By
Orapak Suwanapakdee
Sloan Alum of Class 2000
MIT OCW Club Thailand Founder
Finance Lecturer at University of the Thai Chamber of commerce

 Orapak graduated from MIT Sloan in 2000 and worked in different fields,
such as teaching, strategy, process improvement, market research and IT
in financial service, startup, etc
 Currently, Orapak is speaker/ writer in social media field such as facebook
and twitter apart from working for finance and banking committee@
parliament of Thailand.
 Orapak also holds part-time lecturer position at various universities
 Currently Admitted as Finance Lecturer at University of the Thai Chamber
of Commerce
 In the future, I will study Ph.D. in organizatonal behavior using some
forms of IT and social media in financial service sector

 This club was established by using Group Page
and Fan Page on facebook to promote MIT Free
education on OCW in Thailand
 What is so distinct about this club?
◦ This is the first MIT OCW Club in Asia or perhaps in the
world besides MIT OCW Fan Page itself
◦ Using social media and radio to get 460 members in 3-
4 months
◦ MIT OCW was unknown to most of Thai people so using
way of social media to get attention of Thai people is
interesting. ( because Thai people , unlike US people, are
not easily driven to non-profit club like this)

Belief
 Believe that everyone might have a
chance to be equal if they have similar
grounds of education
 Believe in MIT Education
Part of my Goal in life  educator
What I can do  to Share education
and experiences

1. Officially introduce MIT OCW in Thailand
2. Officially introduce MIT OCW Club Thailand
to World Education Society and
International guests
3. Officially bring knowledge of facebook to
World Education Society

 Facebook.com/orapak
 Twitter.com/orapak

 The mission of MIT is to advance
knowledge and educate students
in science, technology, and other
areas of scholarship that will best
serve the nation and the world in
the 21st century.
 The Institute admitted its first students in 1865,
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnxdQqnHW
0

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3iO5vDGOi
o

 Self – learners who have no chance to study abroad
 Those who like to chance jobs in another field
 Thai educators and lecturers who like to refer to readings
 Those who like to learn MIT education system
 Students, Undergraduates, and Gradudates
 Companies and Management who like to learn new
concepts

 Free MIT education covering 1900 subjects
which you can learn without getting
certificates or degrees
 Free MIT education is presented in audio,
video, and other methods
 “ The world will see what an MIT student is
studying”

 80 million visits by 57 million visitors from
virtually every country
 350+ courses translated and 70 mirror sites
globally

 96% ของผู้ที่คร่่ำหวอดในแวดวงกำรศึกษำบอกว่ำมีประโยชน์
 96% ของคนบอกว่ำ แนะน่ำให้ใช้ MIT OCW
 60% จำก non-USA
 40% จำก USA
 49% self learners, 32% students, 16%
educators

 North America 42.9% MENA 2.9%
 Western Europe 21.2% Pacific 1.3%
 East Asia 15.1% Sub-Sah. Africa 0.8%
 South Asia 6.1% Central Asia 0.6%
 Latin America 5.0% Caribbean 0.2%
 Eastern Europe 3.9%

 http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/global/MITOCW_C
ase_Studies.pdf

2000 1900
1800
1550
1500
1250
1000 900
500 500
50
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009
ค่าหลักสูตรปกติ แปลงเป็นเงินไทย ประมาณ 350,000 บาท ต่อรายวิชา
ค่าหลักสูตรที่มี audio หรือ VDO ประมาณ กว่า 600,000 บาท ต่อรายวิชา

 OCW Consortium has about 250
institutions and universities as members

 Students from all over the world
 Lecturers/ Educators/ Academic Society
 Self Learners
Secondary Targets
Everyone in this world, including Thailand

 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/resources/res
ources/index.htm

 Go to http://ocw.mit.edu
 View 1900 Course
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/
index.htm
Use search or advanced
Search

 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/about/rss/ind
ex.htm
 What is RSS Feed ?
 By using RSS you can stay on top of the
news and information you need without
using your e-mail system and without
repeatedly checking multiple Web sites to
see if they have been updated. RSS
simplifies the way you stay informed and
helps you take control of overloaded email
inboxes.

 http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/indexohb.cgi?AREA=
07
 http://www.amazon.com/
 http://www.asiabooks.co.th/
 http://www.nlt.go.th/
 http://www.chulabook.com/
 http://www.maruey.com/th/index.html
 http://ebook.nfe.go.th/frontend/theme_1/index.php
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/resources/curriculum/index.htm#15
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/resources/curriculum/index.htm#details

http://www.chulabook.com/cgi-bin/main/2007/browse-eng.asp?lower
=3010&upper=3020
http://www.thailandaccount.com/cms/
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=accounting&search_type=&aq=f
http://library.set.or.th/cgi-bin/gw_41_11/chameleon
http://library.tu.ac.th/cms/index.php
http://library.au.edu/

Jack Welch

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N46j5C5R
ag&feature=fvsr

The concept was first presented to
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in Thailand
By K. Cheeptham Kumvisate
FM 101 newschannel radio speaker &
Writer of the book called Everyone can Study@Harvard

 It is on-line university which is powered by
Itunes.
 Itunes University comes in the form of
content in audio and video
 Everyone can subscribe for free with top
universities.
 Everyone can listen to Itunes University by
download itunes software from apple.com
 Many universities use Itunes University to
publish their online audio/video content

http://www.hbrideacast.org/
http://www.harvardbusiness.org

 Please contact คุณชีพธรรม ค่ำวิเศษณ์
 Email : tri333@thaiventure
 Tel: 0876760849

 MIT Open Courseware + Harvard Itunes
University + Ebooks.com
 Please feel free to contact Orapak for more
information at orapak@alum.mit.edu or call
0816172545, 0814660100