| Your OpenCourseWare Newsletter | April 2023 |
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| Image by Jenny Fowler/MIT |
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| Here in New England, the winter is in the rearview mirror, and the magic of spring is upon us. The grass is green, buds are appearing on trees, and a rainbow of flowers are poking their heads out of the ground. The photo (above) was recently taken on campus and shows the MIT sailboats ready and waiting to set sail on the Charles River. Whether it’s the beginning of spring or the beginning of fall, depending on your location, we wish you peace and hope as this new season begins. |
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| Credit: Photo by Mohammad Metri on Unsplash |
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| Episode 6: Teaching Teachers with Dr. Summer Morrill
For MIT undergraduate and graduate students who are selected to be teaching assistants, the prospect of facing a classroom of students for the first time can be terrifying. To assuage those fears and provide pedagogical skills, the Biology Department at MIT runs a training program for new TAs; our guest Dr. Summer Morrill helped develop the curriculum for that program and also serves as an instructor in it.
Episode 7: Sustainability Education Across Learning Environments with Dr. Liz Potter-Nelson and Sarah Meyers
Our guests for this episode, Dr. Liz-Potter-Nelson and Sarah Meyers, point out that sustainability encompasses all the future-oriented practices that promote the continued flourishing of individuals, cultures, and life on Earth. They describe how they created the Sustainability and Climate Change Across Learning Environments (SCALES) project, a curated repository of open-source, easily adaptable educational resources.
Episode 8: Honoring Your Native Language with Prof. Michel DeGraff
Prof. Michel DeGraff returns to Chalk Radio to discuss his childhood in Haiti, where he was punished at school for speaking his own mother tongue, and where he was taught by his teachers and even his parents that Kreyòl was not “a real language.” This experience led Prof. DeGraff to a career in linguistics, where he studies how colonization shaped the perception of Haitian Kreyòl and how it continues to shape the lived experiences of learners today.
For these episodes and more, visit our Chalk Radio episode guide or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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| Credit: Image by Chansa Kabwe |
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Coding the Future with MIT OpenCourseWare
Chansa Kabwe, a machine learning engineer and MIT OpenCourseWare learner from Zambia, is a shining example of how to forge — or perhaps code — one’s own future. Learn more about how Chansa used OCW to launch his career. We promise you’ll be inspired. |
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| Credit: Image by Rogilbert on Wikipedia. Image is in the public domain.
An illustration of a Lorenz strange attractor, as discussed in the course Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos, below. |
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| 14.771 Development Economics
Taught by Prof. Ben Olken and Nobel Prize-winner Prof. Esther Duflo, this course provides an introduction to core microeconomic issues in economic development. Topics include human capital (education and health), labor markets, credit markets, land markets, firms, and the role of the public sector.
12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos
This course provides an introduction to nonlinear dynamics and chaos in dissipative systems. The emphasis is on nonlinear phenomena that may be described by a few variables that evolve with time.
Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC)
This ever-growing resource by the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing initiative provides learning materials developed for use in MIT courses. The materials include case studies, active learning projects, and lecture materials, among others. |
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