Tufts Joins OpenCourseWare Movement

Created by Kyle Johnson (Guilford College) on July 18, 2005

The Tufts University OCW site is modeled after the very successful MIT OCW site (it is the third US university to emulate the MIT model, along with Utah University and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health). Six courses are available in the pilot opening: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Microbiology, Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases, Theories of Public Policy, Histology, and Zoological Medicine.

It's nice to see more institutions try this, but I'm still not sure whether this ends up being a Good Thing (TM) or not. In theory sharing knowledge is great, but is sharing course frameworks really all that useful? I've tried teaching from someone else's syllabus before, and it's a real pain. I guess this might work for intro level courses that are very standard across institutions, but advanced classes that have the flavor of the professor and the institution may not translate well to "standardized" formats like this.

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		Tufts Joins OpenCourseWare Movement Created by Kyle Johnson (Guilford College) on July 18, 2005 from EduResources: The Tufts University OCW site is modeled after the very successful MIT OCW site (it is the third US university to emulate the MIT model, along with Utah University and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health). Six courses are available in the pilot opening: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Microbiology, Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases, Theories of Public Policy, Histology, and Zoological Medicine. It's nice to see more institutions try this, but I'm still not sure whether this ends up being a Good Thing (TM) or not. In theory sharing knowledge is great, but is sharing course frameworks really all that useful? I've tried teaching from someone else's syllabus before, and it's a real pain. I guess this might work for intro level courses that are very standard across institutions, but advanced classes that have the flavor of the professor and the institution may not translate well to "standardized" formats like this. Blog (WebLog) Kyle's blog Login or register to post comments 2653 reads
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