Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds OpenCourseWare Secondary Education ESP Meeting – February 13, 2007

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds OpenCourseWare Secondary Education 1 1 I.The Big Idea II.The Opportunity III.The Goals IV.Key Components V.The Approach VI.Benefits VII.Next Steps

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 22 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education The Big Idea: What is OpenCourseWare? MIT OpenCourseWare IS NOT: MIT OpenCourseWare IS: › An MIT education › Intended to represent the interactive classroom environment › Degree-granting › A Web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content › Open and available to world › A permanent MIT activity

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 23 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education The Big Idea – 1550 Courses › Syllabus › Lecture notes › Problem sets › Exams › Reading lists › Simulations › Video lectures

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 24 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education The Big Idea - Growth in Access Total Visits to MIT OCW Content Approximately 10K high school students per month

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 25 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education › To provide high quality content to bright secondary school students organized around the AP curriculum › To provide a gateway to MIT content for high achieving secondary school students › To provide unique and challenging ESP content to bright secondary school students The Opportunity

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 26 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education The Goals › Provide better access to relevant OCW materials, organized for high school students › Publish materials developed by MIT students for high school students

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 227 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education Key Components – Expected by November 2007 OCW Guided Walk Through Students led to specific OCW content using AP curricula as structure Calculus Physics Biology Chemistry Computer Science Engineering (non-AP structure) Student Developed Materials SAT Prep AP Courses (Delve) HSSP Splash/SOW courses in areas such as Computer Science, Liberal Arts, Math, Science, Social Science Challenge: Contacting teachers, gathering content High School Portal Homepage

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 28 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education › Determine feasibility of OCW content in support of AP courses using quantitative and qualitative methods › Examine depth and breadth of materials from SAT Prep and other ESP courses The Approach WhatWho Recruit high school and MIT freshmen students Map OCW content to AP courses Rate relevance and depth of OCW content Provide site design inputs Examine depth and breadth of materials for 5 ESP courses OCW staff OCW staff, MIT students High school students, MIT students, OCW staff High school students, MIT students OCW staff, MIT students

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 29 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education OCW High School Portal › Potential for significant impact with low effort › Leverages existing OCW and MIT student content › First step toward larger OCW SE initiative › Introduces MIT OCW to high achieving high school students Benefits

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 210 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education › Do ESP instructors want their materials included in OCW SE? If yes… › Identify most appropriate ESP courses for feasibility assessment › Establish working arrangement – similar to MIT faculty? › Report back on results of feasibility assessment Next Steps

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds 211 OpenCourseWare Secondary Education Thank you Contacts: Dan Carchidi, Or Kayla Jacobs, (617)