Statement on OCW Videos Blocked on YouTube
At around midnight on June 14, a number of OCW videos on YouTube suddenly became unavailable for many learners. Instead, they saw the following message from YouTube: “This video contains…
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The Commons Rejoices: 375,000 New Images From the Met
It’s a great day for art and the Commons! Today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled a new Open Access policy for 375,000 images from their permanent collection – spanning 5,000…
Continue readingYou Can Change the World!
Maybe it’s an idea that’s been rattling around your head or maybe you’re about to have an epiphany that can dramatically improve the lives of hundreds, thousands, or even millions…
Continue readingWilliam Bowen, Mellon Foundation President Who Led Initial OCW Funding, Dies at 83
MIT OpenCourseWare joins with our colleagues across higher education to mourn the passing of William Bowen. As president of the Mellon Foundation, he played a central role in the creation of…
Continue readingObama to Leave the White House a Nerdier Place Than He Found It (NY Times)
President Barack Obama has evolved in many ways during his eight years in office, both personally and politically. Add now to that list, becoming a self-professed science nerd? We caught an early…
Continue readingOCW Courses From MIT’s Newest AAAS Members
MIT News reports that six MIT faculty members and the chair of the MIT Corporation are among 213 leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts elected…
Continue reading2001 Was a Banner Year
This week, as we celebrate the 15 year anniversary of MIT OpenCourseWare’s unveiling, we’re reflecting on other great strides taken in 2001 and in the years since. It wasn’t so long ago,…
Continue readingCourses from MIT’s 2016 MacVicar Fellows
Each year, MIT’s MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program honors several MIT professors who have made outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, educational innovation, and mentoring. Since 1992, over 90 MacVicar Faculty Fellows have been selected…
Continue readingGravitational Waves are Everywhere, Even on OCW
By now, surely you’re heard the dramatic news of the first observations of gravitational waves by the MIT-Caltech collaboration LIGO Laboratories. While the phenomenon of gravitational waves may be new to many of us, MIT…
Continue readingMIT Announces New Learning Research Initiatives
MIT’s committed efforts to understand learning and improve it at all levels of education took a big step forward yesterday. As reported by MIT News: MIT President L. Rafael Reif announced today a significant…
Continue readingIf They Were a Nation, MIT Entrepreneurs Would Be World’s 10th-Largest Economy
A report released yesterday says that, as of 2014, living MIT graduates who have started and built for-profit companies: launched more than 30,000 active firms, created 4.6 million jobs, and generate roughly $1.9 trillion in…
Continue readingOver One Billion Works Use Creative Commons
Open sharing? We couldn’t do it without you, Creative Commons. Since OCW adopted a Creative Commons license in 2004, we’ve shared materials from thousands of MIT courses with hundreds of millions of people around the world….
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