OCW SE: Steering Committee

April 26, 2006

OpenCourseWare Secondary Education

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I. Description

II. Goals

III. Proposed Scope

IV. Project Timeline

V. Budget and Funding

VI. Questions for Discussion

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What is OCW SE?

›OpenCourseWare SE is a project to apply the success of OpenCourseWare’s open publishing model to mathematics, science and engineering resources for 7-12 grade students and educators.

›Materials on OCW SE would be a combination of existing content from faculty-based outreach programs and new content created in consultation with leading educators.

›At this point although the general framework of OCW SE is defined (e.g., open source publishing), there are many issues to be resolved about the overall architecture of the project (e.g., "course" content, marketing and outreach, dissemination, relationship to other efforts at MIT and nationally).

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Goals

› Provide free, open access to high quality educational resources in mathematics, science, and engineering for grade 7-12 educators and students

› Inspire young scientists and engineers

› Improve the quality of secondary education in the United States using a scalable, proven, and sustainable model

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› 20-30 “best of” math, science and engineering secondary education “courses” (or units of instruction for 20-30 courses) Interactive learning communities

Video of “best of” high school educators

Innovative multimedia applications

Hands-on activities

› Teachers in residence program with potential funding for teacher sabbaticals

› Certificate programs in areas of science, math, and engineering

› Annual recognition event at MIT bringing together top secondary education instructors and MIT faculty

Proposed Scope

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Project Timeline

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Budget and Funding

› Phase 1: Discovery and Design ($100K) School of Engineering ($50K) and MIT OCW ($50K). OCW’s funding was provided using a

$50K award from The Tech Museum of Innovation.

› Phase 2: Pilot (~$250-500K) Proposal submitted to the Kabcenell Foundation

Publication of existing materials from one high quality high school level course in a science discipline, which will be structured using the OCW course format

Publication of existing materials for one high quality high school level course in mathematics, which will be structured using the OCW course format

Development of a new high school level project based, one semester, engineering course

› Phases 3: Expansion (~$40 - $100M?) Level of corporate funding not yet decided. $1M/year, $500K/year for five years?

Level of input/branding determined by level of giving?

Individuals, Foundations, Government?

Engaging MIT Foundation Relations

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Questions for Discussion

› How should success be defined?

› What will make OCW SE unique?

› Should Web site materials (e.g., notes, lab protocols, worksheets, problem sets) be presented at a level that is more granular than a course such as topic, unit and/or lesson?

› Are middle and secondary school teachers the principal audience for OCW SE?

› Should Web site content map to established national, state and/or international standards frameworks?

› Should the actual materials used to conduct experiments or hands-on projects be provided (e.g., Legos, building materials, kits, etc.)?

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Questions for Discussion (continued)

›What should the site be comprised of? MIT and Non-MIT teaching materials? (e.g., notes, lab protocols,

worksheets, problem sets, engineering projects)

Content from MIT Grade 7-12 outreach programs?

Discussion/social community space?

Pedagogy videos?

Demonstrations? (e.g., java applets)

Inspirational videos of “young scientists and mathematicians”?

Virtual lab access? (e.g., iLabs)

Interactive learning tools? (e.g., 3-D protein viewer)

Rapid response lessons based on breakthroughs by MIT researchers? (e.g., Researchers build tiny batteries with viruses, Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner, personal air vehicle.)

Content created expressly for OCW SE?