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…
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Disentangling Quantum Physics
(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 readingGaining Street Smarts in 1.252J Urban Transportation Planning
By 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 readingOCW’s Latest Peak: 2400 courses
Over 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 readingNew OCW version of 8.01 Classical Mechanics!
The 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 readingMore Introductory Computer Science
By 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 readingPeer Review: Learning How to Give and Take
By 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 readingHere’s What OCW Has Accomplished in the Past 100 Days
Over 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 readingNew Computer Science Courses!
By 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 readingRecent History Shows Its Relevance
By 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 readingMind and Hand and Ears
By 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 readingGirls Who Build Cameras Have More Fun
By 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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