E-learning: Language Processing course from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OpenCourseWare (OCW)

1. E-learning Language Processing (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-591j-language-processing-fall-2004) Presented by Pirada Petchngarm ID.540231048

2. Home MIT OpenCourseWare - a free publication of MIT course materials It collects almost all of the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

3. Department There are a lot of departments in MIT OpenCourseWare. I selected “Brain and Cognitive Sciences”.

4. Course There are many courses in each department. I selected “Language Processing” course.

5. Course Home This course was taught by Prof. Edward Gibson in Fall 2004; it is appropriate for graduate level.

7. Syllabus It shows the course requirements; 10% for discussion in class (students should have prepared the readings before attending class), 40% for four 3 page papers and an oral presentation for 20-30 minutes, and 50% for a final project/paper.

8. Calendar Calendar specifies what the topic is taught in each period and assignments’ due dates: lecture 2, lecture 5, lecture 8 and lecture 10.

9. Readings Because of no textbook for this course, there are name lists of books and journal sources in readings which students are assigned to read for each period.

10. Lecture Notes There are 12 lecture notes as PDF which students can save to read.

11. Assignments Assignments consist of four review papers, an oral presentation of one of these review papers, and a term project or paper. Also, there are examples of review papers and term paper.

12. Download Course Materials In addition, people who are interested in this course can download course material for convenience.