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MIT OCW's Approach to Video and Audio
Although video lectures are useful for students, there are many reasons that MIT OpenCourseWare does not include video lectures in every course. First is the issue of bandwidth. We are very much focused on making MIT's courses materials as accessible as possible to users all over the world, including the developing world. If we were to start depending on the video component as THE key element of every MIT OCW course, we would be excluding a large portion of the MIT OCW audience who are still surfing the Web on 28K modems. They would never be able to download the videos and we are very sensitive to that fact.
Another key concern about video is cost. The technology for compressing and storing video becomes more and more affordable by the day, but it is still not affordable, or feasible from a production standpoint, for us to be compressing 20 video lectures for all 1400 of our courses.
A key MIT OCW audience is educators, and for them, we are hoping that by providing the syllabus, reading lists and lecture notes, we are offering a chance for them to jumpstart their own pedagogy and improve the way they teach their chosen discipline. While the video lectures for "Course 18.06: Linear Algebra ," for example, are very easy for people with fast Internet connections to watch, they do not really fulfill the mission of MIT OCW.
We do, however, offer complete video and/or audio for the following courses:
Video
3.091 Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, Fall 2004
3.320 Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials, Spring 2005
3.60 Symmetry, Structure, and Tensor Properties of Materials, Fall 2005
5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2005
5.112 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2005
6.002 Circuits and Electronics, Fall 2000
6.013 / ESD.013J Electromagnetics and Applications, Fall 2005
6.033 Computer Systems Engineering, Spring 2005
6.046J / 18.410J Introduction to Algorithms (SMA 5503), Fall 2005
6.451 Principles of Digital Communication II, Spring 2005
6.641 Electromagnetic Fields, Forces, and Motion, Spring 2005
6.912 Introduction to Copyright Law, IAP 2006
7.012 Introduction to Biology, Fall 2004
7.014 Introductory Biology, Spring 2005
8.01 Physics I, Fall 1999
8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002
8.03 Physics III: Vibrations and Waves, Fall 2004
11.969 Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution, Summer 2005
16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2005
18.03 Differential Equations, Spring 2006
18.06 Linear Algebra, Spring 2005
18.085 Mathematical Methods for Engineers I, Fall 2005
18.086 Mathematical Methods for Engineers II, Spring 2006
CMS.930 Media, Education, and the Marketplace, Fall 2001
Audio
2.57 Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes, Fall 2004
3.60 Symmetry, Structure, and Tensor Properties of Materials, Fall 2005
5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2005
5.112 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2005
6.046J / 18.410J Introduction to Algorithms (SMA 5503), Fall 2005
6.774 Physics of Microfabrication: Front End Processing, Fall 2004
7.012 Introduction to Biology, Fall 2004
7.013 Introductory Biology, Spring 2006
9.00 Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2004
9.01 Neuroscience and Behavior, Fall 2003
9.14 Brain Structure and its Origins, Spring 2005
9.20 Animal Behavior, Fall 2005
16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2005
18.086 Mathematical Methods for Engineers II, Spring 2006
ESD.932 Engineering Ethics, Spring 2006
HST.508 Genomics and Computational Biology, Fall 2002
HST.512 Genomic Medicine, Spring 2004
Technical Requirements
RealOne™ Player software is required to run the .rm files associated with the courses listed on this page. Media player software, such as Quicktime® Player, RealOne™ Player, or Windows Media® Player, is required to run the .mp3 files.
Learn how to save the RealPlayer video files to a disk or to your hard drive.