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A free and open online publication of educational material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum, ranging from introductory to the most advanced graduate courses. On the OCW website, each course includes a syllabus, instructional material like notes and reading lists, and learning activities like assignments and solutions. Some courses also have videos, online textbooks, and faculty insights on teaching.Knowledge is your reward. There's no signup or enrollment, and no start or end dates. OCW is self-paced learning at its best. Whether you’re a student, a teacher, or simply a curious person that wants to learn, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) offers a wealth of insight, inspiration, videos, and a whole lot more! Get the full picture on the OCW website at https://ocw.mit.edu.Accessibility: https://accessibility.mit.edu/ User comments policy: https://ocw.mit.edu/comments/(Channel banner photo by Nietnagel on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/8WXxfK.)Links:MIT OpenCourseWare: https://ocw.mit.eduFacebook: https://facebook.com/mitocwTwitter: https://twitter.com/mitocwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitocwDonate to OCW: https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=donateBlog: https://www.ocw-openmatters.org/

  1. 39m ago

    When There Isn’t a Simple Answer with Prof. Dennis McLaughlin (S3:E4)

    Most of the students in Professor Dennis McLaughlin’s course 1.74 Land, Water, Food, and Climate come to it with established opinions on some very controversial topics: whether GMOs are safe, whether climate change is real (and really human-induced), whether organic agriculture is preferable to conventional agriculture, and whether it’s better for land to be worked by individual farmers or by larger corporations. Dealing with topics like these in an introductory graduate-level class can be challenging. You have to train students to read the scientific literature so that they can evaluate the facts on both sides of an issue. But you also have to strike a balance between those concrete facts and the intangible social values that enter into debates on sensitive topics. In this episode, Professor McLaughlin describes his approach to those two challenges in teaching 1.74; he also explains how a diversity of backgrounds among the students in the class enriches class discussion, and he describes what he sees as the teacher’s role: to adjust and when necessary reframe the terms of discussion, while still allowing students the freedom to explore the ramifications of their ideas. Uploaded 12-01-22Relevant Resources: MIT OpenCourseWarehttps://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=chalkradio&utm_term=s3e4The OCW Educator Portalhttps://ocw.mit.edu/educator?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=chalkradio&utm_term=s3e4Share your teaching ideas and insights with Dennis McLaughlinhttps://forms.gle/XBwUwqn35abSdjNs8 Professor McLaughlin’s course on OCWhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/civil-and-environmental-engineering/1-74-land-water-food-and-climate-fall-2020/? utm_source=youtube and utm_medium=shownotes and utm_campaign=chalkradio and utm_term=s3e4 Professor McLaughlin’s faculty pagehttps://cgcs.mit.edu/people/mclaughlin-dennis Other environment courses on OCWhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/environment-courses/? utm_source=youtube and utm_medium=shownotes and utm_campaign=chalkradio and utm_term=s3e4 The MIT Climate Portalhttps://climate.mit.edu Connect with Curt Newton at LinkedIn or Twitterhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/curt-newton-309266/https://twitter.com/qwertnewto Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessionshttps://www.sessions.blue Connect with Us If you have a suggestion for a new episode or have used OCW to change your life or those of others, tell us your story. We’d love to hear from you! Call us @ 617-715-2517 On our sitehttps://ocw.mit.edu/about/contactus/ On Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MITOCW/ On Twitterhttps://twitter.com/MITOCW?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor On Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ Stay CurrentSubscribe to the free monthly "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" e-newsletter.https://ocw.mit.edu/subscribe/index.htm?utm_source=header Support OCW If you like Chalk Radio and OpenCourseware, donate to help keep those programs going!https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?%20https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=donatehttps://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?%20https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=donate Credits Sarah Hansen, host and producer (https://twitter.com/learning_sarah)Brett Paci, producer (https://twitter.com/Brett_Paci)Dave Lishansky, producer (https://twitter.com/DaveResonates)Script writing assistance by Nidhi ShastriShow notes by Peter Chipman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    When There Isn’t a Simple Answer with Prof. Dennis McLaughlin (S3:E4)

  2. 1h ago

    Lecture 9: Strategy, Skill, and Chance, Part 2

    MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason BegyUploaded 16-09-25View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/cms-608-game-design-fall-2010/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61_JVg12Ukxft03EJ7xxdbRThis lecture reviews the concepts of information flow and uncertainty, analyzing well-known games in these terms. Examples include Scrabble, Go Fish, Mario Kart, Monopoly, chess, poker, War, and Settlers of Catan. Next, students consider feedback loops.Related Resources:[CGD] Chapters 7 and 8[CGD] = Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers. Boston, MA: Charles River Media/Course Technology, 2009. ISBN: 9781584505808.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Lecture 9: Strategy, Skill, and Chance, Part 2

  3. 2h ago

    Lecture 3: Measurement Techniques

    MIT HST.512 Genomic Medicine, Spring 2004Instructor: Dr. Atul J. ButteUploaded 03-04-23View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/hst-512-genomic-medicine-spring-2004/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gQchCLmXk&list=PLUl4u3cNGP613PJMNmRjAIdBr76goU1V5Discussion of paper: Coordinated reduction of genes of oxidative metabolism in humans with insulin resistance and diabetes: Potential role of PGC1 and NRF1.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Lecture 3: Measurement Techniques

  4. 2h ago

    Part 6: Finding the Nullspace: Solving Ax = 0 by Elimination

    A Vision of Linear AlgebraInstructor: Gilbert StrangView the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/2020-visionYouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61iQEFiWLE21EJCxwmWvvekUploaded 20-01-22This new video computes the nullspace of any matrix A. The equation Ax = 0 is reduced to row echelon form Rx = 0. Then all solution vectors are combinations of "special solutions.” We understand the pieces of R from the factorization A = CR. See also Lecture 7 from 18.06 Linear Algebra for more on this topic at https://ocw.mit.edu/1806videoslec7/License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Part 6: Finding the Nullspace: Solving Ax = 0 by Elimination

  5. 3h ago

    Lecture 2: Iterative Design

    MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason BegyUploaded 16-09-25View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/cms-608-game-design-fall-2010/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61_JVg12Ukxft03EJ7xxdbRThis lecture begins by exploring what a game is (and isn't) and defining the terms "mechanic" and "dynamic". Designers identify the core mechanic and dynamic of a game to help guide iterative playtesting and optimization.Related Resources:[CGD] Chapter 1.[CGD] = Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers. Boston, MA: Charles River Media/Course Technology, 2009. ISBN: 9781584505808.Zimmerman, Eric. "Play as Research: The Iterative Design Process." July 8, 2003.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Lecture 2: Iterative Design

  6. 4h ago

    The Human Element in Machine Learning w Catherine D’Ignazio, Jacob Andreas and Harini Suresh (S3:E5)

    When computer science was in its infancy, programmers quickly realized that though computers are astonishingly powerful tools, the results they achieve are only as good as the data you feed into them. (This principle was quickly formalized as GIGO: “Garbage In, Garbage Out.”) What was true in the era of the UNIVAC has proved still to be true in the era of machine learning: among other well-publicized AI fiascos, chatbots that have interacted with bigots have learned to spew racist invective, while facial-recognition software trained solely on images of white people sometimes fails to recognize people of color as human. In this episode, we meet Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio of MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) and Prof. Jacob Andreas and Harini Suresh of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 2021, D’Ignazio, Andreas, and Suresh collaborated as part of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing initiative from the Schwartzman College of Computing in a project to teach computer science students in 6.864 Natural Language Processing to recognize how deep learning systems can replicate and magnify the biases inherent in the data sets that are used to train them. Uploaded 26-01-22Relevant Resources: MIT OpenCourseWarehttps://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=chalkradio&utm_term=s3e5The OCW Educator Portalhttps://ocw.mit.edu/educator?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=chalkradio&utm_term=s3e5Share your teaching insightshttps://forms.gle/XBwUwqn35abSdjNs8 Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computinghttps://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-tll-007-case-studies-in-social-and-ethical-responsibilities-of-computing-fall-2021/? utm_source=youtube and utm_medium=shownotes and utm_campaign=chalkradio and utm_term=s3e5 SERC websitehttps://computing.mit.edu/cross-cutting/social-and-ethical-responsibilities-of-computing/ Professor D’Ignazio’s faculty pagehttps://dusp.mit.edu/faculty/catherine-dignazio Professor Andreas’s faculty pagehttps://www.csail.mit.edu/person/jacob-andreas Harini Suresh’s personal websitehttp://harinisuresh.com Desmond Patton’s paper on analysis of communications on Twitterhttps://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/326834185.pdf Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessionshttps://www.sessions.blue Connect with Us If you have a suggestion for a new episode or have used OCW to change your life or those of others, tell us your story. We’d love to hear from you! Call us @ 617-715-2517 On our sitehttps://ocw.mit.edu/about/contactus/ On Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MITOCW/ On Twitterhttps://twitter.com/MITOCW On Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ Stay CurrentSubscribe to the free monthly "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" e-newsletter.https://ocw.mit.edu/subscribe/index.htm?utm_source=header Support OCW If you like Chalk Radio and OpenCourseWare, donate to help keep those programs going!https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=donate Credits Sarah Hansen, host and producer (https://twitter.com/learning_sarah)Brett Paci, producer (https://twitter.com/Brett_Paci)Dave Lishansky, producer (https://twitter.com/DaveResonates)Script writing assistance by Aubrey CalawayShow notes by Peter Chipman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Human Element in Machine Learning w Catherine D’Ignazio, Jacob Andreas and Harini Suresh (S3:E5)

  7. 5h ago

    The Lumpy Universe with Prof. David Kaiser

    This conversation with Prof. David Kaiser, who teaches physics and the history of science at MIT, covers a vast timespan, from the beginning of the universe to the present day. Prof. Kaiser explains that inflationary cosmology helps connect our understanding of quantum fluctuations—what he calls the “jitters” that particles undergo at subatomic levels—to the irregular distribution of matter in the universe. What’s most exciting, he says, is that simulations based on inflationary theory produce predictions that closely match detailed measurements of the cosmos. Later in the interview, Prof. Kaiser discusses how he teaches his course on 20th-century science, seeking to demythologize Albert Einstein (“He was no Einstein as a young person!”) and examining the historical context of the development of nuclear weapons as portrayed in the 2023 film Oppenheimer. He hopes his students will learn to see science not as happening in isolation but as a product and producer of historical events and cultural changes. Lastly, he discusses what he’s learned from his years of teaching the course, and in particular how he helps students who are anxious about writing papers to overcome their fears.Uploaded 08-05-24Relevant Resources:MIT OpenCourseWare (https://ocw.mit.edu)The OCW Educator Portal (https://ocw.mit.edu/educator)Professor Kaiser’s faculty page (MIT Physics department) (https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/david-kaiser/)Professor Kaiser’s faculty page (MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society) (https://sts-program.mit.edu/people/sts-faculty/david-kaiser/)STS.042 Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics In The 20th Century on OCW (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sts-042-einstein-oppenheimer-feynman-physics-in-the-20th-century-fall-2020/)MIT’s communication requirement (https://catalog.mit.edu/mit/undergraduate-education/general-institute-requirements/#communicationrequirementtext)Oppenheimer (2023) on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/)Containment (2015) on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4503606/)Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/) Connect with Us If you have a suggestion for a new episode or have used OCW to change your life or those of others, tell us your story. We’d love to hear from you! Call us @ 617-715-2517 On our site (https://ocw.mit.edu/contact/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MITOCW/) On X (https://twitter.com/MITOCW?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mitocw/) Stay Current Subscribe to the free monthly "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" e-newsletter. (https://ocw.mit.edu/newsletter/) Support OCWIf you like Chalk Radio and OpenCourseware, donate to help keep these programs going! (https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=donate) CreditsSarah Hansen, host and producer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-e-hansen/)Brett Paci, producer (https://twitter.com/Brett_Paci)Dave Lishansky, producer (https://twitter.com/DaveResonates)Show notes by Peter Chipman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Lumpy Universe with Prof. David Kaiser

  8. 5h ago

    Lecture 12: Knowing Your Players

    MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason BegyUploaded 16-09-25View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/cms-608-game-design-fall-2010/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61_JVg12Ukxft03EJ7xxdbRToday's reading analyzes user motivation along two axes: interest in the world vs. fellow players, gaining knowledge vs. proficiency. Students discuss the utility of this taxonomy, how games encourage these interactions, and come up with their own frames.Related Resources:[CGD] Chapter 11[CGD] = Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers. Boston, MA: Charles River Media/Course Technology, 2009. ISBN: 9781584505808.Bartle, Richard. "Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs." April 1996.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A free and open online publication of educational material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum, ranging from introductory to the most advanced graduate courses. On the OCW website, each course includes a syllabus, instructional material like notes and reading lists, and learning activities like assignments and solutions. Some courses also have videos, online textbooks, and faculty insights on teaching.Knowledge is your reward. There's no signup or enrollment, and no start or end dates. OCW is self-paced learning at its best. Whether you’re a student, a teacher, or simply a curious person that wants to learn, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) offers a wealth of insight, inspiration, videos, and a whole lot more! Get the full picture on the OCW website at https://ocw.mit.edu.Accessibility: https://accessibility.mit.edu/ User comments policy: https://ocw.mit.edu/comments/(Channel banner photo by Nietnagel on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/8WXxfK.)Links:MIT OpenCourseWare: https://ocw.mit.eduFacebook: https://facebook.com/mitocwTwitter: https://twitter.com/mitocwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitocwDonate to OCW: https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=donateBlog: https://www.ocw-openmatters.org/

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