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麻省理工「開放式課程」計畫更新日期：2003年十一月
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年十一月號內容：
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麻省理工將于2003年9月發布500門課程，正式啟動MIT OCW項目。我們希望您能在這來自33個不同的學術研究領域中的500門課程中找到您感興趣的課程。
本月我們又集中選萃了50門課程，列表如下：
人類學
21A.110 – 人類學理論
21A.218J –認同性與差异性
建築學
4.101 - 體驗建築設計的實習與操作
4.125 - 建築設計：園藝設計的建築
4.181 -建築設計研討：針對創意辦公室研究使用者需求
生物學
7.29J – 細胞神經生物學
7.66J – 認知和行為遺傳學
化學
5.12 – 有機化學 I
5.13 – 有機化學 II
5.32 –中級化學實驗
比較媒體研究
CMS.880 - 公元1450年到2000年的科技
CMS.910 – 人文主義的科技
CMS.915 – 理解電視
外國語言與文學
21F.013 - 重回現場：災難與記憶
21F.019 – 跨文化溝通
21F.107 – 漢語I (當代中文)
21F.222 - 雙語學生的說明文寫作
衛生科學與技術
HST.071 – 人類生殖生物學
HST.151 – 藥理學原理
HST.502 - 研究者的生存法則：負責任的研究行為
歷史學
21H.102 - 近代美國的誕生：從1865年到現今
21H.105 – 美國經典
21H.224 – 美國歷史中的法律和社會
語言學與哲學
24.03 – 相對主義，理性與真實
24.111 –量子物理的哲學
24.119 – 心靈和機械
文學
21L.004 – 重要詩人
21L.006 – 美國文學
21L.010 –文學作品的分析與寫作
材料科學與工程
3.082 –材料制程實驗
3.091 – 固體化學導論
3.22 – 材料的機械特性
機械工程
2.000 –機械為何及如何工作
2.001 – 力學和材料 I
音樂與戲劇藝術
21M.113 –發展音樂構架
21M.223J - 盎格魯美國民間音樂導論
21M.361 – 電腦作曲
核子工程
22.002 – 工程管理
22.00J – 建模和模擬導論
22.02 – 應用核物理導論
物理學
8.351J –古典力學：計算機運算取向
8.613J – 等離子體物理導論I
女性研究
SP.421J - 亞裔美國人的種族與性別議題
SP.430 - 文學詮釋：維吉尼亞•吳爾芙的莎士比亞
SP.454J –認同性與差异性
SP.472 - 美國音樂舞劇傳統：性別與傳記文學
SP.517 – 美國女性作家
寫作與人文研究
21W.730-3 – 消費文化
21W.730-4 – 寫作與環境
21W.730-5 –文學作品的分析與寫作
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。
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我們收集來自訪問者的信息用以改進麻省理工開放式課程網站，幫助我們資金支持者瞭解關于麻省理工開放式課程網站資源使用、訪問和影響的評價。
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(1)訪問者提供的信息:我們接收並存儲您造訪麻省理工開放式課程網站的所有信息以及您用其它方式提供給我們的所有信息。當您在網站上提交反饋,用電子郵件和我們聯繫,或同意參與訪問者調查時,提供的大多是這種信息,包括您的姓名、電子郵箱、學歷、研究機構、地域以及您如何使用麻省理工開放式課程，您對開放式課程的看法。當然,這是在嚴格遵守自願的情況下進行的,在使用MIT OCW時您也可以不提供這些信息。如果您自願向我們提供您的email地址或其它的聯繫方式,我們不會把您的個人信息告訴任何他人，除非首先得到您明確的允許。
(2)自動獲得的信息：無論何時您訪問麻省理工開放式課程網站進行交互，我們接受並存儲特定類型的信息。和許多其他網站一樣，我們使用 “cookies”技術。當您的瀏覽器訪問 http://ocw.mit.edu時我們可以獲取特定類型的信息。我們收集並分析的數據包括您訪問麻省理工開放式課程網站時的IP地址，計算機和連接信息，例如瀏覽器的類型和版本，操作系統和平臺；您瀏覽的內容或者搜索的內容。對於某些訪問信息，我們可能會用軟件工具來測量並收集課程信息，包括頁面響應時間、下載錯誤及頁面停留時間。如果您的瀏覽器的配置不接受cookies，您仍任能夠充分體驗MIT OCW的課程資源。但是這些信息都不會用于個人辨別，也不會用于返回鏈接到的計算機。
(3)電子郵件聯絡：我們保留有一份名單，那是造訪者自願提供給“麻省理工學院“開放式課程網頁”更新”電子報和有其它相關公告時寄送資料用的名單。如果你不再想要收到電子報或是其它麻省理工學院“開放式課程網頁”的通知，請寄信到ocw@mit.eduocw@mit.edu，我們將會把你的郵件地址從資料庫內移除。
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每月新聞組將為訂閱者提供一門特定課程的深入指導。本月，我們將深入研究“
課程11.422: 商業發展區域 ”，來自麻省理工學院城市規劃和研究學院的Lorlene Hoyt教授。課程通過來自全球多個研究案例探究了商業區域規劃的本質。課程的
閱讀 材料提供給對這一主題的進一步研究。
Hoyt教授的
課程大綱介紹了商業發展區（BI Ds）相關主題，建議強烈呼籲把它建設為安全和清潔的戶外公眾場所。相應地，考察這些公眾捐贈、私人管理的組織機構的增加情況，詢問它們對於城市政治、經濟、社會和空間分割的貢獻和影響程度也是非常重要的。
課程的 作業部分提供了四份作業安排：
- 精心整理關於商業發展區（BI Ds）的綜合定義
- 寫作一份簡短的研究論文
- 寫作12頁的論文，題目為「商業發展區（BI Ds）：朋友還是敵人」
- 課程學習總結：推薦波士頓城
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問：為什麼有些麻省理工學院「開放式課程網頁」中的課程缺少作業、小考和大考的解答？
答：有時候，家庭作業、考試和練習只是教室中討論和展示，沒有製作相應的打印稿和電子格式文檔提供給麻省理工學院的學生，或全世界麻省理工學院開放式課程網站的使用者。有時候，教師們希望在麻省理工學院的課堂上再次利用這些作業安排、考試和練習，所以他們不希望公開相關的解答。
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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: November 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
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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:
Anthropology
21A.110 - Anthropological Theory
21A.218J - Identity and Difference
Architecture
4.101 - Experiencing Architecture Studio
4.125 - Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes
4.181 - Architectural Design Workshop: Rethinking Office Development
Biology
7.29J - Cellular Neurobiology
7.66J - Cognitive & Behavioral Genetics
Chemistry
5.12 - Organic Chemistry I
5.13 - Organic Chemistry II
5.32 - Intermediate Chemical Experimentation
Comparative Media Studies
CMS.880 - Technologies of Word 1450-2000
CMS.910 - Technologies of Humanism
CMS.915 - Understanding Television
Foreign Languages and Literatures
21F.013 - Out of Ground Zero: Catastrophe and Memory
21F.019 - Communicating Across Cultures
21F.107 - Chinese I (Streamlined)
21F.222 - Expository Writing for Bilingual Students
Health Sciences and Technology
HST.071 - Human Reproductive Biology
HST.151 - Principles of Pharmacology
HST.502 - Survival Skills for Emerging Researchers
History
21H.102 - The Emergence of Modern America 1865 to the Present
21H.105 - American Classics
21H.224 - Law and Society in US History
Linguistics and Philosophy
24.03 - Relativism, Reason, & Reality
24.111 - Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
24.119 - Mind and Machines
Literature
21L.004 - Major Poets
21L.006 - American Literature
21L.010 - Writing About Literature
Materials Science and Engineering
3.082 - Materials Processing Laboratory
3.091 - Introduction to Solid State Chemistry
3.22 - Mechanical Properties of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
2.000 - How and Why Machines Work
2.001 - Mechanics & Materials I
Music and Theater Arts
21M.113 - Developing Musical Structures
21M.223J - Introduction to Anglo-American Folkmusic
21M.361 - Composing with Computers
Nuclear Engineering
22.002 - Management in Engineering
22.00J - Introduction to Modeling and Simulation
22.02 - Introduction to Applied Nuclear Physics
Physics
8.351J - Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach
8.613J - Introduction To Plasma Physics I
Women's Studies
SP.421J - Race and Gender in Asian America
SP.430 - Literary Interpretation: Virginia Woolf's Shakespeare
SP.454J - Identity and Difference
SP.472 - Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography
SP.517 - American Women Authors
Writing and Humanistic Studies
21W.730-3 - Consumer Culture
21W.730-4 - Writing and the Environment
21W.730-5 - Writing About Literature
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. What Information Does MIT OCW Collect on Visitors?
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Many users may have noticed in recent weeks that upon visiting the MIT OCW Web site, you have been asked to fill out a brief online survey. Through November 17, 2003, more than 1,100 visitors had taken the time to fill out that survey, and we thank you all for taking the time to do so.
The information we learn from visitors helps us improve the MIT OCW site, and assists our foundation sponsors in evaluation of usage, access, and impact of MIT OCW on the worldwide educational community.
MIT OCW collects the following information from visitors:
- Information You Provide: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You provide most such information when you submit feedback on the site, contact us by email, or agree to participate in a visitor survey. This information may include your name and email address, your academic status, your institution, your geographic region, how you are using MIT OCW, and what you think of MIT OCW. In all cases, any information you provide is strictly optional and voluntary and you may choose to use the MIT OCW site without ever providing this information. If you voluntarily provide your email address or other contact information, we will not share your personal information with anyone without first requesting your explicit permission to do so.
- Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with the MIT OCW Web site. Like many Web sites, we make use of "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses http://ocw.mit.edu. Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the MIT OCW site; computer and connection information such as browser-type and version, operating system, and platform, and; content you viewed or searched for during your visit to MIT OCW. During some visits we may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, and length of visits to certain pages. If your browser is configured to not accept cookies, you will still enjoy full access to all MIT OCW content. However, none of this information is personally identifiable or linked back to you individually.
- Email Communications: We maintain a list of interested visitors who voluntarily provide their email addresses to receive this email newsletter, and other infrequent email announcements pertaining to MIT OCW.
3. Digging Deeper: Course 11.422
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Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to one particular subject. This month, we delve into "
Course 11.422: Business Improvement Districts ," a course from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. MIT Professor Lorlene Hoyt explores the nature of business improvement districts, and does so with a number of case studies from around the globe, presented in the Lecture Notes section. There is also an in-depth
reading list for further research into the topic.
Professor Hoyt's
syllabus presents the topic, business improvement districts (BIDs) that proponents claim effectively clean and secure outdoor public spaces. In contrast, it is important to examine the proliferation of such publicly endowed and privately managed organizations and question the extent to which they contribute to the political, economic, social, and spatial fragmentation of the urban realm.
And in her assignments section, the professor describes the four assignments for the course:
- Crafting a Comprehensive Definition of a Business Improvement District
- Writing a Short Research Paper
- A 12-page paper titled, "The Business Improvement District, Friend or Foe?"
- Synthesis of Lessons Learned: Recommendations for the City of
Boston
4. A Frequently Asked Question
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Q: Why do some MIT OCW course sites lack solutions to assignments, quizzes, and exams? A: In some cases, solutions to homework assignments, quizzes, and exams are only discussed and presented in the classroom, and not made available in print or electronic format to the MIT students - or to the worldwide community of visitors to the MIT OCW Web site. In other cases, the instructors plan to re-use in their MIT classroom the assignments, quizzes, and exams, and so they do not wish to widely publish their solutions.
