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Stanford Online Classes. Like A Great Movie With A Bad Ending

16 points by amiune 15y ago

jcv 15y ago
You took a free online class and learned lots of useful information. What more did you expect?
- amiune 15y ago
  You maybe didn't read my post entirely or maybe I wasn't clear. I'm saying that the courses are great and I'm suggesting them to change the way they are paraphrasing the statement of accomplishment or even better to create profile pages.
  - smspence 15y ago
    No, your blog post was quite clear, and I believe the parent poster understood it. In my opinion, you were whining about a very tiny and insignificant thing.
  - melling 15y ago
    Then they would have a legacy system that they would need to maintain. They should simply learn and move on. Gotta have the disclaimer about not being an official Stanford course. Someone in the AI class was whining because he thought a quiz question was unfair, and quizzes count for nothing. Bottom line: You get to learn online from one of the best universities in the world and it's free. Enjoy gaining the knowledge and try to overlook the missing "gamification."
smspence 15y ago
Wow, this guy tried really hard to find something to complain about. He has a problem with what was typed at the very bottom of an email he was sent after the course was completed? This is just further proof that people with blogs will find ANYTHING to complain about. Stanford is offering high-quality coursework and learning tools for ABSOLUTELY FREE, taught by some really great professors, on really interesting and useful topics, again for FREE: better complain about it!
- FrojoS 15y ago
  * My suggestion is: create a profile page where the student scores and some stats appear. Check the Khan Academy website, check TopCoder profiles.* Come on, this is some constructive criticism.
bsaunder 15y ago
The post sounds like a rant when it really should be a glowing review (if it truly was a "Great Movie") and some recommendations for improvement. Get over it. There are many better things in life to focus your energy on.
- amiune 15y ago
  Maybe the title is a little sensationalist. I'm sorry about that. I just wanted to give some recommendations for improvement. I love the courses, the professors are great and I'm going to take more courses next year.
pitt1980 15y ago
Don't take this the wrong way, don't be such a baby, Stanford is a huge institution, of course there is going to be a certain amount of ass covering your better off with a statement of acomplishment filled with ass covering legal crap, than with no statement of accomplishment, it'll be interesting to compare that with what comes out of the ai class, considering that its run through some start up, the ai class indicated that there would be a ranking, I don't see any ranking on that statement of accomplishment
amiune 15y ago
Like everyone is hitting me as hard as they can let me say this: The title is very sensationalist. I'm sorry about that. I just wanted to give some recommendations for improvement. I love the courses, the professors are super great and I'm going to take more courses next year.
jezclaremurugan 15y ago
The statement of accomplishment can never be truly significant because there is no proof of identity. Anyway they met the ultimate goal in a great way. They took a great step forward and should be applauded for it.

16 points by amiune 15y ago

jcv 15y ago

You took a free online class and learned lots of useful information. What more did you expect?

amiune 15y ago
You maybe didn't read my post entirely or maybe I wasn't clear. I'm saying that the courses are great and I'm suggesting them to change the way they are paraphrasing the statement of accomplishment or even better to create profile pages.
- smspence 15y ago
  No, your blog post was quite clear, and I believe the parent poster understood it. In my opinion, you were whining about a very tiny and insignificant thing.
- melling 15y ago
  Then they would have a legacy system that they would need to maintain. They should simply learn and move on. Gotta have the disclaimer about not being an official Stanford course. Someone in the AI class was whining because he thought a quiz question was unfair, and quizzes count for nothing. Bottom line: You get to learn online from one of the best universities in the world and it's free. Enjoy gaining the knowledge and try to overlook the missing "gamification."

smspence 15y ago

Wow, this guy tried really hard to find something to complain about. He has a problem with what was typed at the very bottom of an email he was sent after the course was completed? This is just further proof that people with blogs will find ANYTHING to complain about. Stanford is offering high-quality coursework and learning tools for ABSOLUTELY FREE, taught by some really great professors, on really interesting and useful topics, again for FREE: better complain about it!

FrojoS 15y ago
* My suggestion is: create a profile page where the student scores and some stats appear. Check the Khan Academy website, check TopCoder profiles.* Come on, this is some constructive criticism.

bsaunder 15y ago

The post sounds like a rant when it really should be a glowing review (if it truly was a "Great Movie") and some recommendations for improvement. Get over it. There are many better things in life to focus your energy on.

amiune 15y ago
Maybe the title is a little sensationalist. I'm sorry about that. I just wanted to give some recommendations for improvement. I love the courses, the professors are great and I'm going to take more courses next year.

pitt1980 15y ago

Don't take this the wrong way, don't be such a baby, Stanford is a huge institution, of course there is going to be a certain amount of ass covering your better off with a statement of acomplishment filled with ass covering legal crap, than with no statement of accomplishment, it'll be interesting to compare that with what comes out of the ai class, considering that its run through some start up, the ai class indicated that there would be a ranking, I don't see any ranking on that statement of accomplishment

amiune 15y ago

Like everyone is hitting me as hard as they can let me say this: The title is very sensationalist. I'm sorry about that. I just wanted to give some recommendations for improvement. I love the courses, the professors are super great and I'm going to take more courses next year.

jezclaremurugan 15y ago

The statement of accomplishment can never be truly significant because there is no proof of identity. Anyway they met the ultimate goal in a great way. They took a great step forward and should be applauded for it.