Connexions: A Free Course Repository and LCMS
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Last month, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University announced its annual Berkman Awards for outstanding contributions to the Internet’s impact on society. One of the winners this year was Rice University’s Richard Baraniuk.
Professor Baraniuk won the award for launching Connexions, a public learning content management system (LCMS) that allows teachers […]
OpenCourseware Consortium Provides Free Online Courses from Hundreds of Universities
Thursday, January 17th, 2008My last post was about MIT’s OpenCourseware Project, which contains more than 2,000 free online courses on a wide range of subjects, including architecture, urban studies, athletics, physics, and much much more.
Zooming out to get a broader view gives you a sense of just how big the universe of free courseware is. MIT is just […]
Free MIT Online Courses Getting a Million Hits Per Month
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008It’s been seven years since the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launched its OpenCourseware project. The goal of the initiative has been to:
“…advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to best serve the world.”
Since then, this repository has grown to include more than 2,000 free online courses. The site […]
