Interesting <ahref="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070104173624769">post on Groklaw</a> about freely available "courseware". The <ahref="http://www.ocwconsortium.org/index.html">OpenCourseWare Consortium</a> seems like a fantastic idea to me. Academia is really all about sharing knowledge.
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I've already bookmarked the <ahref="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mechanical-Engineering/index.htm">MIT Mechanical Engineering page</a>, though I can usually find comparable material in <ahref="http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/mece/">my own department</a>.