Sunday, April 27, 2008

Evaluation/Critique of e-learning/Distance Learning Program/Module

I like to see a movie without any clue about the movie’s plot, and after have heard movies reviewer talking bad about the movie. When it happening, I could appreciate much better as positive as negative movie’s aspects. After I visited, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware (, I had similar experience. I had a little information and experience with a place that offer e-leaning experiences, and after I visited this place I like very much. Now I need go deep and learn what is happening with this educational way to deliver instruction.

MIT Open Courseware is a webpage produce by MIT. The project’s objective is to offer free access to the knowledge that is produce at the university. Users could find courses offer in each of the five MIT Schools: Architecture and Planning; Engineering, Humanities, Arts, and Social Studies; Management; and Science. There are courses relate with 33 degree programs. There are courses in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and
Thai.

Each course offer instructor name, course meeting times, level. Users could download the course, and they have the opportunity to send feedback about his courses. Each course offers readings, lecture notes, assignments, and projects. Some lectures could be downloading from iTunes in two formats; postcast and imovie.

These are the courses by department:
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anthropology, Architecture, Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation, Biological Engineering, Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Comparative Media Studies, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, , Economics, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, Linguistics and PhilosophyLiterature to name some.
However, Users cannot receive a degree, a certificate, or credits for study any of these courses.

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