Chalk Radio: Encountering Each Other with Essayist Garnette Cadogan
In this episode, essayist Garnette Cadogan shares a new approach for teaching about race and racism in American cities (photo by geralt on Pixabay).
Garnette Cadogan is an acclaimed essayist who teaches in MIT’s Urban Studies and Planning program. As befits a teacher who is also a professional creative writer, he conceives of the academic syllabus as a matrix of interconnected and recurring themes and leitmotifs, not as a schematic outline of self-contained units.
In this episode, he describes how he designed his latest class, 11.S947 The Fire This Time: Race and Racism in American Cities, to draw on a wide range of cultural documents—not only written texts but also standup comedy, song, poetry, and film—to de-simplify students’ understanding of racial relations.
Open Education Week 2021: Catch OCW discuss "Origins, Pathways, and Possibilities"
MIT OpenCourseWare is turning 20! Join us on March 3rd at 10 am EST for an online panel presentation about the origins of OCW, the pathways it's forged, and the possibilities for supporting and integrating efforts of those in the open community seeking to further democratize education.
Recently on the "Community" tab of our YouTube page, every Friday we've been highlighting an OCW video. Here are a few favorites.
More Chemistry! These "Behind the Magic" videos feature exciting live chemistry demonstrations, enhanced by explanations of the science behind the demos.
Learn the basics of DNA, genes, and gene editing in 7.016: Introductory Biology.
All You Need is Love: 10 Reasons to Fall in Love with OCW
Falling in love. Maybe it's sudden. Or maybe it's a slow burn that ignites into full blown euphoria and amazement. Sometimes it's inexplicable and other times you might need convincing.
Here are 10 reasons to fall in love with OpenCourseWare.
An illustration of The Trolley Problem, one of the ethical dilemmas explored in this seminar’s readings (image courtesy of John Holbo on Flickr. License CC BY-NC).
This course is an advanced study of the basic problems of philosophy and is intended for first-year graduate students in philosophy. It is an intensive seminar on selected highlights of analytic philosophy from roughly 1960 to the present.
The seminar is divided into five sections: Language, Metaphysics, Mind, Epistemology, and Moral/Political Philosophy.
This course analyzes Russia's social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. It compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism, while focusing on historical and literary texts, especially the intersections between the two.
An Immediate Love Affair with OpenCourseWare
MIT alumnus Eugene "Gene" Stark was an early supporter of OpenCourseWare. As OCW approaches its twentieth anniversary this year, Stark reflects on OCW’s early days, how it’s shaped his relationship with MIT, and why it’s still important for him to support today (photo by Alfons Morales on Unsplash).
When Gene Stark ‘68, SM ‘69, ScD ‘72 first heard about OpenCourseWare over fifteen years ago, he was instantly drawn to his alma mater’s bold new undertaking.
“Not knowing more than the two sentence summary,” Gene said, he was in.
OpenCourseWare is committed to openly sharing resources from MIT, free of charge. While OCW is free for anyone to access and use, it is notwithout cost to keep OCW a vibrant, current, and evolving reflection of teaching at MIT.
Your support ensures we can keep OCW growing with new courses and more of the rich resources — from video to podcasts — that make a difference for so many worldwide. If you’re in a place to donate, support OCW with a gift today.
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