
English: 
OpenCourseWare is based on a
simple but revolutionary idea.
That MIT can advance it's 
mission by sharing nearly
all of it's course content 
online, for free.
Early 2000 was still the heyday
of the dotcom era.
MIT was trying to figure out 
what MIT should do
in this e-learning space.
It was before YouTube.
It was before Facebook.
It was before the web had 
completely taken hold.
What we're going to do is
we're going take all of the 
materials we use in our
classrooms
And we're going to put them 
on the web.
When OCW was first launched,
the focus was on opening 
to the world what we teach.

Chinese: 
开放课堂（OpenCourseWare，OCW）基于一个
简单但富有革命性的理念。
那就是，MIT 可以通过在网上免费分享几乎全部的课程内容
来推动它的使命。
2000 年早期仍然是互联网的全盛时期。
 
在这个电子学习的时代，MIT 努力找到自己该做的事情。
 
（开放课堂）早于 TouTube，
也早于 Facebook。
那时互联网还没有全面普及。
我们要做的是，
把课堂上用到的所有材料
放到网上。
开放课堂（OCW）最开始启动时，
重点是向世界开放公布我们的教学内容。

English: 
For an education institution 
like MIT,
we have 11,000 students.
To reach 200 million people 
is really an amazing feat.
Every year, I have 60 to 
70 bright new faces
Through OCW, that number
is not 60 or 70
but its thousands or even 
millions
OCW was the pioneer here
of being really a 
sharing kind of culture
Because we wanted to show 
students outside of MIT
what kind of place this is and 
what kind of students come here
Educating engineers so they can 
build more bridges
Educating musicians so we can 
make better musicians.
Educating philosophers who can
think about the world around us
What does it mean to learn something 
at the most fundamental level?
It makes everybody better. It creates
a community of self-learners.
It gives access to materials.
The promise of OpenCourseWare
really comes down to who 
you are
And what you're trying to 
achieve.
You don't have to register 
for anything;

Chinese: 
对于一个像 MIT 一样的教育机构，
我们有一万一千名学生。
（开放课堂）达到两千万观众着实是一项惊人的成绩。
每年，我有 60 到 70 名新生。
通过开放课堂（OCW），这个数字不再是 60 或 70，
而是上千，甚至是几百万。
开放课堂（OCW）是共享文化的先锋。
 
因为我们想告诉 MIT 之外的学生
这是一个什么样的地方，什么样的学生来到这里。
教工程师建造更多桥梁，
教音乐家变成更好的音乐家，
教哲学家思考我们身边的世界。
在最基础的水平学习意味着什么？
它让每个人都变得更好。它创造了一个自主学习者的社群。
开放课堂（OCW）提供材料。
开放课堂（OpenCourseWare）的前景
其实归结于你是谁，
以及你想达成什么成就。
你不需要注册任何东西。

English: 
You just go there and you 
can pull out the materials.
No one is watching you really.
You can explore whatever you 
want to learn
whenever you want to.
OCW laid the foundation
and it remains integral 
to the MIT mission
To advance knowledge and 
educate students
in service to the nation
and the world.

Chinese: 
只要进入网站，就能获取材料。
没有人在注视着你。
你可以在任何时候，探索任何你想学的内容。
 
开放课堂（OCW）为 MIT 的使命奠定了基础，
也是它的一部分。
MIT 的使命就是，在一国和世界范围内，推动知识，教育学生。
 
