If you haven’t looked at the course list recently, you may be surprised to see that there are some 13 seminars available as video lectures on the site. We also have two full courses available at UCI’s iTunes U (OpenCourseWare section): Prof. Martinez’s: Cognition and Learning and Prof. Nowick’s Organic Chemistry course.
Iraq reconstruction: topical course joins OCW
What policy makers should know about the present conflict. What you should know, too. We’re pleased to have this course join the collection.
Three new computer science courses go live
Professor Max Welling has added three new courses to our OpenCourseWare collection: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Kernel-Based Learning. We’re particularly interested in these areas, because they are really important to how the web gets searched. Take a look!
Open Textbook site boasts 200+ textbooks
There is a disclaimer that many of the texts listed have not been vetted, so use with care, but nevertheless this effort is in full swing in the California Community Colleges. See the discipline-specific listing here: http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/
Hewlett Foundation Awards Grant for UCI’s OpenCourseWare Initiative
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS158886+15-Sep-2009+BW20090915
Anthropology 135A: Religion and Society
Dr. Sheila O’Rourke’s course materials for Anthropology 135A: Religion and Social Order are now posted on the OCW site. UCI students and faculty, as well as the general public, can view it here.