New Chemistry from OCW
By Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Do you love chemistry? Doesn’t matter! OCW has just published a new version of 5.111SC Principles of Chemical Science. Designed for students who don’t…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Do you love chemistry? Doesn’t matter! OCW has just published a new version of 5.111SC Principles of Chemical Science. Designed for students who don’t…
Continue reading(Image: Professor Barton Zwiebach lecturing on linearity and nonlinearity.) By Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director What drove Einstein crazy? It’s a simple question. The answer is also simple—sort of. Here’s…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Try to remember: When was the last time an instructor sent you out to watch the traffic go by? Not recently? For students taking…
Continue readingOver the past two months, OCW has published 16 more courses. Six of these are brand-new subjects, taking our total live collection above 2400 total courses for the first time….
Continue readingThe How and Why of Motion: Classical Mechanics By Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Terrific news for students and teachers of introductory physics: OCW has just published a new version…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Back in February we told you about a new OCW course in computer science, 6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python. It’s…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Peer review! Hardly are those words out than a writing instructor’s heart starts to stir—but with joy or trepidation? Peer review! That activity in…
Continue readingOver the past 100 days, OCW has kept its open sharing promise to you, publishing courses, courses, and more courses. (Not to mention a steady stream of fun and fascinating Tweets and…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director One of the great strengths of OCW as an educational resource is its extensive list of course sites from MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Back in November, we told you about a novel history course in which MIT students built a printing press out of a single beam…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director People love sound effects. They have for generations. Just think of the original King Kong’s roar, created for the 1933 film by weaving together…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Kristen Railey is on a mission. She wants to help more girls become engineers and appreciate the wonders of engineering. But rather than simply…
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