OCW Stories

Share your OCW story.

We'd love to hear from you! Please share your story about how OCW has made an impact in your life.

Andrea Henshall

Independent Learner

United States

Learning to Fly

Bernardo Picão

Graduate Student

Portugal

People may find OpenCourseWare and think it is too good to be true. Why would such a prestigious institution break down the barriers to scientific education and commit to open-access, free resources? I want people to know: there is no catch. Sharing is the point.

Chansa Kabwe

Independent Learner

Zambia

Coding the future with MIT OpenCourseWare

Clinton Blackburn

Student

United States

Through OCW, I am part of a movement to help make education free and available to the world.

David G.

Student

United States

I learned how to code from MIT without having stepped on campus.

Demetra Tzevelekos

Educator

Greece

OCW gives me accessibility to a plethora of valuable resources and courses, thus enhancing my teaching.

Doğa Kürkçüoğlu

Scientist

United States

With OpenCourseWare, you can get a new perspective on something you already know about, or open a course that can expand your horizons. Depending on where you start, it might take you an hour, a week, or a month to fully understand something. Once you understand, it’s yours. It is a different kind of joy to actually, truly understand.

Emmanuel Kasigazi

Indepedent Learner

Uganda

A whole new world of learning via MIT OpenCourseWare videos

eTekkatho

Education

Myanmar

MIT OCW helps students to learn not only the subject materials but also how to give presentations.

Evelyn Laurito

Educator

Phillippines

I imagine that if I had this when I was a student years ago, it would have been so much fun learning not only from the teacher, but discovering more which, probably, the teachers themselves did not know.

Jack Berger

Self-Learner

United States

I know if I can put on a resume that I have computer programming experience, I can use this skill to better my own life.

Jamie Tucker-Foltz

Student

United States

OCW refreshed all my interest in math and got me totally inspired by the material again. It changed my whole perspective.

June Odongo

Independent Learner

Kenya

A lot of people are focused on programming, but we care less about programming and more about problem-solving.

Kian Wah Liew

Educator

Malaysia

OCW provides a chance for the students to get an idea of how it would be when studying abroad.

Kunle Adejumo

Student

Nigeria

Students need to know that these things are available.

Kyle Lee

Student

United States

OCW and MIT’s digital resources have definitely changed the way I learn and my educational experience.

Matt Zand

Educator

United States

When I saw and reviewed the course structure and materials of MIT OpenCourseWare, I knew I found what I was looking for.

Michael Pilgreen

Indepedent Learner

United States

Investing in a New Future with Open Learning

Mussie Demisse

Student

United States

How aspirations become actions

Paige Dote

Student

United States

Student and Educator

Robert Talbert

Educator

United States

The course proved to me that you can teach elementary programming concepts in a clear, comprehensible way.

Shirley Harrell

Educator

United States

It's an important way to ensure the quality of my courses.

Tooba Siddiqui

Student

Pakistan

Studying in a country where there are political issues going on, such as strikes, drone attacks, target killing, etc., it’s very difficult to study. But thanks to OCW, now I do not have to worry about keeping [up] with the competing world.

Trent Parker

Self-Learner

United States

In the span of ~6 months, I went from a nearly unemployed dropout with poor, ad hoc CS skills to a technical position at one of the world's leading technology firms, in large part thanks to the open availability of these materials.

Triatno Yudo Harjoko

Educator

Indonesia

I was amazed that a university such as MIT would freely give access to its educational information.

Tuhin Bagi

Student

India

In school there are times when I don’t completely understand a topic that my teacher is lecturing. After I go to OCW, I understand it properly.

Valja Collingwood

Self-Learner

United States

I used OCW to boost my knowledge of scientific concepts that I encounter daily at my job.