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Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds

June 1, 2006


Jon Paul Potts


I. The Big Idea

II.Making a Difference

III.The Movement

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Pilot

50 courses

Launch

500 courses

Announcement

in New York Times

2001 2002 2003

The Big IdeaThe Big Idea


“OpenCourseWare expresses our belief in the way education can be advanced — by constantly widening access to information and by inspiring others to participate.”

— Charles M. Vest,President Emeritus of MIT

The Big Idea — Vision

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MIT OpenCourseWare IS NOT:

MIT OpenCourseWare IS:

›An MIT education

›Intended to represent the interactive classroom environment

›Degree-granting

›A Web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content

›Open and available to world

›A permanent MIT activity

The Big Idea — What is OCW?

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›Syllabus

›Lecture notes

›Problem sets

›Exams

›Reading lists

›Simulations

›Video lectures

The Big Idea — 1400 courses

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The Big Idea — Use requirements

›Obliges users to meet three use requirements

Use must be non-commercial

Materials must be attributed to MIT and original author

or contributor

Publication or distribution of original or derivative

materials must be offered freely under identical terms,

or “share alike”

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Choose your language:

The Big Idea — Translations

— 110 Simplified Chinese

— 25 Traditional Chinese

— 15 Thai

— 95 Spanish and 95 Portuguese

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The Big Idea — Mirror sites

MIT OCW mirror

sites — 78 in all

around the globe

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The Big Idea — Use of mirror sites

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Traffic to MIT OCW mirror Sites in Africa


Mirrorsites

Translation

partners

Pilot

50 courses

Launch

500 courses

900

courses1250

courses

Announcement

in New York Times

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Making a Making a DifferenceDifference


Making a Difference — Access

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Total Traffic to MIT OCW Content


39.8 M

362.1 M

5.1 M

173.0 M

30.1 M

125.3 M

6.8 M

53.4 M

11.3 M

Traffic by Geographic Region (in Web hits, since 10/1/03)

RegionHits Since 10/1/03

Hit %

North America 362,084,901 42.8East Asia 173,006,531 20.5Western Europe 125,340,718 14.8South Asia 53,408,124 6.3Latin America 43,134,217 5.1Eastern Europe and Central Asia

39,756,502 4.7

MENA 30,726,572 3.6Pacific 11,327,629 1.3Sub-Sah. Africa 6,840,067 0.8TOTAL HITS 845,625,261


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Countries with most hits in April 2006 (outside of U.S.)

Source: Akamai

Country Web Hits

11 Singapore 517,299

12 France 492,073

13 Italy 473,554

14 Australia 460,426

15 Iran 445,182

16 Vietnam 432,427

17 Spain 383,650

18 Algeria 312,688

19 Mexico 283,265

20 Netherlands 271,260

Country Web Hits

1 China 3,682,020

2 India 1,765,327

3 Brazil 1,673,308

4 Canada 1,498,334

5 South Korea 1,151,370

6 United Kingdom 1,106,374

7 Turkey 952,833

8 Japan 734,278

9 Germany 714,162

10 Taiwan 578,846


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›66% of visitors hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree

›Visitors most frequently interested in courses in electrical engineering, business, physics, and mathematics


Educators17%

Self-learners49%

Students32%

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Professor Triatno Harjoko

Head of Department of Architecture atUniversity of Depok in Indonesia

Making a Difference — Institutional use

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“Critical thinking and creativity demand the liberalization of learning and information. But I also believe that it’s not simply the information that’s

valuable, but also the glimpse OCW offers into how MIT has structured its teaching and research.”

Making a Difference — Institutional use

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Making a Difference — Educator use

Professor Richard HallRecent Ph.D. from LaTrobe University in Melbourne,

Australia, now teaching information systems, beginning microprocessors, and advanced computer-aided software

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OCW saved him “an enormous amount of time and stress.”

“I was delighted by the way the material is so coherently presented. It is truly inspiring to see this

level of excellence.”

Making a Difference — Educator use

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Kunle Adejumo

Engineering student at Ahmadu Bello Universityin Zaria, Nigeria

Making a Difference — Student use

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“Last semester, I had a course in metallurgical engineering. I didn’t have notes, so I went to OCW. I downloaded a course outline on this, and also some review questions, and these helped me gain a deeper

understanding of the material.”

Making a Difference — Student use

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Captain Kevin Gannon

Self-learner and Leadership Trainer at U.S. Navy’s Southwest Regional Maintenance Center at the San Diego

Naval Station

Making a Difference — Self-learner use

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“The Leading Organizations course has turned me on to all sorts of useful references. We’ve used a bunch of books mentioned in the syllabus. And the lecture notes

are also an important tool. OCW has definitely accelerated our ability to train.”

Making a Difference — Self-learner use

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Making a Difference — Impact

96% of all users would recommend MIT OCW to others

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Making a Difference — Benefits for MIT

›Institute-level benefits Advances MIT’s institutional mission

Enhances MIT’s image around the world

Generates community pride (alumni)

Stimulates collaboration among faculty

›Department-level benefits Showcases individual departments and their curricula

Enhances faculty and student recruitment efforts

Accelerates adoption of the Web

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›More than 263,000 visits fromMIT.EDU since 11/1/03

›35% of Fall 2005 freshmenaware of MIT OCW prior toattending MIT indicate OCWwas a significant influenceon their choice of school

›71% of all MIT students(undergraduate and graduate)make use of MIT OCW in theirresearch and studies

Making a Difference — MIT student use

Traffic from MIT.EDU since 9/4/04

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Making a Difference — MIT student use

“… OCW was one of the main reasons why I decided to come [to MIT] … I knew the contents of the courses, had a look to the materials, and a good understanding of what I was going to get ... that's the reason why I ended [up] here, and not in Stanford or Columbia.”

— MIT graduate student

“Even before joining MIT last year I started watching and enjoying many of your superb lectures. Needless to say, they were much better and captivating than anything I had attended before on the subject. These lectures have really enhanced my appreciation for physics.” — MIT student in Department of

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›74 percent of MIT’s faculty are now participating in MIT OCW

›40% of faculty using MIT OCW report that the site is a helpful tool in revising/updating courses

›38% of faculty use the site for advising students

Making a Difference — MIT faculty use

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Professor Karen Willcox

Teaches foundational course to MIT juniorsin Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics



“I realized there was this huge disconnect between the math department and the engineering department – who are the downstream users of the material that’s taught in the math classes… I had no idea how or what was being taught.”


OCW

Consortium

Mirrorsites

Translation

partners

Pilot

50 courses

Launch

500 courses

900

courses1250

courses

1550

courses

Announcement

in New York Times

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

The OCW MovementThe OCW Movement


The OCW Movement — Global media coverage

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The OCW Movement — Journal articles

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›Other OCWs are beginning to appear — both in the United States and abroad — 52 in all around the world

Utah State University

Kyoto University of Japan

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Schoolof Public Health

The OCW Movement — Other OpenCourseWares

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The OCW Movement — Traffic to all OCW sites

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Traffic to All Projects in “OCW Movement”


The OCW Movement — OCW Consortium

›Mission: To advance education and empower people worldwide through OpenCourseWare

›Members and affiliates in: Africa

Asia (including OOPS in Taiwan)

Europe

North America

South America

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The OCW Movement — OCW Consortium goals

›Goals of OCW Consortium: Extend the reach and impact of OpenCourseWare

Foster the development of additional OpenCourseWare projects

Ensure long-term sustainability of OpenCourseWare projects

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The OCW Movement — OCWC portal site

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The OCW Movement — What does it mean?

›Continues to be tremendous excitement

›The vision is achievable

›The impact of MIT OpenCourseWare will be significant

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Thank You!

Visit MIT OpenCourseWare onlinehttp://ocw.mit.edu

Visit the OpenCourseWare Consortium onlinehttp://www.ocwconsortium.org

[email protected]

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