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UReddit was painful to look at. They really need to get it together before branding themselves under one of the most popular sites on the web. As an example, t
by mnicole 14y ago
UReddit was painful to look at. They really need to get it together before branding themselves under one of the most popular sites on the web.
As an example, the first course I looked into had zero follow-up courses or suggestions for the students to keep learning past the initial introductory lessons despite comments asking for them (the 'professor' said he had no plans to take it any further). The documentation was overly complicated for the sake of sounding smart and the text was written in some awful thin, monospaced font. I didn't go through it enough to see if it was certifiable, but I'd venture to guess that if the author couldn't even bother to include supplementary resources, they probably aren't suited to teach. There wasn't even a preface about who the professor was, why they were qualified, and links to some stuff they've done.
For a project so ambitious and trusting of the capacities of volunteers, they need to require that these people commit. Outline two or three courses, meet content deadlines before the course is public, have them vetted by people in the appropriate subreddits and then offer a pool those students can wade in afterwards to continue sharing their progress with each other and to act as a promotional tool for the courses/professor.
Is anyone doing truly crowdsourced education?