Andrea Henshall
Independent Learner
United States
Learning to Fly
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.
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.
