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OpenCourseWare is such a cool idea and has a ton of potential. It's really unfortunate that 95% of the courses that have been put up don't have nearly enough c

by axiom 18y ago

OpenCourseWare is such a cool idea and has a ton of potential. It's really unfortunate that 95% of the courses that have been put up don't have nearly enough content posted online to be of any use. Just take a look at the lecture notes and labs posted for this course. You're far better off just looking up some random python tutorial online. You can often find videos of entire course lectures posted online by using google video. Or if you're looking for an academic conference style crash course, check out http://videolectures.net/ http://videolectures.net/

psyklic 18y ago
The value of most courses isn't in the lecture notes or assignments. Instead, it's in the textbook and feedback received from assignments. Neither of these can be published online on open courseware, in most cases.
- newt0311 18y ago
  No kidding. Here at caltech, several ofthe students don't even go to the lectures.
- jhancock 18y ago
  "it's in the textbook and feedback" The second half of this is hard to solve (feedback), but the first half (textbooks) is solvable.
  - jessep 18y ago
    The textbook for this course is actually online, so in this instance the problem's solved. They're using the free book "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist," by Allen B. Downey. Check it out here: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html
bstadil 18y ago
The Yale courseware is much better. Look at this Game theory lecture series that I recently "took" http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/game-theory/contents/downloads http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/game-theory/contents/downloads You get the videos or mp3 , transcript of the talk, pdf of the blackboard. The tests and the answers to the test. This is just excellent.
- axiom 18y ago
  This is fantastic, thank you! Edit: http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history/content/downloads.html http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-h... wow!

by axiom 18y ago

psyklic 18y ago

The value of most courses isn't in the lecture notes or assignments. Instead, it's in the textbook and feedback received from assignments. Neither of these can be published online on open courseware, in most cases.

newt0311 18y ago
No kidding. Here at caltech, several ofthe students don't even go to the lectures.
jhancock 18y ago
"it's in the textbook and feedback" The second half of this is hard to solve (feedback), but the first half (textbooks) is solvable.
- jessep 18y ago
  The textbook for this course is actually online, so in this instance the problem's solved. They're using the free book "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist," by Allen B. Downey. Check it out here: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html

bstadil 18y ago

The Yale courseware is much better. Look at this Game theory lecture series that I recently "took" http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/game-theory/contents/downloads http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/game-theory/contents/downloads You get the videos or mp3 , transcript of the talk, pdf of the blackboard. The tests and the answers to the test. This is just excellent.

axiom 18y ago
This is fantastic, thank you! Edit: http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history/content/downloads.html http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-h... wow!