Question

Hi everyone, hope we are all set for studying. Can anyone tell me if 3.091X, Solid State Chemistry has started yet.

Answer 1

If you go on your main page for the class, there is a link called "Additional Resources" . If you click there, it will take you to the course with the syllabus and the rest of the class. It looks like we can start the class from there.

Answer 2

Thanks for your help, I've been reading the requirements from the "Additional Resources" for the past 2 months. I thought that we would have got a new link on the website to start. Maybe I'll just keep going just now.

Answer 3

but mjwhelan, how do we know that we enrolled in this course? because on the left bar on the page also contain the course for the next chapter until final exam, which means it is archive file from MIT. How do we can get certificate from archived stuff? :)

Answer 4

Hopefully they will send clearer information since it seems like most of us are trying to naviagte how this works. As for how to check if you are enrolled, I think that you are confirmed enrolled if this course shows in your account for classes. I also registered for the Greek Heros class, and that shows in my account as well. That class, however, has no links or even a specific start date. They only say Spring 2013.

Answer 5

Just had a reply from edx regarding starting course 3.091x. The course start date has been put back until 11th Feb, hence the reason we cannot start it.

E-mail from edX.

Dear Annie,

Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate your interest in edX. The start date for this course has been delayed until February 11th, 2013. We apologize for any delay this might cause. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

the edX team

Hope that answers all questions.

Annie. xx

Answer 6

Thanks for letting us know!

Answer 7

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-engineering/3-091sc-introduction-to-solid-state-chemistry-fall-2010/structure-of-the-atom/1-introduction-to-solid-state-chemistry/ that's where you start to learn! I found it helpful to start by clearing a space to both watch the video, and take notes in a physical notebook (I guess typed notes work, I'm considering making the change...) then starting a page for definitions, entering all the keywords as follows:

matter, element, compound, mixture, solution, metal, semimetal, nonmetal, mole, symbol, molecular mass, substance, homogeneous mixture, heterogeneous mixture, periodic table of elements, Democritus, Aristotle, John Dalton, triads, octaves, Johann Dobereiner, John Newlands, Dmitri Mendeleev, Julius Meyer

though I was able to take notes for most things, I was glad to just be able to do a fill in the blank for those keywords. good luck!