OpenCourseWare Secondary Education
Steering Committee Meeting – August 10, 2006
I.
Pilot goals
II.
Proposed deliverables
III.
Pilot teams
IV.
Timeline and milestones
V.
Pilot course selection
VI.
Web site components
VII. Key challenges
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OCW SE — Pilot goals
› Determine the feasibility of the OCW SE publishing
concept
› Test and refine organization, process and technology
› Develop project plan and budget for full-scale OCW SE
› Evaluate results and early impact
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OCW SE — Proposed deliverables
› One complete science or math course
› One complete computer science course with hands-on
engineering applications
› Detailed process flows (e.g., recruitment, orientation, design,
development, publication)
› Detailed project plan and budget for full-scale OCW SE
› Evaluation report on early impact
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OCW SE — Pilot teams (20.65 FTE)
Content Teams* (x2)
Management/Publication Team
Faculty Member (.20)
Publication Director (1)**
Subject Matter Expert (1)
Publication Manager (1)**
Teaching Fellows (3)
Content Team Liaison (2)
Curriculum/Instructional Designer (.5)
Intellectual Property Assistant (.5)
Production Team
Production/Technology Manager (.25)**
Production Specialist (1)
Desktop Support (.20)
Communications Manager (.5)**
Programming Team
Java/Flash Programmer (2)
Programming Specialists (3)
AMPS (as needed)
* FTEs shown for one team. Total of two Content Teams: Team A - Math or
Science, Team B – Computer Science
** Role filled by existing OCW staff
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OCW SE — Timeline and milestones
Identify
Content
Areas
Recruit
& Hire
Team
Orient
& Build
Team
Design
Course
Site
Build
Course
Test
Course
QA &
Revise
Course
Publish
Course
2007
2006
Aug
Create
Content
Aug/Sept
August?
Approval
to begin
pilot
= Checkpoint
Oct/Nov
Nov
Nov
November
Initiative
Announcement
October
Facilitated
Team
Building
March
Prototype
Field Test
May
Full
Field
Test
November
Pilot Launch
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OCW SE — Pilot Course selection
Rationale
Introductory
Biology
Trigonometry
Computer Science
Chemistry
Possible Complications
•AP Biology curriculum under revision, so focus
on introductory course is more feasible
•Clear linkages to mathematics or Computer
Science courses
•Biological Engineering Applications
•All students required to take Intro Biology, not
so with AP class
•Content of 9th grade biology varies
from school to school,
•Content of Introductory Biology varies
depending on whether taught in 9th
grade vs. 11th.
•Less effort has been put into creating revised
Trigonometry curricula than Calculus – greater
opportunity to make impact
•Numerous Engineering Applications that feature
Trigonometry
•Scope of the curriculum is better defined than
biology or chemistry
•Different schools spend widely varying
amounts of time on Trigonometry
•Trigonometry is often taught alongside
Geometry, or as part of pre-calc – but
usually not by itself, as a full year
course
•MIT has a unique teaching philosophy for
Computer Science
•A course between 1.00 and 6.001 might be
valuable and unique
•Computer Science is not offered by many
schools, and for those who do, often the only
option is AP curriculum
•Many schools may not have teachers
capable of teaching the course
•MIT approach may be too theoretical –
material seen as not “practical” enough
•More difficult to find qualified teachers
for pilot than other subjects
•Chemical Engineering applications
•Hands on labs straightforward to create
•MIT Intro Chemistry has only optional
labs – limited source of hands on
activities
•AP Curricula is also under revision
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OCW SE — Web site components
Subject Matter
information for
teachers
(links to MIT OCW,
books, etc.)
Subject Matter News
(research updates, RSS
feeds, podcasts, etc)
Course
Career Links
(Information about
particular careers
related to the
course, videos of
young scientists,
etc)
Units
Student Tutorials
(Lab Techniques,
Mathlab tutorials, etc)
Learning Objectives
(Course Level)
Lessons
(Components of a
lesson on the next
slide)
Teacher
Community
Space
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OCW SE — Web site components
Assessments
(pre and post
lesson,
traditional and
alternative,
sample exams)
Problem sets,
sample
homework
assignments
Content
Discussion
questions,
group activities,
reading and
writing tasks
Extensions
(Extra materials for
interested students:
applications, links to
advanced articles, after
school activities,
extended projects, etc)
Labs
(Lab Manuals,
Techniques,
Equipment Lists).
Will include
different labs for
different student
learning styles, and
using varying levels
of equipment
Lesson
Teaching tips,
information on
common student
misconceptions
regarding the concept,
with relevant bridging
techniques
Readings
Multimedia
Learning
Objectives
(Lesson Level)
Video
Simulations
(Java
applets,
Virtual Labs,
etc)
Sequence
(How this lesson
fit might fit into
a thematic
sequence of
concepts)
Links to
National,
State
Standards
OCW SE — Key challenges
› Fundraising
› Teacher recruitment
› Scope
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