After serving millions of learners worldwide for the past 20 years, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) has launched its next generation platform to allow flexible growth, experimentation and development in open learning. MIT’sNextGen OCW“Provides a new and improved learner experience, greater support for teachers, additional opportunities for open learning collaboration, and greater ability to share even more robust MIT content for years to come.
Now optimized for use on mobile devices, OCW opens up new learning opportunities for a growing global population that relies on phones for Internet access. Smartphone usage is growing at 7 percent per year, with 92.6 percent of Internet users browsing on mobile devices at least some of the time. This update not only serves current learners, but it also offers a purposeful approach to discover and connect with future learners. OCW’s mobile use presents an opportunity to build more equity for learners from low-resource areas in the United States and throughout the Global South.
Sanjay Sarma, Vice President, Open Learning, says, “We are delighted to offer free access to knowledge in innovative ways, and we look forward to reaching an ever-growing global learner community who are working together to address the world’s greatest challenges.” Hungry to do.” MIT. “The Next Generation of OCW addresses the current global moment as well as a reflection of MIT’s enduring commitment to openly sharing knowledge and pedagogy.”
A streamlined content search experience focused on enhanced search functionality opens up new avenues in OCW’s extensive course collection and ensures that users can discover the content that best meets their needs. The scope and quality of content at OCW will continue to grow: a vastly improved technology suite and streamlined content production methods will enable MIT faculty to update their OCW content more easily, efficiently and frequently, and there will be more content created by MIT students. Unleash their inspiring voices and agency in the learning process.
To date, OCW has been a resource for over 300 million unique users, with over 1.6 million website visits and 5 million video views each month. OCW currently provides content from more than 2,570 courses spanning the MIT undergraduate and graduate curriculum, from 1,735 MIT faculty and lecturers from 33 academic units in all five schools, including courses, lecture notes, problem sets, assignments, recorded lectures Audiovisual materials, and insights for the millions of teachers around the world who use these materials.
Since its inception in 2001, OCW has helped grow the open education movement. Then-MIT President Charles West described OpenCourseware as “in line with what I think is best about MIT … It expresses our belief in how education can be advanced – by continually improving access to information.” By increasing and inspiring others to participate.” In recent years, the motivation to participate has evolved into a global movement to improve educational equality and inclusion. Around the world, more teachers and learners are adopting and remixing open educational resources such as OCW, creating culturally relevant learning experiences for the needs of their communities.
“As OpenCourseWare begins its third decade, we are thrilled to see the MIT Open Learning and OCW team launch this next generation platform, providing faculty across the institution to share the most current and vibrant reflection of MIT teaching.” and demonstrates a revitalized commitment by the instructors. Learning with the world,” says Professor Krishna Rajagopal, Chair of the OCW Faculty Advisory Committee. “It is both humbling and inspiring to see the materials that have brought millions to our classrooms for the first time. Helped teachers and started learning for untold millions of learners.”
