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Looks amazing but I doubt I could follow the curriculum without some class videos and feedback on homework/projects. Unfortunately they don't teach in my area

by watty 11y ago

Looks amazing but I doubt I could follow the curriculum without some class videos and feedback on homework/projects. Unfortunately they don't teach in my area and the online courses are much higher level.

tibbon 11y ago
Former GA instructor here. I kept a LOT of stuff (~300 repos) on Github for student assignments when I taught WDI, all public. I liked keeping it public by default, and advocated internally for such for a few reasons; I didn't think there was anything much in the repos that needed to be kept private, and I liked student's contributions via PRs for turning in assignments to be public so that they could show a strong history of doing stuff on github to future employers. I'm also a huge FOSS advocate, and like pushing for things to be public when possible as a default. Some of the assignments could in theory be externally consumed, but I put exactly zero time into making it more usable for people not actually in the class.
elliottcarlson 11y ago
Stay tuned for new online offerings in the future that may meet your needs.
dataschool 11y ago
watty: I am the author of the repo, and I hear your concerns. After finishing teaching with General Assembly, I launched my own online course [1] because I wanted to provide a classroom-like experience to online students, and very few companies seemed to be doing that. By "classroom-like", I mean that I teach classes live (via webinar), hold live office hours (via Slack), assign pre-class readings, and assign homeworks (and provide feedback to students). It will be interesting to see whether other players in the online education space start to provide similar offerings. The most similar structure I have found is companies [2][3] providing a set curriculum (via videos and written materials) along with a mentor you work with one-on-one. [1] http://www.dataschool.io/learn/ http://www.dataschool.io/learn/ [2] https://www.springboard.com/ https://www.springboard.com/ [3] https://www.thinkful.com/ https://www.thinkful.com/

by watty 11y ago

tibbon 11y ago

Former GA instructor here. I kept a LOT of stuff (~300 repos) on Github for student assignments when I taught WDI, all public. I liked keeping it public by default, and advocated internally for such for a few reasons; I didn't think there was anything much in the repos that needed to be kept private, and I liked student's contributions via PRs for turning in assignments to be public so that they could show a strong history of doing stuff on github to future employers. I'm also a huge FOSS advocate, and like pushing for things to be public when possible as a default. Some of the assignments could in theory be externally consumed, but I put exactly zero time into making it more usable for people not actually in the class.

elliottcarlson 11y ago

Stay tuned for new online offerings in the future that may meet your needs.

dataschool 11y ago

watty: I am the author of the repo, and I hear your concerns. After finishing teaching with General Assembly, I launched my own online course [1] because I wanted to provide a classroom-like experience to online students, and very few companies seemed to be doing that. By "classroom-like", I mean that I teach classes live (via webinar), hold live office hours (via Slack), assign pre-class readings, and assign homeworks (and provide feedback to students). It will be interesting to see whether other players in the online education space start to provide similar offerings. The most similar structure I have found is companies [2][3] providing a set curriculum (via videos and written materials) along with a mentor you work with one-on-one. [1] http://www.dataschool.io/learn/ http://www.dataschool.io/learn/ [2] https://www.springboard.com/ https://www.springboard.com/ [3] https://www.thinkful.com/ https://www.thinkful.com/