Prince Sultan bin Salman launched the first ever MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) mirror website at the King Faisal Palace on Sunday. The official launching ceremony brought together the university’s senior management. Prince Bandar Al-Saud, chairman of the executive committee for Alfaisal University, presided over the ceremony which was attended by Alfaisal University’s cofounders, board members [...]
Prince Sultan bin Salman launched the first ever MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) mirror website at the King Faisal Palace on Sunday. The official launching ceremony brought together the university’s senior management. Prince Bandar Al-Saud, chairman of the executive committee for Alfaisal University, presided over the ceremony which was attended by Alfaisal University’s cofounders, board members and leadership, including Dr. Ronald Bulbulian, acting provost, and Dr. Maher Alodan, acting dean of the College of Engineering.
MIT OCW is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to put all of the educational materials from its undergraduate- and graduate-level courses online, partly free and openly available to anyone, anywhere. MIT OCW can be considered as a large-scale, Web-based publication of MIT course materials.
MIT OCW is a free and open educational resource for educators, students and self-learners, and supports MIT’s mission to advance knowledge and education on a global scale.
Alfaisal University is hosting the course materials as part of the MIT OCW’s mission to extend the reach and impact of OCW materials throughout the world. Like Alfaisal University, OCW content has been installed at a small number of mirror sites at educational institutions, and evaluation data show that these mirror sites are having a significant positive impact on teaching and learning in regions where these mirror sites are set up.
As a Mirror Site Program Partner, Alfaisal University continues to fulfill its mission being an active part of the worldwide community of educators and learners who are demonstrating the power of unlocking knowledge.
Alfaisal University is a student-centered teaching and research university committed to building national and international partnerships for growth and prosperity. It offers programs in the fields of medicine, engineering, science and general studies and business, and has forged collaborations with leading international institutions such as Partners Harvard Medical International (PHMI), MIT and the Institute of Manufacturing of the University of Cambridge, and appointed professor Michael E. Porter as adviser to the College of Business.
As part of its commitment to develop affiliations and collaborations with leading global corporations, institutions and organizations, the Alfaisal University College of Engineering signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MIT.
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