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MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to publish all of the educational materials from its ... MITOpenCourseWare FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Web-basedpublicationofvirtuallyallMITcoursecontent MITOpenCourseWareLocationU.S./onlineinternationallyWebsiteocw.mit.edu MITOpenCourseWare(MITOCW)isaninitiativeoftheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)topublishalloftheeducationalmaterialsfromitsundergraduate-andgraduate-levelcoursesonline,freelyandopenlyavailabletoanyone,anywhere.TheprojectwasannouncedonApril4,2001,[1]andusesCreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikelicense.TheprogramwasoriginallyfundedbytheWilliamandFloraHewlettFoundation,theAndrewW.MellonFoundation,andMIT.Currently,[when?]MITOpenCourseWareissupportedbyMIT,corporateunderwriting,majorgifts,anddonationsfromsitevisitors.[2]Theinitiativeinspiredanumberofotherinstitutionstomaketheircoursematerialsavailableasopeneducationalresources.[3] AsofMay 2018[update],over2,400courseswereavailableonline.Whileafewofthesewerelimitedtochronologicalreadinglistsanddiscussiontopics,amajorityprovidedhomeworkproblemsandexams(oftenwithsolutions)andlecturenotes.SomecoursesalsoincludedinteractivewebdemonstrationsinJava,completetextbookswrittenbyMITprofessors,andstreamingvideolectures. AsofMay 2018[update],100coursesincludedcompletevideolectures.Thevideoswereavailableinstreamingmode,butcouldalsobedownloadedforviewingoffline.AllvideoandaudiofileswerealsoavailablefromYouTube,iTunesUandtheInternetArchive. Contents 1Project 1.1History 1.2Technology 1.3Funding 2Seealso 3References 4Externallinks Project[edit] MITOpenCourseWaresitswithinMITOpenLearningattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.[4] History[edit] TheconceptofMITOpenCourseWaregrewoutoftheMITCouncilonEducationTechnology,whichwaschargedbyMITprovostRobertBrownin1999withdetermininghowMITshouldpositionitselfinthedistancelearning/e-learningenvironment.[5]MITOpenCourseWarewastheninitiatedtoprovideanewmodelforthedisseminationofknowledgeandcollaborationamongscholarsaroundtheworld,andcontributestothe“sharedintellectualcommons”inacademia,whichfosterscollaborationacrossMITandamongotherscholars.TheprojectwasspearheadedbyprofessorsDickK.PYue,ShigeruMiyagawa,HalAbelsonandotherMITFaculty.[citationneeded] ThemainchallengeinimplementingtheMITOCWinitiativehadnotbeenfacultyresistance,butrather,thelogisticalchallengespresentedbydeterminingownershipandobtainingpublicationpermissionforthemassiveamountofcopyrighteditemsthatareembeddedinthecoursematerialsofMIT'sfaculty,inadditiontothetimeandtechnicaleffortrequiredtoconverttheeducationalmaterialstoanonlineformat.[6]CopyrightinMITOpenCourseWarematerialremainswithMIT,membersofitsfaculty,oritsstudents.[7] InSeptember2002,theMITOpenCourseWareproof-of-conceptpilotsiteopenedtothepublic,offering32courses.InSeptember2003,MITOpenCourseWarepublishedits500thcourse,includingsomecourseswithcompletestreamingvideolectures.BySeptember2004,900MITcourseswereavailableonline. In2005,MITOpenCourseWareandotheropeneducationalresourcesprojectsformedtheOpenCourseWareConsortium,whichseekstoextendthereachandimpactofopencoursematerials,fosternewopencoursematerialsanddevelopsustainablemodelsforopencoursematerialpublication. In2007,MITOpenCourseWareintroducedasitecalledHighlightsforHighSchoolthatindexesresourcesontheMITOCWapplicabletoadvancedhighschoolstudyinbiology,chemistry,calculusandphysicsinanefforttosupportUSSTEMeducationatthesecondaryschoollevel. In2011,MITOpenCourseWareintroducedthefirstoffifteenOCWScholarcourses,whicharedesignedspecificallyfortheneedsofindependentlearners.Whilestillpublicationsofcoursematerialsliketherestofthesitecontent,thesecoursesaremorein-depthandthematerialsarepresentedinlogicalsequencesthatfacilitateself-study.NointeractionwithotherstudentsissupportedbytheOCWsite,butstudygroupsoncollaboratingprojectOpenStudyareavailableforsomeOCWScholarcourses.[8] In2012HarvardandMITlaunchededX,amassiveopenonlinecourse(MOOC)providertodeliveronlinelearningopportunitiestothepublic.[9] AsofAugust 2014[update],someMITOCWcoursesaredeliveredbytheEuropeanMooCplatformEliademy.[10] Technology[edit] MITOCWwasoriginallyservedbyacustomcontentmanagementsystembasedonMicrosoft'sContentManagementServer,whichwasreplacedinmid-2010withaPlone-basedcontentmanagementsystem.ThepublishingprocessisdescribedbyMITasa"large-scaledigitalpublishinginfrastructureconsistsofplanningtools,acontentmanagementsystem(CMS),andtheMITOpenCourseWarecontentdistributioninfrastructure".[11] VideocontentforthecourseswasoriginallyprimarilyinRealMediaformat.In2008,OCWtransitionedtousingYouTubeastheprimarydigitalvideostreamingplatformforthesite,embeddingYouTubevideobackintotheOCWsite.[12]OCWvideoandaudiofilesarealsoprovidedinfullforofflinedownloadsoniTunesUandtheInternetArchive.In2011,OCWintroducedaniPhoneAppcalledLectureHallinpartnershipwithIrynsoft.[13] Funding[edit] Asof2013[update],theannualcostofrunningMITOCWwasabout$3.5million.[14]In2011,"MIT'sgoalforthenextdecade[was]toincreaseourreachten-fold"andtosecurefundingforthis.[15] Seealso[edit] Bookboon Connexions,byRiceUniversity Curriki Fathom.com FlatWorldKnowledge Flexbook FreeHighSchoolScienceTextsSouthAfrica NationalProgrammeonTechnologyEnhancedLearning(NPTEL),India Open.Michigan Opentextbook TuftsOpenCourseWare References[edit] ^Goldberg,Carey(4April2001)."AuditingclassesatM.I.T.,onthewebforfree".TheNewYorkTimes.Retrieved22April2017. ^"FreeOnlineCourseMaterials|WhyDonate?|MITOpenCourseWare".Ocw.mit.edu.Retrieved2012-04-03. ^Attwood,Rebecca(2009-09-24)."Getitoutintheopen".TimesHigherEducation.London.Retrieved2010-12-18. ^"FreeOnlineCoursesfromMITOCW|OpenLearning". ^"Provostannouncesformationofcounciloneducationaltechnology".MITNews|MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.Retrieved2021-02-02. ^"OpenEducationatMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),theUnitedStates|TheOpenEducationConsortium".www.oeconsortium.org.Retrieved2019-10-26. ^"FAQ:IntellectualProperty|MITOpenCourseWare|FreeOnlineCourseMaterials".ocw.mit.edu.Retrieved2019-10-26. ^"OCWScholarcourses".Web.mit.edu.Retrieved2013-10-10. ^"MITxonedX(MOOCs)".MITOpenLearning.6February2015.Retrieved10May2019. ^IrvingSinger(Fall2014)."PhilosophyofLoveintheWesternWorld".Eliademy.com.MITOCW.Retrieved2014-08-19.Basedonaworkathttp://ocw.mit.edu/courses/linguistics-and-philosophy/24-261-philosophy-of-love-in-the-western-world-fall-2004/.{{citeweb}}:Externallinkin|quote=(help) ^"FreeOnlineCourseMaterials|FAQ:Technology|MITOpenCourseWare".Ocw.mit.edu.Retrieved2012-04-03. ^"MIT".YouTube.Retrieved2012-04-03. ^"FreeOnlineCourseMaterials|MITOpenCourseWareAnnouncesiPhoneAppforVideoLectures|MITOpenCourseWare".Ocw.mit.edu.2011-02-04.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2012-03-27.Retrieved2012-04-03. ^"HelpKeepMITOpenCourseWareAlive!#MIT_OCW".www.bizjournals.com.Retrieved2021-10-13.{{citeweb}}:CS1maint:url-status(link) ^"ADecadeofOpenSharing".MITOCW.2013-01-17. 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