Here are OCW video clips that demonstrate hands-on learning at MIT. You'll also find MIT professors speaking about what students should expect in introductory courses. All of these videos are available on iTunes U and YouTube.
2.007 Design and Manufacturing I, Spring 2005
MIT Acapella group opens the design competition with a song.
Fast forward manually to time: 1:00 – 6:27
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2.007 Design and Manufacturing I, Spring 2005
Tic Tech Toe - MIT student robot competition
Fast forward manually to time: 7:50 – 8:46
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5.112 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2005
Students throw "alpha particles at the lattice" in the Discovery of Nucleus lecture.
Fast forward manually to time: 19:00 – 21:00
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6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition, January (IAP) 2005
MIT robotics competition.
Fast forward manually to times: 13:00 – 13:30, 33:40 – 33:50, 34:40 – 35:00
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8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999
Video introduction of course by Walter Lewin.
Fast forward manually to time: 1:20 – 2:13
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PE.740 Fencing, Spring 2007
Group footwork with equipment.
Fast forward manually to time: Any
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16.01 / 16.02 / 16.03 / 16.04 Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
Aerial competition.
Fast forward manually to time: 0:31 – 2:22
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21H.931 Seminar in Historical Methods, Spring 2004
Professor and students discuss widows.
Fast forward manually to time: 24:35 – 25:08
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4.296 Furniture Making, Spring 2005
Students show a basic wood bending demonstration.
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3.091 Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, Fall 2004
Video introduction of course by Donald Sadoway.
Fast forward manually to time: 0:53 – 2:10
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