This is particularly interesting considering that Angel just came back from an NJEdge meeting where one unscheduled topic was “Why should I put up wikis/mp3s/video of my teaching for free for anyone to see?”
Personally, I think this is a short sighted argument. If all someone needs from you as a teacher is a recording of a single set of lectures to render you all used up, you’re probably not doing your job as a teacher properly. Open learning just creates one more resource for people to use to learn.
Yale University to post courses on Web for free – Yahoo! News
BOSTON (Reuters) – Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
While Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others already offer course material online without charge, Yale is the first to focus on free video lectures, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said.The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. They include “Introduction to the Old Testament,” “Fundamentals of Physics” and “Introduction to Political Philosophy.”
