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OpenCourseWare: MIT OpenCourseWare Free courses from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2003, MIT first published on its Web site the course materials from 500 graduate and undergraduate courses...; Full OpenCourseWare Definition >>

MIT OpenCourseWare: 6 years later, bigger than ever: By just about any measure, MITs OpenCourseWare Project is a success, reports the New York Times. Celebrating its sixth anniversary, the OpenCourseWare Projects goal is to put MITs course materials online, for free. The coursework is provided under a Creative Commons license which limits usage to noncommercial purposes...; Tags: Web, Higher Ed, Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-04-02
Open CourseWare movement grows across planet: It sounds like a Utopian vision - a high-quality, free education for everyone - but thats precisely what MIT and other prestigious universities are doing by participating in the The OpenCourseWare movement, a movement that puts all coursework online for anyone to peruse, reports The Christian Science Monitor. ...; Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT OCW, OpenCourseWare; Blog posts 2007-01-05
Today's Links: SEO your blog, Beer here, OpenCourseWare: INTRODUCING “TODAY’S LINKS”Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Today’s Links,” a new regular feature presented by this Digital Micro-Markets Blog. “Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to noteworthy news and worthy analysis from all around the World Wide Web.Know of any other noteworthy news or worthy analysis? SHARE:...; Tags: OpenCourseWare, blog; Blog posts 2006-09-07

Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kids: You've seen the commercials: It's never to early to talk to your kids about drugs. Parents role play how to talk to their son about pot. It's cheesy, but not a bad message, obviously. However, Intel announced last week that they found parents were far more willing...; Tags: Parent, Math, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2009-10-26
Textbooks? Textbooks? We don't need no stinkin' textbooks!: As we get our ducks in a row for our new computer science class offerings next year, the high school principal asked me to give him some recommendations on textbooks. I've always hated buying technology textbooks since they tend to be outdated by the time you receive them and...; Tags: Web, Computer Science, Textbook, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2009-02-05

Have an idea that can change the world?: Have an idea that can change the world?Trust this contest for what it isJust keep in mind that a company called Apple Computer held their "I Changed the World" contest back in '92 for the same reason. I know of one acknowledged/awarded idea that changed their entire platform to...; Tags: Google Inc., RFID; Discussion threads 2008-09-24
New tool from MIT makes online lectures genuinely useful: While it is becoming increasingly common and easy for lectures to be placed online as videos or podcasts, such media can often be very limited in their utility. For example, I missed a lecture last week for my numerical analysis class. Fortunately, the professor always posts his lectures...; Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Tool, Lecture, Speech Recognition, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-11-26
MIT OpenCourseWare: 6 years later, bigger than ever: MIT OpenCourseWare: 6 years later, bigger than everYou Too Can Be a Tool!Join Alex Doonesbury in obtaining an MIT education!Raise the global average. We need better educated people to better handle the problems facing us today and tomorrow.JJB; Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT OpenCourseWare; Discussion threads 2007-04-11

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