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a million upvotes this class is killing me

• otoburb 14y ago
  The beauty of online courses is that people will hopefully have the opportunity to cheaply repeat lectures ad-nauseum until they finally feel they really KNOW their stuff. This is contrasted to the brutal method of being forced to learn things within a short period of time, often forgetting what you learned or just picking up banal mechanics. The focus shifts back to thoroughly learning course materials. Online education is a true equalizer. NB: Been a fan of online education since OCW started up where the costs of the raw material plummeted to the cost of your internet connection.
  • DennisP 14y ago
    That's exactly my plan for PGM. If I'd had nothing else keeping me busy maybe I would've kept up, but as soon as I fell behind it was clear I was in trouble. Coursera's talked about maybe taking videos down for a while between courses, I hope they don't. I'm going to save them just in case, but it'd be nice to have the inline quizzes.
  • gms 14y ago
    The phenomenon you describe is still ever-present in the online format if you stick to their deadlines. If you ignore them and the associated grade penalties, then ok I agree.