MIT OCW

For Communicators:

Comparative-Media-Studies http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Comparative-Media-Studies/index.htm
MIT Comparative Media Studies research and educational projects explore a wide variety of traditional media and their uses in education, entertainment, communication, politics, and commerce.

Media-Arts-and-Sciences http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Media-Arts-and-Sciences/index.htm
At MIT, the phrase Media Arts and Sciences signifies the study, invention and creative use of enabling technologies for understanding and expression by people and machines. Some of the most exciting graduate course you can imagine!

Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/index.htm"
Four subject areas: exposition and rhetoric, creative writing, science writing, and technical communication.

For Engineering:

Aeronautics-and-Astronautics http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Aeronautics-and-Astronautics/index.htm
...learning environment that reinforces and deepens the understanding of the fundamentals, empowering our young engineers to use their knowledge and skills to create and innovate... Browse the site for viable technical engineering courses, or just enjoy the overview courses we recommend below.
We recommend the following, even though older class materials, 2003-2005:
16.885J / ESD.35J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2005
course was administrated by shuttle astronaut and MIT Professor Jeff Hoffman and Professor Aaron Cohen, who was the Space Shuttle Orbiter Project Manager. Guest speakers provide the majority of the content in video lectures, discussing topics such as system design, accident investigation, and the future of NASA's space mission.
16.812 The Aerospace Industry, Spring 2004
discuss recent aerospace history and current events, in order to understand how they are responsible for the state of the aerospace industry. With invited subject matter experts participating

16.00 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering and Design, Spring 2003
Active learning aerospace modules make use of information technology. Student teams are immersed in a hands-on, lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicle design project, where they design, build, and fly radio-controlled LTA vehicles. The connections between theory and practice are realized in the design exercises.

Simplified Technical English

International specification for the preparation of maintenance documentation in a controlled language ASD STE100

ASD Simplified Technical English is a set of Writing Rules and a Dictionary of controlled vocabulary. The Dictionary has sufficient words to express any technical sentence. The words were chosen for their simplicity and ease of recognition.

When there are several words in English for a certain thing or action (synonyms), this Specification selects one of these synonyms to the exclusion of the others (whenever possible, “one word - one meaning”). For example, “start” was chosen instead of “begin”, “commence”, “initiate”, or “originate”. When there is a choice between American English and British English words and spelling, the American version is used (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary).

When there are several possible definitions of a word in English, the Specification selects one of these definitions to the exclusion of the others (whenever possible, “one word - one meaning”). For example, “to fall” has the definition of “to move down by the force of gravity”, not “decrease”. from official ASD Simplified Technical English website at http://www.simplifiedenglish-aecma.org/Simplified_English.htm 19 May 2007

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