1 Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds Highlights for High School.

1 Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds

Highlights for High School

2 Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds

OCW SE would be:

•A web-based publication of exemplary math, science and engineering resources for grades 7-12 containing grade-appropriate curricula, hands-on learning experiences, and innovative supporting materials

•Developed by high school teachers with input from MIT faculty•Aligned with state and national secondary education standards•Free and open to the world.

OCW SE would not be:

• A replacement for teachers or teacher/student interaction• Diploma granting• A virtual middle or high school

The Big Idea

What is OCW SE?

3 Highlights for High School

•Highlights for High School is MIT’s first step in realizing the OCW Secondary Education vision. Its goals are:

• To simplify access to OCW materials relevant for high school students and teachers

• To publish high school courses developed at MIT for students and teachers

The First Step




Guiding Assumptions

• Supplement, not replace current course materials

• May influence lecture vs. facilitation in the classroom

• Teacher professional development

• Inexperienced and experienced teachers will use differently

• Teachers don’t have time to browse extensively, need to find relevant material immediately


•First, focus on upper grades of high school (11th and 12th grade), closest to undergraduate level

•Use extant materials on OCW, but only those appropriate for a high school audience

•Use high school students and MIT freshman to decide what is appropriate and useful

•Publish MIT outreach program materials and student developed courses – advanced science and math topics, taught in a fun, more informal manner


Design Principles


•Thousands of lecture notes, problem sets, exams and other resources from introductory MIT courses

•Multimedia content including captioned video clips, audio clips, and java applets

•AP® Sections Over 500 Calculus resources Over 600 Biology resources Over 1,650 Physics resources Over 500 Chemistry resources (coming soon)

•Sampling of original and inspiring MIT student-developed courses

•MIT K-12 outreach – Chandra Astrophysics Institute


Site Contents


“I am an MIT alumna (class of 2001) and this is my first year teaching AP

Biology. Thank you for so many wonderful resources for AP Bio! I am so

proud of being MIT Alumni and for being able to count on MIT to help me

in my work!” MIT alumna

“I just wanted to say thank you for the fantastic work you do. I can't

help but think this is one of the greatest contributions to democratic

education I know of.” Educator


User Feedback



Web Analytics

• Over 815,000 visits since launch on November 29, 2007

• ~37,250 visits per month

• ~65% of users are from the United States, ~35% international

• Users from 190 different countries have visited the site



User Survey – Users by Role

HS Educator 33.9%

HS Student 15.5%

Self Learner 15.2%

HS Parent 13.0%

Other (University students, professors, etc)

22.4%



User Survey – Primary Scenarios of Use

High School Educators

•37.8% To adopt materials for classroom use•28.3% To learn new methods of teaching

High School Students

•38.8% To study for a test or assessment•38.8% To learn about a subject matter to enhance personal knowledge

High School Parents

•44.2% To find materials to help their children with assignments•23.3% To develop lesson plans for home-schooled students



Future Publication

• Publish materials from MIT 7-12 outreach programs: (School of Engineering Outreach programs, Lemelson MIT program)

• Pilot of physics iLabs available to HS classrooms

• Publish additional Educational Studies Program courses

• Begin planning for the larger OCW SE vision


Thank You!

Visit MIT OpenCourseWare Highlights for High School online athttp://ocw.mit.edu/highschool

1 Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds Highlights for High School.

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