UAF joins course consortium
Published Thursday, November 13, 2008
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Stumble It!FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Fairbanks has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium, a partnership of more than 200 universities and colleges in 29 countries.
UAF students will be able to access courses from the other universities involved, and UAF will contribute 10 courses to the program in the next two years. Open courses do not have instructors and are not graded, but all materials are available online and instructors can use the materials in their classes.
“We are excited to accept the University of Alaska Fairbanks into our organization,” Terri Bays, executive director of the consortium, stated in a press release. “The ocean science program in particular stands to make a significant contribution to the OCW movement. In committing to provide a hands-on lab in this crucial subject to a worldwide audience for free, they are demonstrating the truly global impact OpenCourseWare can have.”
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How does this work, exactly? I like the idea of college course material being widely available and free. Does anyone know how OpenCourseWare works?
How about the Center for Distance Education adding an Engineering class or two? If we are really true about supporting engineering, shouldn't we offer a few of those courses by distance education?
I suggest offering engineering Statics and Dynamics. All engineering programs require their students to take those two courses. Back when I took those courses I kept wondering why I had to show up in class when the professor was just reading each chapter of the book verbatim. Those classes would be ideal to offer via correspondence.
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