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joshwriting) wrote2007-09-16 01:32 am
joshwriting) wrote2007-09-16 01:32 am
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MIT Open Course Ware - Secondary Education (part of a mini-flurry of posts)
One of the things we learned about from Kim Vandiver, while at the ESP Anniversary Party, was about some of the plans for OCW.
MIT is consciously expanding it to make it more useful to secondary students. At least two methods are currently planned.
1) OCW-AP is going to be a guide to the OCW which will key the MIT courses that are there to specific AP tests, to help users to see what relevant materials exist for each AP that you choose from a drop down menu. An additional part of that will be some of the Educational Studies Program's DELVE classes (which are AP prep) on video! Recording of this is an ongoing activity.
2) OCW-HSSP (which may not have those letters, but it is how I am thinking of it) is going to contain course ware from a variety of High School Studies Program courses! This will make it easier for teachers and students to replicate courses of that sort, just as the regular OCW allows that with college courses.
I think these are both really neat things!
MIT is consciously expanding it to make it more useful to secondary students. At least two methods are currently planned.
1) OCW-AP is going to be a guide to the OCW which will key the MIT courses that are there to specific AP tests, to help users to see what relevant materials exist for each AP that you choose from a drop down menu. An additional part of that will be some of the Educational Studies Program's DELVE classes (which are AP prep) on video! Recording of this is an ongoing activity.
2) OCW-HSSP (which may not have those letters, but it is how I am thinking of it) is going to contain course ware from a variety of High School Studies Program courses! This will make it easier for teachers and students to replicate courses of that sort, just as the regular OCW allows that with college courses.
I think these are both really neat things!