Richard Nantel

My 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 one of hundreds of universities that make their online courses freely available as part of the OpenCourseware Consortium.

How big is the OpenCourseware Consortium? There are 220 universities participating… IN CHINA ALONE! In all, nearly 300 world-class universities have put courses online for all to access freely.

In browsing through English language courses, I came across a number of courses from the United Kingdom’s Open University that are likely of interest to those who read this blog:

• Accessibility of eLearning
• Teaching using digital video in secondary schools
• Play, learning, and the brain

It’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 is currently getting a million hits per month.

I’m looking forward to taking the 9.0 Introduction to Psychology course this week.