Fellow Lovers of Learning

A major step toward providing serious, high-quality educational materials to the public for free has passed a significant milestone. Here is a quote from MIT frees content online, a ZDNet article that gave early notice:

"One year after the launch of its pilot program, MIT on Monday quietly published everything from class syllabuses to lecture videos for 500 courses through its OpenCourseWare initiative, an ambitious project it hopes will spark a Web-based revolution in the way universities share information.

The MIT OpenCourseWare website is located at http://ocw.mit.edu/

What MIT offers is not exactly the same as a free college education, complete with live professors and all the classroom advantages, but if you really want to learn something, the OpenCourseWare initiative is truly an awesome resource. You may not get grades but look at what you can learn! MIT has shown us a hint of the promise of a truly educated future.

To me, this marks a major Internet historical event and a significant moment for the world of higher learning. MIT's leadership should be resoundingly applauded. I hope you can hear my best soccer yell,

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!