I had one class like this in college and I loved it. It can be a mixed bag though. I think a lot of people came (and continued to come) to lecture thinking it w

I had one class like this in college and I loved it. It can be a mixed bag though. I think a lot of people came (and continued to come) to lecture thinking it would be a normal lecture so they wouldn't do any of the reading/slides before class. I'm not sure what they got out of it. On the other hand, knowing the material allowed me to follow along with what was being said and even predict some of the points the professor wasn't going to make in the future.