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Some people learn by being taught, some people learn by doing. MOOCs cater to the first. I know this, because I am in the second (you may be too). I'll dig aro
by pedalpete 10y ago
Some people learn by being taught, some people learn by doing. MOOCs cater to the first.
I know this, because I am in the second (you may be too). I'll dig around looking for the information because I am using it right at that moment and NEED to understand it.
I did a Coursera Machine Learning course, my first University level class after being out of school since the early 90s. I learned how about matrices (had very little math experience before), I learned about transforms, I tried to figure out what all the cryptic symbols meant, but MOSTLY, I learned how to answer the test questions.
I don't feel I really have any more understanding of machine learning today than I did before the course. Different strokes...
- justinhj 10y agoPersonally I think both needs are met by moocs. If you want to be taught watch the lectures. If you want a more practical self directed approach do the exercises. Most people will do both
- jaypeedevlin 10y agoDisclosure, I work for Dataquest.io but prior to getting the job was a student and a massive fan. I believe we offer an awesome alternative for learning DS with a 'learn by doing' approach.