[CC] MIT BEGINS CREATING WEB PAGES FOR MORE THAN 2,000 COURSES

[George(s) Lessard]

MIT BEGINS CREATING WEB PAGES FOR MORE THAN 2,000 COURSES
MIT has embarked on its OpenCourseWare project, an initiative to
develop Web pages for the institute's 2,000-plus courses. The
pilot phase of the project involves about 20 professors from
eight departments tasked with creating template pages. A support
staff is also being hired while MIT attempts to develop search
and support tools. MIT says that the course sites will be used
as an educational resource rather than as tools for distance
education. Pilot project manager Kyung I. Han notes that the
project is currently emphasizing interactive features that will
serve the on-campus community. Off-campus users will be addressed
as the project progresses. International universities have also
expressed interest in OpenCourseWare. Civil and environmental
engineering professor Steven R. Lerman says that many groups
will be interested in translating the course material into
other languages.
(Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 26 November 2001)

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