Biochemistry Becomes Us All
By Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Did you know that life, in all its mindboggling diversity, from single-celled bacteria to reptiles, birds, and mammals, is made possible by ten simple…
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Innovating Dirt Cheap: What Sadoway Can Teach Us About The Future Of Clean Energy (Huffington Post)
Professor Donald Sadoway is the charismatic and insightful instructor of one of OCW’s most popular courses, 3.091SC Introduction to Solid State Chemistry. With legions of fans around the world, his video lectures reveal…
Continue reading4 Fun Facts from “Fundamentals of Biology”
Fundamentals of Biology is an OCW Scholar course that’s designed to help you learn the principles of the basic mechanisms of life. Our Digital Publication Specialist Alicia Franke, who works…
Continue readingA Step Ahead for Liquid Metal Batteries and Renewable Energy
One of the challenges facing some renewable energy sources — such as solar or wind power — is that our demand for electricity stays high when the sun’s not shining or the…
Continue readingThe MIT Freshman Year, All in OCW Scholar
What’s it like to be a freshman at MIT? Dorms, roommates, late-night pizza…new opportunities for hands-on learning, collaboration, and rich personal connections…and a rigorous and fascinating set of courses. OCW can’t give you campus…
Continue reading6.041 Probabilistic Systems: The educational resource trifecta
We’ve done it again. As we did with Dynamics a while back, we now offer MIT probabilistic systems curriculum in three delicious flavors. A standard OCW publication, an OCW Scholar…
Continue readingWant to Experience a Freshman Year at MIT?
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a freshman at MIT, our selection of OCW Scholar courses is now complete enough to cover the typical schedule of a…
Continue readingNew Resource Index for 6.01SC
If you are a fan of our OCW Scholar courses, you know they are chock full of resources. Scholar courses, for the uninitiated, are designed for independent learners who have…
Continue readingDoin’ MOOC Time – Tips for Taking a MOOC (The Huffington Post)
Here’s a nice piece by Jonathan Haber in the Huffington Post from last week with tips for managing your time and effort when taking a MOOC: Put your classes on…
Continue readingMITx Version of Introductory Biology Class Has Deep Roots (via MIT News)
MIT News ran this nice profile of the 7.00x Introduction to Biology course a while back. A glimpse into the thinking behind MITx offerings: The MIT introductory biology course now…
Continue readingSpring 2013 Director Letter
Every spring and fall as we prepare for our fundraising drives, we ask our Executive Director, Cecilia d’Oliveira, to share her views on where the world of open education is…
Continue readingFriday Feature: 7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology
Want a taste of what Breakthrough Prize-winner Eric Lander‘s MITx course 7.00x will be like? Take a look at our 7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology course, also by Professor Lander. While…
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