In a search for some inspiration on my current project, I revisited one of my old favorite websites, the MIT OpenCourseWare website. MIT has generously posted all of the materials associated with hundreds of their classes (in theory, it should be all of them, but it sometimes doesn’t happen that way). If you want to learn about, say, Algorithms for Biological Computing, just navigate over to the computer science section of opencourseware and click on the class title. Inside are complete lecture notes, readings, tests, homeworks, projects, resources, etc. It’s a fantastic example of interoperability between departments and an open framework for the dissemination of knowledge. In essence, you have the complete lesson plans for every class at MIT at your disposal.