farnaz@mit.edu


4.開放式課程計畫聯合入口網站
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現在已有超過50個教育機構共同分享在開放式課程計畫的教材,開放式課程計畫聯合入口網站最近公佈了聯合入口網站測試版本,使得教材的利用與各種模式的選用更為便利。在網站中,使用者與教學者能夠:


對於電子報的訂戶將會收到對於初探該網站的訊息,我們請求您對該網站的可用性、設計與其他想法進行檢視並將想法與意見回饋寄回給我們。非常感謝您的意見回饋
開放式課程計畫聯合組織是由世界各地超過100 個高等教育機構與相關組織的研究合作,利用分享的模式,建立一個兼具廣度和深度的開放式教育內容實體。開放式課程計畫聯合組織的使命是透過開放式課程計畫來推動全世界的教育和使人們都能使用。



5.您的贊助能使開放式課程永續經營
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麻省理工學院的教授群將其教材供全世界免費與開放使用,但是維護這些課程以及改善麻省理工開放式課程以符合各式不同的使用者是須要成本的。因此,我們需要各位使用者的慷慨捐贈來維持麻省理工開放式課程的運作。現在我們在每一個網頁的上方提供 「贊助麻省理工開放式課程」的快速連結。

GIVE to MIT OCW.

按下快速連結的按鈕,您將發現贊助麻省理工開放式課程是相當簡單的,而且透過 「贊助麻省理工學院」網站對麻省理工開放式課程給予財務上的支援是安全無虞的方式。麻省理工開放式課程將會堅持做為免費與自由使用的數位出版品,但無論如何,您的贊助不論是50元、100元甚至是500元都將支持我們繼續提供高品質的麻省理工學院課程教材的發佈。


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MIT OpenCourseWare Update: August 2006

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is pleased to announce the early publication of 11 new courses as part of our Fall 2006 course publication cycle. We now offer open access to the educational materials from more than 1400 courses, including the following new courses:
3.21 - Kinetic Processes in Materials, Spring 2006-Materials Science and Engineering
STS.062J/21A.344J - Drugs, Politics, and Culture, Spring 2006 - Science, Technology and Society

When looking at the complete MIT OCW Course List, look for the red NEW to indicate newly published materials.


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:
12.740 - Paleoceanography, Spring 2006 - Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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. OCW in a Box
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MIT OCW is looking for African educational institutions to host local copies, or mirror sites, of the MIT OCW materials, as part of the MIT OCW in a Box program. Mirror sites need only local network connectivity to be effective, bypassing the need for an Internet connection, which can be costly and unreliable in many parts of Africa.

MIT OCW in a Box packages are available free of charge to African educational institutions. Each Box includes a complete copy of the MIT OCW site as well as supplementary tools and materials provided on an external hard drive. Interested institutions should contact Farnaz Haghseta, MIT OCW External Outreach Liaison, at farnaz@mit.edu.



4. OpenCourseWare Consortium Portal Portal
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With more than 50 institutions now sharing course materials in the OpenCourseWare format, the OCW Consortium recently released a beta version of the OpenCourseWare Consortium Web portal to facilitate use of materials and further adoption of the model by other schools. At this site, users and educators can:

Subscribers to this email newsletter are receiving the first look at this Web site and we ask you to check it out and send us any thoughts or feedback you might have about the site's usability, design, and other thoughts. Your feedback will be most appreciated.
The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 100 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware.


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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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