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> The learner is left entirely to their own direction, discipline, and environment. I think this is one of the main problems of self-directled learning and why
by arielcamus 10y ago
> The learner is left entirely to their own direction, discipline, and environment.
I think this is one of the main problems of self-directled learning and why, in average, is not nearly as effective for most people unless they are incredibly motivated.
I just started playing with the idea that online collaborative learning can considerably reduce that pain and I just wrote and launched a little experiment to test it:
https://medium.com/@arielcamus/learn-to-build-a-backend-with-node-js-doing-pair-programming-b6d5a241b846#.utueveijh https://medium.com/@arielcamus/learn-to-build-a-backend-with...
- Kalium 10y agoIt's a great idea! I would consider being careful with peer instruction, however. In software it runs the considerable risk of encouraging and inculcating bad practices, which is something an instructor is often used to mitigate in classroom-style environments.