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：2006年2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2月號 內容：
1. 新課程上線了
2. 海洋工程成為機械工程課程的一部份
3. 開放內容的經濟
4. 開放式教育資源的調查
5. 巴黎高科的開放式課程計畫
6. 約翰．霍普金斯公共衛生學院的開放式課程計畫
7. 塔夫斯大學的開放式課程計畫
8. 猶他州立大學的開放式課程計畫
9. 中國精品課程
10. 日本的開放式課程聯盟
11. 傅爾布萊特學院經濟學教學計畫的開放式課程計畫
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8門新的課程加入了2006年春季最新的課程發表。我們所提供的自由使用教材的課程總數已有1264門，包涵下列最新發表的部份：
當您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。在2006年4月底前，麻省理工學院開放式課程將再發表150門新課程與超過75門的課程更新。
2.海洋工程成為機械工程課程的一部份
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在2005年初，麻省理工學院的海洋工程學系成為機械工程系的一個中心。機械工程系現提供大學部的機械工程與海洋工程的學位；研究所學位有海洋工程、造船工程、輪機工程、海軍工程與海洋工程。（編註：台灣並無區分ocean engineering與oceanographic engineering的學位，因此找不到中文譯名）
麻省理工開放式課程的使用者可以改從機械工程學系網站首頁找到所有海洋工程的課程列表，麻省理工開放式課程網站將移除原有海洋工程學系的網站部份。海洋工程的課程完全沒有被移除，只是移到機械工程學系的網頁：開放內容的經濟
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2006年1月23-24日麻省理工開放式課程與紐約的智慧電視公司（Intelligent Television ，www.intelligenttelevision.com）合作於麻省理工學院中舉辦一場為期兩天的研討會，主題為「開放式內容的經濟」。35位各具特色的演講者將從電腦軟體到教育性軟體的領域來檢視此一嶄新的商業模式，包括了《紐約客》雜誌的專欄作家也是年度暢銷書《群眾的智慧》的作者詹姆斯．索羅維基（James Surowiecki）、雅虎搜尋引擎業務開發經理Sumir Meghani與耶魯大學法學院教授Yochai Benkler等人。
大部分的與會者對於可在線上瀏覽的論文集以及將不同領域的開放式內容加以整合的後續行動均有著深刻的興趣。與論文集有關的串流影音與可下載的播客（podcast）現在可從美國的地方公共電視台WGBH的論壇網路（http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=0197）下載。另外，在網站http://www.opencontent.archival.tv也開放了維基環境的論壇，期能有更多的對話參與。智慧電視公司計畫于2006年6月5-6日在紐約、9月11-12日在舊金山舉行後續會議，更詳細的資訊請造訪：www.intelligenttelevision.com/opencontent.htm。
4.開放式教育資源的調查
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經濟合作暨發展組織是一個有30個會員國的組織，共同奉行民主政治與市場經濟，並與70幾個國家、非政府組織與社會團體保持著積極合作的關係，經濟合作暨發展組織是有著全球性影響力的。
經濟合作暨發展組織刻正研究開放式教育資源對高等教育的衝擊，並邀請麻省理工開放式課程使用者中使用或製作開放式教育資源的教師、指導者與研究者來參與一項線上調查。所有在高等教育機構工作的麻省理工開放式課程使用者，使用或製作開放式學習內容－像是課程、教育軟體、編輯或期刊、或是開發、使用、重複使用與傳遞學習內容的開放式軟體－來參與這次的調查。10到15分鐘就可完成整個調查。
可到下列網址來參加調查http://www2.oecd.org/survey/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?surveyid=1075。所有參與調查的使用者在完成問卷後免費會獲得一份總結報告的電子版。
關於調查的更詳細資訊，請造訪經濟合作暨發展組織教育組。
5. 巴黎高科的開放式課程計畫
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巴黎高科是一個由11所法國最負盛名的工程專業學校所組成的集團，每一所成員學校均被公認是在法國專業領域中最頂尖的。這11所學校的研究與教學在相互配合下，幾乎涵蓋了不同的工程學科的所有課程。我們鼓勵您造訪巴黎高科的開放式課程計畫的網站：http://paristech.polytechnique.fr/catalogue/?langue=EN
6. 約翰．霍普金斯公共衛生學院的開放式課程計畫
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7. 塔夫斯大學的開放式課程計畫
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在麻州擁有波士頓、梅得福、莎瑪維爾、格拉夫頓校區的塔夫斯大學其優秀的教學與創新的研究是享譽國際的。塔夫斯大學的開放式課程計畫證明了它在生命科學領域的長處，以及其在各種專業領域的研究態度、國際觀，並成就了其為服務全校的、全國的與國際間群體的道德基礎。
塔夫斯大學的開放式課程計畫在2005年12月加入了下列的6門課程：
8. 猶他州立大學的開放式課程計畫
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另外，如同那些有興趣實現屬於自己的「開放式課程」計畫的機構，猶他州立大學的開放式永續學習中心已發展出eduCommons，一套專為支援像麻省理工學院及猶他州立大學的開放式課程的管理系統。有關eduCommons更詳細的資訊，請造訪：http://cosl.usu.edu/projects/educommons/
9. 中國國家精品課程
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10. 日本的開放式課程聯盟
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九所日本頂尖的大學－北海道大學、慶應義塾大學、京都大學、九州大學、名古屋大學、大阪大學、東京理工學院、東京大學與早稻田大學 - 宣佈組成
日本開放式課程合作團隊。這九所大學現已提供超過百門
英文、
日文版課程免費使用。
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MIT OpenCourseWare Update: February 2006
A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
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The February 2006 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. New Courses Now Available
2. Ocean Engineering Courses Now Part of Mechanical Engineering
3. The Economics of Open Content
4. Open Educational Resources Survey
5. ParisTech OCW
6. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
7. Tufts University OCW
8. Utah State University OCW
9. China Quality OCW
10. Japan OCW Alliance
11. FETP OCW in Vietnam
1. New Courses Now Available
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MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is pleased to announce the publication of eight new courses as part of our Spring 2006 course publication cycle. We now offer open access to the educational materials from 1264 courses total, including the following new courses:
When looking at the complete MIT OCW Course List, look for the red NEW to indicate newly published materials. MIT OCW will publish 150 new, and 75 more updated courses, by the end of April 2006.
2. Ocean Engineering Courses Now Part of Mechanical Engineering
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Early in 2005, the MIT Department of Ocean Engineering became a center within the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. The MIT Department of Mech E now offers an undergraduate degree in mechanical and ocean engineering; and graduate degrees in ocean engineering, naval architecture, marine engineering, naval engineering, and oceanographic engineering.
For MIT OCW users, you will find that all MIT OCW Ocean Engineering courses will be listed under the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering on the MIT OCW site, and the individual department page for Ocean Engineering will be removed from the MIT OCW site. No courses have been removed from the MIT OCW Web site, but all Ocean courses will now be listed on the Mech E department page at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mechanical-Engineering/index.htm.
To assist users in course and topic searchers, all Ocean Engineering courses will have their former Ocean Engineering course number listed in parentheses at the end of the course title. For example:
- 2.003J / 1.053J Dynamics and Vibration (13.013J), Fall 2002
- 2.011 Introduction to Ocean Science and Technology (13.00), Fall 2002
The Center for Ocean Engineering at MIT now serves as the focus of all ocean-related activities at MIT, and approximately 140 students are currently pursuing Ocean Engineering degrees at MIT.
3. The Economics of Open Content
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Together with Intelligent Television (www.intelligenttelevision.com) in New York, MIT OCW co-sponsored a two-day symposium on "The Economics of Open Content" at MIT on January 23-24, 2006. Among the 35 featured speakers examining new business models in fields from software to courseware were New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author (The Wisdom of Crowds) James Surowiecki, Sumir Meghani of Yahoo!, and Yale Law School Professor Yochai Benkler.
Many of the symposium participants expressed a profound interest in making the proceedings available online and in organizing follow-up gatherings to bring together stakeholders in open content from various disciplines. Streaming video and downloadable podcasts from the proceedings are now available on WGBH's Forum Network (http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=0197). In addition, a Wiki environment has been opened for more participatory conversations at http://www.opencontent.archival.tv. Intelligent Television is planning follow-up sessions in New York on June 5-6 and in San Francisco on September 11-12, 2006. More detailed information is available at: www.intelligenttelevision.com/opencontent.htm
4. Open Educational Resources Survey
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is a group of 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, the OECD has a global reach.
The OECD is studying the impact on open educational resources in higher education, and would invite MIT OCW users to participate in a Web-based survey for individual teachers, instructors and researchers using or producing OER. All MIT OCW users working in a higher educational institution that uses or produces open learning content -- such as courses, courseware, learning objects, collections and journals, or open software tools to develop, use, re-use and deliver learning content -- to take the survey. It will not take more than 10 to 15 minutes to complete.
Take the survey at http://www2.oecd.org/survey/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?surveyid=1075 All MIT OCW users completing the questionnaire will receive a free electronic copy of the final report.
For more information regarding the study, please visit the OECD's Directorate for Education.
5. ParisTech OCW
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ParisTech is a collective entity that includes 11 of the most prestigious engineering schools in France. Each of its member institutions is known as the best in France in its particular field. The research and teaching at the 11 institutions is complementary and cover virtually all sectors of the various engineering sciences. We encouraged users to visit the ParisTech OpenCourseWare project at http://paristech.polytechnique.fr/catalogue/?langue=EN
6. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW
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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) in Baltimore, MD, is world-renowned as a leading international authority on public health. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's OpenCourseWare project provides access to 20 of the school's most popular courses.
7. Tufts University OCW
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Tufts University, with campuses in Boston, Medford, Somerville and Grafton, MA, has a global reputation for academic and research excellence, and innovation. The Tufts OpenCourseWare project demonstrate Tufts' strength in the life sciences, as well a multi-disciplinary approach, an international perspective, and an underlying ethic of service to the university's local, national, and international communities.
The following six courses were added to the Tufts OCW site in December 2005:
8. Utah State University OCW
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Utah State University (USU) is one of the nation's premier land grant and space-grant universities. USU OpenCourseWare supports USU's institutional mission to serve the public through learning, discovery, and engagement, and is available at http://ocw.usu.edu.
In addition, for those institutions interested in implementing their own "OpenCourseWare" project, Utah State University's Center for Open Sustainable Learning has developed eduCommons, an OpenCourseWare Management System designed specifically to support OpenCourseWare projects such as MIT OCW and USU OCW. For more information on eduCommons, go to http://cosl.usu.edu/projects/educommons/
9. China Quality OCW (CNQOCW)
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China Open Resources for Education (CORE), MIT OCW's Chinese language translation partner, now offers links to more than 450 China Quality OpenCourseWare (CNQOCW) courses for use and sharing in China and globally. In addition, CORE has translated 109 MIT OCW courses into Simplified Chinese, which are available at http://www.core.org.cn/OCW_CN/Global/all-courses.htm
10. Japan OCW Alliance
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The leading nine universities in Japan -- Hokkaido University, Keio University, Kyoto University, Kyushu University, Nagoya University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, the University of Tokyo, and Waseda University -- have formed the Japan OCW Alliance. These six universities now offer open access to more than 100 courses, in both English and Japanese.
11. FETP OCW in Vietnam
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Inspired by the MIT OCW initiative, the Fulbright School Economics Teaching Program (FETP) in Vietnam launched FETP OpenCourseWare in 2003, the first "opencourseware" project to launch after MIT OCW opened in September 2002. The Fulbright School participates with other academic institutions in Vietnam to promote the use of innovative long-distance learning activities.
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