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It never seemed surprising to me to think that the disaster that has been high school and college from home might also be a problem for working from home. After

It never seemed surprising to me to think that the disaster that has been high school and college from home might also be a problem for working from home. After all, one major difference between working from home and learning from home is that working relies on human interaction much more heavily than studying. But no one seems to even bother disputing that college-from-home is an inefficient way to learn compared to in-person. It is practically a universally accepted fact. Meanwhile, the entire internet seems to rush to find flaws, no matter how minute, in any study that casts the faintest negative light on working-from-home.

denimnerd42 6y ago
i learned my entire curriculum from youtube 2014-2018 so i dispute that remote college is inefficient. however i would not dispute that universities would have any motivation to make the remote learning process work well for fear of future consequences.
- missedthecue 6y ago
  Perhaps 'inefficient' was a poor choice of terms on my part. What I mean to say is that getting your education at an institution yields superior results compared to watching youtube videos. When learning in-person, cheating is less easily facilitated, student engagement is more naturally promoted, discussion and interaction is inherently encouraged, distractions are much fewer, and the general atmosphere is fully conducive to the retainment of information and study material.
  - denimnerd42 6y ago
    actually i highly dispute that. as good youtube videos have highly skilled tutors or highly skilled professors conveying the content. not random adjuncts, graduate students, assistant professors, and sometimes the occasional skilled lecturer. if i didn’t watch youtube vidoes i would have never have passed. my experience in class was abysmal and going to class to figure out the exam content and then watching videos afterwards resulted in way better grades.
    - missedthecue 6y ago
      Youtube videos can be watched whether or not you attend a class with professional faculty and a group of like-minded colleagues in-person. It's not as if attending an institution precludes you from consuming other material. Students have been doing that for years.
      - denimnerd42 6y ago
        True. but that’s similar to the common practice of going to meetings at work and then doing the actual hard concentration work at home after hours. I don’t want to work 12 hours a day. I want to get my work done and be done. I’m looking for efficiency. Not a social club.
  - edmundsauto 6y ago
    Cheating only matters from the credentialing side of college, not from the learning component. I'm not arguing there is no room for credentialing, just that cheating isn't really important when it comes to learning.

denimnerd42 6y ago

i learned my entire curriculum from youtube 2014-2018 so i dispute that remote college is inefficient. however i would not dispute that universities would have any motivation to make the remote learning process work well for fear of future consequences.

missedthecue 6y ago
Perhaps 'inefficient' was a poor choice of terms on my part. What I mean to say is that getting your education at an institution yields superior results compared to watching youtube videos. When learning in-person, cheating is less easily facilitated, student engagement is more naturally promoted, discussion and interaction is inherently encouraged, distractions are much fewer, and the general atmosphere is fully conducive to the retainment of information and study material.
- denimnerd42 6y ago
  actually i highly dispute that. as good youtube videos have highly skilled tutors or highly skilled professors conveying the content. not random adjuncts, graduate students, assistant professors, and sometimes the occasional skilled lecturer. if i didn’t watch youtube vidoes i would have never have passed. my experience in class was abysmal and going to class to figure out the exam content and then watching videos afterwards resulted in way better grades.
  - missedthecue 6y ago
    Youtube videos can be watched whether or not you attend a class with professional faculty and a group of like-minded colleagues in-person. It's not as if attending an institution precludes you from consuming other material. Students have been doing that for years.
    - denimnerd42 6y ago
      True. but that’s similar to the common practice of going to meetings at work and then doing the actual hard concentration work at home after hours. I don’t want to work 12 hours a day. I want to get my work done and be done. I’m looking for efficiency. Not a social club.
- edmundsauto 6y ago
  Cheating only matters from the credentialing side of college, not from the learning component. I'm not arguing there is no room for credentialing, just that cheating isn't really important when it comes to learning.