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Technically Speaking, There's a Lot Going On
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Prof. Allan Adams co-taught 8.04 Quantum Physics I.

Interactive, Searchable Video Transcripts

Frequent users of OCW have some notion of how huge the website has become. It now has 2,370 course sites, plus another 56 Supplemental Resources. With course lists for each of MIT’s 35 departments, a companion site for high school teachers and students (Highlights for High School), and numerous collections (such as audio-video lectures, online textbooks, and most visited courses), OCW presents its vast library of openly published resources in manifold ways to help you make the most of your learning.

Alongside OCW's growing collection, we are continually enhancing the site’s usefulness with new ways to find and explore content. Listed below are just some of the ways the website has improved in recent months.

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New Courses
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14.16 Strategy and Information
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18.156 Differential Analysis II: Partial Differential Equations and Fourier Analysis
Updated Courses
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WGS.110J Sexual and Gender Identities
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3.054 Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties and Applications
OCW Educator
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A neighborhood in the Bronx, New York City. Part of this course focuses on the changing concept of "community" and the effects of neighborhood characteristics on individuals. (Courtesy of Axel Drainville on Flickr. CC BY-NC.)
Person-to-Person in Urban Sociology

Teaching at the college level is often exciting and rewarding, but it is rarely easy, especially in discussion-based classes, where learning depends on student participation. Getting shy students to share their opinions in a classroom, and preventing the extroverts from dominating the conversation—these are perennial challenges for instructors. Students can have very different backgrounds, with different notions of forwardness and politeness, so establishing a civil dialogue can be a delicate matter.

That’s assuming the class is taking place on a college campus. How much more difficult would teaching be in a prison, with half the students as inmates and the other half as young eager beavers from a celebrated nearby college?

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MITx News
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Apply for a scholarship to the MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management

Are you an Arab citizen between 15-30 years old? Then you might qualify to receive full funding for the MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management (SCM).

The MITx MicroMasters in SCM is a five-course series comparable to one semester's worth of coursework in MIT’s top-ranked SCM master’s program. Online learners explore supply chain analytics, design, technology, dynamics and end-to-end supply chain management – and gain an advanced, professional, graduate-level foundation in this rising field. After they pass a proctored exam, they earn a MicroMasters credential and then may apply for an accelerated Master’s Degree on campus at MIT, or other universities.

The Al Ghurair Open Learning Scholars Program, designed for Arab youth who are passionate about developing STEM skills but unable to travel or leave their job, is providing scholarships for the MITx MicroMasters in SCM. Learn more and apply here.
Highlights for High School
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Time's up, pencils down!

Educators, OCW has FREE resources to help your students study for the AP* Calculus exam or for you to use in class! 

This resource is organized by the topics covered on the AP Calculus AB Exam. Simply search for the topics and sub-topics that you are interested in, and up will pop resources pertaining to that topic, including lecture notes, problem sets, and video lectures.

* AP is a registered trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.
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Views from OCW Supporters
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1) I get a lot of value out of it personally.

2) I know that everyone having access to it will make the world a better place.

It's a very worthwhile and fulfilling investment."

- Corey, Independent Learner

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