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Dear Friends of OCW,
MIT OpenCourseWare is celebrating our 15th anniversary this year – and we need your help!
To celebrate, we’re creating a “surprise” thank you video to the MIT faculty who’ve made it possible for OCW to reach this milestone.
The video will star YOU and other OCW learners from around the world.
We would be forever grateful if you could record a video-selfie answering some (or all) of our questions below. There’s also a couple of technical guidelines below to help with the making of your video.
We need your submission by Friday, January 15, 2016 Wednesday, January 27, 2016 (new deadline)!
Thanks in advance for giving back!
Sincerely,
The MIT OpenCourseWare Team
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QUESTIONS:
- What is your name and where are you from?
- Who told you about OCW?
- What motivated you to use OCW?
- Were the materials covered the hardest part about OCW?
- What was your gut reaction (first sentence/thought) when you heard MIT class content was available online, free?
- Have you built anything using your OCW learning? If so, can you show us?
- Have you used anything you learned with OCW to give back to your community?
- If you had to put a value on what you learned from OCW, how much would you say it’s worth?
- What was your impression of MIT before knowing about OCW?
- Can you remember the exact number of the course(s) you looked into?
- Have you ever had a chance to thank MIT or your MIT professor?
- Is there anything else you’d like to tell MIT or the world about OCW?
Would you please read the following lines:
Thank you, MIT.
For opening your books.
For opening your doors.
For opening your hearts.
I am course 14.01SC (Please fill in your course name/number – if you remember it)
I know you may not know me,
But I am your student.
And you are my professor.
Thank you!
Technical details:
- Shoot horizontally.
- Hold your phone steady – putting it on a mantel or something would be great, but don’t stand too far if that’s what you’re doing.
- Don’t shoot from below the face.
- Don’t shoot with a direct light source behind you – a window, the sun, a lamp etc.
- Avoid noisy places – from waterfalls to kids or busy streets and cars.
- Try incorporating the question into your answer, to give context (i.e. “When I first heard OCW materials were online and free, I thought….”)
- If there’s a setting on your camera, set it (and then send it as large/best quality as possible).
- Please upload your video(s) to this Link: WeTransfer.com
How to Send Your Videos
- Go to WeTransfer.com
- Click on the “+” symbol and attach the video file right from your smartphone that you would like to send us
- Type in MITOCW15@gmail.com as the recipient
- Type in your own email address
- In the “Message” section, please provide us with your name, email address and phone number. Only your first name, educational role (student, educator, independent learner) and Country will accompany your video. Please remember that anything published on our site is made available under a Creative Commons license that permits reuse and redistribution for non-commercial purposes.
- Click “Transfer” to send your video to us
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