5. Content Experience Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 trey.menefee http://www.flickr.com/photos/trey333/2185461746/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
6. Content Experience Certification Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 trey.menefee http://www.flickr.com/photos/trey333/2185461746/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0
7. University Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/
8. University + The Internet Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/
9. University + The Internet = What? ? Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0
10. University + The Internet = Online University? Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0 Steve Carson & Roy Whiddon - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/
11. University + The Internet = Audience Cresny- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cresny/ 460123489/in/set-/72157594534060743 Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0
12. University + The Internet = Certification Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0 Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0
13. MIT + The Internet = What? ? Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0
14. MIT + The Internet = Audience? Cresny- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cresny/ 460123489/in/set-/72157594534060743 Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0
15. MIT + The Internet = Audience James Cridland- CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ Roy Whiddon -CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0
16. Audience Certification James Cridland- CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0
17. Audience Certification James Cridland- CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0
18. Audience - Content James Cridland- CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0 Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
19. Audience Content + Access James Cridland- CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0 Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
20. Content Experience Certification Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 trey.menefee http://www.flickr.com/photos/trey333/2185461746/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0
21. Content Experience Certification Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 trey.menefee http://www.flickr.com/photos/trey333/2185461746/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0
22. Content Experience Certification Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 trey.menefee http://www.flickr.com/photos/trey333/2185461746/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Gadgetdude http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/804190044/ CC BY 3.0
23. Content + The Internet Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0 Simon Scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonscott/486223177/ CC BY-NC 3.0 Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
24. Content + The Internet = OpenCourseWare Joe Hatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhat/80371024/ CC BY-NC 3.0 Simon Scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonscott/486223177/ CC BY-NC 3.0 Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
28. The Movement 250 Universities and Organizations WorldIslandInfo.com - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333
29. The Movement 250 Universities and Organizations WorldIslandInfo.com - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333
30. The Movement Courses 3,470 1,504 974 WorldIslandInfo.com - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333
31. The Movement Courses 12,953 8,226 5,162 3,470 1,504 974 WorldIslandInfo.com - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333
32. The Movement Governments US Department of Education Ministries of Education in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, the Netherlands Jonathan Caves - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-and-p/3449394376/
33. The Movement Momentum Bill Gates – April 21, 2010 Alan Vernon - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/3051198966/
36. Documents Content Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Marjorie Lipan - CC BY_NC_SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/marjorie/908374/
37. Documents Content Syllabi and readings Lecture notes Assignments Exams Projects Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Marjorie Lipan - CC BY_NC_SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/marjorie/908374/
38. Textbooks Documents Content James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ Marjorie Lipan - CC BY_NC_SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/marjorie/908374/ Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
39. Documents Content Simulations Sarah Grice - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgrice/2099490442/ Marjorie Lipan - CC BY_NC_SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/marjorie/908374/ Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
40. Documents Content Video & Audio Wen Z. - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/transcendent/2229289553/ Marjorie Lipan - CC BY_NC_SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/marjorie/908374/ Noodlepie http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
42. Use License docman - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/docman/36125185/ Woody1778a -CC BY-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/2120107695/
43. Distribute Use bettyx1138 - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettyx1138/1340848303/ docman - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/docman/36125185/
44. Modify Distribute Use bettyx1138 - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettyx1138/1340848303/ James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ docman - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/docman/36125185/
52. Open Licenses Creative Commons GNU General Public License Open Publication License James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
54. Audience Visits 29 M 23.8 M 20.6 M James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
55. Audience Visits Partial reporting; some figures estimated. 29 M 23.8 M 20.6 M 8.9 M 6.5 M 4.6 M James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
56. Audience Visits Partial reporting; some figures estimated. 29 M 23.8 M 20.6 M 8.9 M 6.5 M 4.6 M James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
57. Audience 93.5 million visits James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
58. Audience NASA- Public Domain http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2429
59. NorthAmerica 41% M.V. Jantzen - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvjantzen/412178659/
60. East Asia & Pacific 41% 21% acina - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhifeng/219900822/
61. Europe & Asia 19% 41% 21% acina - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhifeng/219900822/
62. South Asia 19% 41% 21% 8% Humayunn N A Peerzaada - CC BY-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/humayunnapeerzaada/370031898/
63. Middle East/N. Africa 19% 41% 21% 5% 8% Tom Olliver - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigfez/2453224171/
64. Latin America 19% 41% 21% 5% 8% 4% Robert Crum - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/13010608@N02/2441932916/
65. Sub-Saharan Africa 19% 41% 21% 5% 8% 1.5% 4% whiteafrican - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2584809277/
66. Educational Role Moyo Taxiguerrilla! - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeppolis/2904406830/
67. Educators - 9% Educational Role Triatno Y Harjoko- CC BY-NC 3.0 Moyo Taxiguerrilla! - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeppolis/2904406830/
68. Educators - 9% Students – 42% Triatno Y Harjoko- CC BY-NC 3.0 Kunle Adejumo - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
69. Self learners – 43% Educators - 9% Students – 42% Wendy Emerold – CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Triatno Y Harjoko- CC BY-NC 3.0 Kunle Adejumo - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
70. Educators Developingpersonal knowledge 45% of educators Learning new teaching methods 15% of educators Incorporating OCW materials 14% of educators Triatno Y Harjoko- CC BY-NC 3.0
71. Educators Professor Triatno Harjoko Head of Department of Architecture at Institute of Depok, Indonesia, is using OCW to add interactivity to architecture instruction by his faculty. Triatno Y Harjoko- CC BY-NC 3.0
72. Educators “Critical thinking and creativity demand the liberalization of learning and information. It’s not simply the information that’s valuable, but also the glimpse OCW offers into how MIT has structured its teaching and research.” Triatno Y Harjoko- CC BY-NC 3.0
73. Students Developing personal knowledge 44% of students Complementing a course 39% of students Planning course of study 12% of students Kunle Adejumo - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
74. Students Kunle Adejumo Engineering student at Ahmadu Bello Institute in Zaria, Nigeria, develops a deeper understanding of his class topics with OCW. Kunle Adejumo - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
75. Students “Last semester, I had a course in metallurgical engineering. I didn’t have notes, so I went to OCW. I downloaded a course outline on this, and also some review questions, and these helped me gain a deeper understanding of the material.” Kunle Adejumo - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
76. Self learners Studying for personal enjoyment 41% of self learners Preparing for formal study 20% of self learners Reviewing professional basics 17% of self learners Keeping current in field 11% of self learners Wendy Emerold - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
77. Self learners Physicist Wendy Emerold Researcher at Institute of Washington's Polar Science Center, uses OCW to continue her learning even while traveling to very remote locations. Wendy Emerold - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
78. Self learners "What is so great about OCW," says Ermold, "is that it makes physics and math (and other subjects) available to people who can't go to school for one reason or another, or who can't handle the fast pace. It puts a previously untouchable subject within reach for anyone who is interested.” Wendy Emerold - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
81. University? live w mcs - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/flahertyb/3251121579/ Roy Whiddon - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/(License issue)
82. Benefit? Roy Whiddon - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/
83. Engagement Benefit? Roy Whiddon - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Gary Simmons - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsimmonsonca/3285952133/
84. Connection Engagement Benefit? Roy Whiddon - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhiddon/1338564499/ Gary Simmons - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsimmonsonca/3285952133/ James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
85. Education Connection Engagement fieldsbh - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fieldsphotos/182870913/ Gary Simmons - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsimmonsonca/3285952133/ James Cridland - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
86. Engagement Gary Simmons - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsimmonsonca/3285952133/
87. Engagement: Media New York Times Wall Street Journal Christian Science Monitor Time Magazine US News & World Report “O” Magazine noodlepie- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/3080378228/
88. Engagement: Leadership Improves faculty standing 34% of participating faculty Improves department standing 58% of faculty Enhances Institute reputation 95% of faculty BIG_Slow - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigslow/3088094723/
89. Engagement: Leadership Professor Charles Stewart III Head of MIT’s Political Science describes how OCW provides his faculty a mechanism for global exposure. Charles Stuart - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
90. Engagement: Leadership “For faculty at MIT, one of the things you’re supposed to do is establish that you are one of the world’s preeminent experts in a particular field. OCW gives you a broader audience than just purely an academic audience. It gives you a lay audience from around the world.” Charles Stuart - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
91. Collaboration Engagement: Important element of international engagement 82%of faculty Supports student groups MISTI and AITI Sparks international collaborations Italian Space Agency OpenCourseWare Consortium 250+ other universities vagabondblogger - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vagabondblogger/3367656306/
93. Connection: Prospective Attracts prospective students 1/2 visit OCW Influences school choice 35% say it influences choice Helps departments recruit 1/3 of faculty psd - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/5431225/
94. Current Connection: Most students use OCW 93% UG/85% grad OCW impacts student experience 58% call impact extremely or very + Students support OCW Class of 2009 gift MIT OCW & Staff, Jan 2005 6.186 – CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/6/6.186/imagegallery/teams/15.html
95. Connection: Current Aron Walker Environmental science and chemical engineering major, sees OCW as highlighting the real benefits of an MIT education. Aron Walker - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
96. Connection: Current “OCW brings into focus the things that you can only find here at MIT, and not on the Web. It highlights the programs that aren’t on OCW because they can’t be — things like research, and doing programs with other students who are all really focused and excited about the work.” Aron Walker - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
97. Alumni Connection: Alumni use OCW 51% of alumni Alumni value OCW 1/2 using rate OCW “very valuable” OCW enhances MIT’s reputation 84% say “enhances/greatly enhances” Alumni support OCW More that $1.2 M donated to OCW Northfield.org - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/northfield_mn/154261565/
98. Education fieldsbh - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fieldsphotos/182870913/
99. Content Education: Most faculty share materials 80% of faculty Improve materials through sharing 30% increase quality/organization Increase comfort with web 29% of faculty Rethink teaching approach 26% of faculty Access peer materials on OCW 84% of faculty Noodlepie - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/2680175828/
100. Advising Education: Students make more informed choices 46% of students Faculty have more information 29% of faculty Faculty say OCW improves advising 53% of faculty rofltosh - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicbartbeans/1430289931/
101. Learning Education: Complements class materials 70% of students Supports independent learning 39% of students Allows review of prior learning 33% of students sisson - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisson/2213517664/
102. Education: Learning Professor Karen Willcox Teaches foundational course to MIT juniors in Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Karen Wilcox - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
103. Learning “I realized there was this huge disconnect between the math department and the engineering department – who are the downstream users of the material that’s taught in the math classes… I had no idea how or what was being taught.” Karen Wilcox - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
110. Consortium Independent Non-Profit Incorporated in Massachusetts Unified portal and services http://ocwconsortium.org Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
111. Consortium Vision We envision a world in which the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to do so anywhere in the world…. The Consortium acts to realize this vision by addressing one issue—that of access to high-quality educational materials. Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
112. Consortium Mission The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses. Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
114. Support Visibility sean dreilinger - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/178875801/ Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
115. Collaboration Support Visibility sean dreilinger - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/178875801/ vagabondblogger - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vagabondblogger/3367656306/ Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
116. Connect Hanoi, Vietnam May 5-7, 2010 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA May 4-6, 2011 ethan.crowley - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethancrowley/4313195572/
117. Connect Hanoi, Vietnam May 5-7, 2010 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA May 4-6, 2011 Dan4th - CC BY 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dan4th/166084246/
118. Consortium Community Leadership Stephen Carson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA José Escamilla, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico Yoshimi Fukuhara, Keio University, Japan Andy Lane, The Open University, United Kingdom Anka Mulder, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Doris Rojas, Universidad Nacional De Ingenieria, Peru Philipp Schmidt, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politecnica Madrid, Spain Fun-Den Wang, China Open Resources for Education, China Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
119. Consortium Grant/Sponsor Supported William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Member Supported Member Dues Charter Sustaining Members China Open Resources for Education Delft University of Technology Japan OpenCourseWare Consortium Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open University Netherlands Tecnológico de Monterrey Tufts University Universia.net Universidad Politécnica de Madrid University of California, Irvine University of Michigan University of the Western Cape Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
120. Consortium Funding .75 M annual budget Tujiguoman!! - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tujiguoman/482961362/
121. Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal at http:/ocwconsortium.org Stephen Carson scarson@ocwconsortium.org
Editor's Notes
Hi, my name is Steve Carson. I’m External Relations Director for MIT OpenCourseWare and privileged to currently be serving as the first president of the OpenCourseWare Consortium.
I’d like to share a little of the history of OCW—what it is, how it came about, what it means for the people who use it and the universities that produce it.
Before I do though, I’d like to take a quick detour and talk about what a university is first—or rather one way of thinking about what a university provides, which will be helpful in understanding OCW. For as long as they’ve been around, universities have provided three things to their students…
…content (that is, the materials to be studied)…
…learning experiences crafted around that content…
…and assessment and certification of that learning. It’s a formula that’s worked pretty well.
But universities, like many other organizations lately, have confronted a disruptive innovation that challenges that model:
The internet. Now disruptive influences are not necessarily good or bad, but they do create inflection points at which existing models need to be re-examined in light of new circumstances. Around the year 2000, many universities found themselves asking the same question:
What does the internet mean for our institution?
Many universities answered this question by taking the existing campus-based formula—content, learning experience and certification—and moving it online, creating online universities. And number have been quite successful at doing so.
Online learning has reached wider audiences…
…and helped to address the growing need for certification
When MIT confronted this question of what the internet meant, however, we recognized that we weren’t particularly well positioned to address the need for certification online. We are a small school —10,000 students and about 1,000 faculty—and we are fortunate to teach very high performing students in some of the best campus facilities in the world. This was not going to translate easily or inexpensively to the online environment.
And while providing certification to a wider audience was a fine goal…
…MIT saw an opportunity to serve a truly global audience.
An audience that didn’t necessarily need certification.
But rather an audience who could benefit from access to educational content alone...
But lacked that access. And for this audience it wasn’t necessary to convert the material to a fully online educational experience.
The internet could provide millions around the world access to the same content that MIT students received in their classrooms. Materials that could be used to improve educational systems, solve professional problems, and support individual learning. And that, in a nutshell, is the idea behind OCW.
OCW is the content…
…without the interaction with students or faculty…
…without the interaction with students or faculty…
..distributed at no cost to the user on the internet.
OpenCourseWare.
It’s a powerful idea, and idea that has resonated throughout the global educational community.
Great, but what do we mean by OCW “content” really? What is it?
The Consortium does not prescribe any particular license, but some of the more familiar open licenses include the Creative Commons licenses, GNU GPL, and the OPL. These open licenses, by the way are how I am able to use all of these great photos. Each of the photographers has granted an open license for their use so I did not have to track down their permission.