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History of OCW(1/2)
| Time | Topics | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 1999 | ||
| Fall 2000 | "OpenCourseWare" concept recommended to MIT President Charles M. Vest (at that time) | |
| April 2001 | MIT OCW announced in The New York Times | |
| June 2001 | Funding partnership with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |
| September 2002 | MIT OCW pilot site opened to the public | 50 courses from 23 academic disciplines |
| September 2003 | MIT OCW officially launched | 500 courses from all five MIT schools and 33 academic disciplines |
| April 2004 | MIT additional 200 courses published | MIT Total 701 courses |
| August 2004 | First MIT OCW Workshop in Japan(at Tokyo Inst. of Tech., 4 universities participated) | |
| September 2004 | MIT additional 200 courses published | MIT Total 900 courses (halfway to 1800 goal) |
| November 2004 | Second MIT OCW Workshop in Japan(at Keio Univ., 10 universities participated) | |
| May 2005 | OCW has been launched in Japan(Keio Univ., Kyoto Univ. Osaka Univ. Tokyo Inst. of Tech. Univ. of Tokyo and Waseda Univ.) Japan Opencourseware Alliance established |
JOCW courses total: 153 Numbers of JOCW members are 6 |
| June 2005 | MIT additional 200 courses published | MIT Total 1100 courses |
| September 2005 | Pre-OCW Consortium meeting in Utah | |
| December 2005 | MIT additional 150 courses published | MIT Total 1250 courses |
| December 2005 | Hokkaido Univ, Kyushu Univ and Nagoya Univ joined in JOCW National Inst. of Multimedia Edu. joined as an affiliate member in JOCW |
Numbers of JOCW members are 10 |
| April 2006 | International Conference on Opencourseware 2006 in Kyoto Japan Opencourseware Consortium established |
JOCW courses total: 356 |
| April 2006 | Pre-OCW Consortium meeting in Kyoto OCW Consortium established |
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| May 2006 | MIT additional 150 courses published | MIT Total 1400 courses |
| Sept. 2006 | Doshisha Univ., Kansai Univ. and Univ. of Tsukuba joined in JOCW | Numbers of JOCW members are 13 |
| Sept.2006 | OCW COnsortium meeting in Utah | |
| Oct.2006 | Kyoto Seika Univ, Ritsumeikan Univ. and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific Univ. newly joined in JOCW AVCC and CCC-TIES also joined in JOCW as affiliate members |
Numbers of JOCW members are 19 |
| Oct.2006 | 1st JOCW Annual meeting in Mita, Tokyo |
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