I agree with Sol. This is an exciting development and what a great thing
for MIT to do...to give their courses, their education away. The internet
is the most fabulous education tool ever invented. Stuff like this can
make the world better.
I must have taken an extra dose of medication today.
>Hi all,
>
>Thought some may be interested in this:
>
> >MIT is planning to make most of its
>course materials (lectures, outlines, reading lists) available on the
>web in the next few years.
>
>See the MIT News page for details:
>
>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/ocw.html
><
>
>
>To me this is quite an exciting development. Whilst arguably most
>information is widely available to everyone the particular presentation of
>that information which is unique to the education system of which it forms a
>part is not something that has been freely available in the past.
>
>What will be interesting now is to see which institutions follow MIT's lead.
>Certainly I would like to see more opening up of arts education in this way,
>particularly programs in art history that could usefully direct one's own
>reading.
>
>cheers,
>
>Sol.
