Curriculum

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Open Curriculum

"The entire catalog of information from 1,800 courses at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be available free online by the end of the year." http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2184062/mit-puts-entire-curriculum

Here is MIT's Open CourseWare site. (also, here on how to start an OCW)

The Lecture Fox site is trying to reference all programs that have coursework available online.


Comment: Are there any initiatives in SPSU that let students and faculty know about these programs? Not that we need to have our own program, but I do think there is some very valuable information out there for us, and the opportunity is there for us to interact with it all. Jwiley80 20 March 2007 16:36 (EDT)


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E-textbooks

Here's the latest in the discussion on the trend to move textbooks from standard print format to electronic files for use on e-ink readers (also here) or other computers. Here is a CNN report on that includes Clayton State's experiment with e-textbooks.. and some of the problems involved. Here is a recent review of the Sony Reader.

On the e-textbook front, Textbook Revolution (apparently a student-run organization) is trying to provide links to e-textbook resources. Here is an example of a major textbook publisher (McGraw-Hill) making some of their content electronically available. Here is a company called Ebrary

For audio books, go to Learn Out Loud and Audible.com, as well as Apple's I-Tunes site.

Some arguments on the e-ink thread:


Comment: E-ink technology as it is doesn't seem ready to be a popular comprehensive solution, but is the school looking into the possibilities of e-textbooks and have a direction for some stage of implementation? I recognize that Clayton State did a trial, but the CNN report also talked about how the 'commuter student' had different dynamics that did not seem ready to deal with e-textbooks. I am not up to speed on the issues, but I can see that both publishers and students might stand to gain in a more electronically oriented learning environment. Jwiley80 20 March 2007 16:36 (EDT)
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