Professor Walter H.G. Lewin: iTunes U And OpenCourseWare's BMOC

"At 71 Physics Professor Is Web Star" from the NY Times reports on iTunes U top download provider and OpenCourseWare superstar Professor Walter H.G. Lewin whose web videos explaining all manner of physics in an entertaining and enthusiastic way have garnered him global stardom.  He is at the top of a cadre of profs from various universities whose lectures are featured at either iTunes U or at the college's websites for the public to enjoy - as well as high school students looking ahead to college.

It would seem this is one outstanding way to jump start math and science education in this country and a wonderful boon to homeschooling and self-education.

Professor Lewin delivers his lectures with the panache of Julia Child bringing French cooking to amateurs and the zany theatricality of YouTube’s greatest hits. He is part of a new generation of academic stars who hold forth in cyberspace on their college Web sites and even, without charge, on iTunes U, which went up in May on Apple’s iTunes Store.

In his lectures at ocw.mit.edu, Professor Lewin beats a student with cat fur to demonstrate electrostatics. Wearing shorts, sandals with socks and a pith helmet — nerd safari garb — he fires a cannon loaded with a golf ball at a stuffed monkey wearing a bulletproof vest to demonstrate the trajectories of objects in free fall.

Comments

[Larry]

Nice graphic!