OCW Educator: Instructor Insights

Many MIT instructors share their teaching approaches in a special section of their OCW courses, called “Instructor Insights.” In this section, you’ll find instructors discussing topics of interest to practicing teachers, such as course design, active learning, and engaging learners. You’ll also find course-specific information and infographics on the following topics to help you map the materials to your own curriculum:

  • pre-requisites
  • the classroom space
  • assessment practices
  • how student time was spent
  • how the instructor sequenced assignments and activities

Instructors share these insights through the OCW Educator project, a faculty-inspired initiative designed to pull back the curtain on MIT teaching for their colleagues at the Institute and around the world.

Direct links to course pages with Instructor Insights are listed below. Some courses do not contain Instructor Insights, but still offer valuable information for educators seeking to use OCW course materials in their classrooms. Links to these resources can be found at the bottom of this page.


OCW Educator: Instructor Insights by Department


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OCW Educator: Classroom Context without Instructor Insights Listed by Department

 

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Course # Course Title Level
16.55 Ionized Gases Graduate

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Architecture

Course # Course Title Level
4.619 Historiography of Islamic Architecture Graduate

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Biological Engineering

Course # Course Title Level
20.320 Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems Undergraduate
20.201 Mechanisms of Drug Actions Graduate

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Biology

Course # Course Title Level
7.342 Pluripotent Stem Cells and Genome Engineering for Modeling Human Diseases Undergraduate
7.343 Biological Bases of Learning and Memory Undergraduate
7.346 Virus-host Interactions in Infectious Diseases Undergraduate
7.91J Foundations of Computational and Systems Biology (Spring 2014) Graduate

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course # Course Title Level
1.264J Database, Internet, and Systems Integration Technologies Graduate
1.84J Atmospheric Chemistry Graduate

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Economics

Course # Course Title Level
14.05 Intermediate Macroeconomics Undergraduate
14.11 Insights from Game Theory into Social Behavior Undergraduate
14.271 Industrial Organization I Graduate
14.381 Statistical Method in Economics Graduate

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Course # Course Title Level
6.874J Foundations of Computational and Systems Biology (Spring 2014) Graduate

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Engineering Systems Division

Course # Course Title Level
ESD.801 Leadership Development Graduate
ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy Graduate

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Global Studies and Languages

Course # Course Title Level
21G.053 Understanding Contemporary French Politics Undergraduate
21G.311 Introduction to French Culture Undergraduate
21G.820 Portuguese Advanced Conversation and Composition Undergraduate

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Linguistics and Philosophy

Course # Course Title Level
24.947 Language Disorders in Children Graduate

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Literature

Course # Course Title Level
21L.703 Studies in Drama: Stoppard and Company Undergraduate

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Mathematics

Course # Course Title Level
18.022 Calculus of Several Variables Undergraduate
18.440 Probability and Random Variables Undergraduate
18.703 Modern Algebra Undergraduate

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Mechanical Engineering

Course # Course Title Level
2.06 Fluid Dynamics Undergraduate
2.700 Principles of Naval Architecture (Fall 2014) Undergraduate
2.A35 Biomimetic Principles and Design Undergraduate
2.080J Structural Mechanics Graduate

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Music and Theater Arts

Course # Course Title Level
21M.250 Beethoven to Mahler Undergraduate
21M.295 American Popular Music Undergraduate
21M.S53 Chinese Popular Musics in Dialogue Undergraduate

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Political Science

Course # Course Title Level
17.50 Introduction to Comparative Politics Undergraduate
17.408 Chinese Foreign Policy Graduate
17.478 Great Power Military Intervention Graduate
17.588 Field Seminar in Comparative Politics Graduate

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Sloan School of Management

Course # Course Title Level
15.070J Advanced Stochastic Processes Graduate
15.665 Power and Negotiation Graduate
15.871 Introduction to System Dynamics Graduate
15.872 System Dynamics II Graduate
15.879 Research Seminar in System Dynamics Graduate

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