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University of Reddit

69 points by ishener 13y ago

itafroma 13y ago
Note this is a fairly longstanding vector (offshoot?) of Reddit; it's been going on for at least a few years, and was featured on Reddit's blog in August 2012: http://blog.reddit.com/2012/08/university-of-reddit-explore-any.html http://blog.reddit.com/2012/08/university-of-reddit-explore-... Here are the previous Hacker News discussions about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5366423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5366423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4409219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4409219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1479143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1479143
androidb 13y ago
As an ex-reddit user (and ex-ex-digg user) I know why this project isn't as popular as they thought it would be, it lacks a Cat section, a Meme section, a <insert cute animal> section, ...
- dontAgree 13y ago
  Bitter hipster is hipster.
- deleted 13y ago
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- thejournalizer 13y ago
  Hey now, I totally added cats, memes, and bacon into my class.
jebeng 13y ago
I remember seeing this before. The quality of the courses were often quite poor. And many instructors would start a course and not finish it, leaving the people following the course hanging.
- nicholassmith 13y ago
  Yeah that was my first impression the last time it was posted up here. Although since then it seems like they've made a lot of improvements to the UI of the site, certainly looks more polished.
- _pmf_ 13y ago
  > The quality of the courses were often quite poor. And many instructors would start a course and not finish it, leaving the people following the course hanging. "Reddit". Big ambitions, then nothing.
revorad 13y ago
I just signed up but I can't tell what this is. Do they have courses on all these topics? Or is it a forum to discuss courses from other places?
- tikhonj 13y ago
  It's a place for random people to teach online courses, using a subreddit for discussion.
- thejournalizer 13y ago
  It really depends on the teacher. Just make sure you check their class page, as it often lists where to find the content and if there are live sessions. To find the class page button, just click the plus sign next to the class name, and you'll see the button on the bottom right of the expanded area.
regularfry 13y ago
Oh, for heaven's sake. Two Excel courses and an Office 365 course in the Computer Science section? I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.
- dewey 13y ago
  Am I missing something? http://universityofreddit.com/category/23442/computer-science http://universityofreddit.com/category/23442/computer-scienc... - Introduction to C++: A video guided tutorial - Intro to MySQL - ...
  - rrouse 13y ago
    There are two Excel courses and an Office 365 course mixed in with those. They should be moved to a "Software Application" section or something.
    - dm2 13y ago
      I think they're trying to best duplicate a real universities course listings.
known 13y ago
http://www.ureddit.com/ http://www.ureddit.com/

69 points by ishener 13y ago

Note this is a fairly longstanding vector (offshoot?) of Reddit; it's been going on for at least a few years, and was featured on Reddit's blog in August 2012: http://blog.reddit.com/2012/08/university-of-reddit-explore-any.html http://blog.reddit.com/2012/08/university-of-reddit-explore-... Here are the previous Hacker News discussions about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5366423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5366423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4409219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4409219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1479143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1479143

androidb 13y ago

As an ex-reddit user (and ex-ex-digg user) I know why this project isn't as popular as they thought it would be, it lacks a Cat section, a Meme section, a <insert cute animal> section, ...

dontAgree 13y ago
Bitter hipster is hipster.
deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
thejournalizer 13y ago
Hey now, I totally added cats, memes, and bacon into my class.

jebeng 13y ago

I remember seeing this before. The quality of the courses were often quite poor. And many instructors would start a course and not finish it, leaving the people following the course hanging.

nicholassmith 13y ago
Yeah that was my first impression the last time it was posted up here. Although since then it seems like they've made a lot of improvements to the UI of the site, certainly looks more polished.
_pmf_ 13y ago
> The quality of the courses were often quite poor. And many instructors would start a course and not finish it, leaving the people following the course hanging. "Reddit". Big ambitions, then nothing.

revorad 13y ago

I just signed up but I can't tell what this is. Do they have courses on all these topics? Or is it a forum to discuss courses from other places?

tikhonj 13y ago
It's a place for random people to teach online courses, using a subreddit for discussion.
thejournalizer 13y ago
It really depends on the teacher. Just make sure you check their class page, as it often lists where to find the content and if there are live sessions. To find the class page button, just click the plus sign next to the class name, and you'll see the button on the bottom right of the expanded area.

regularfry 13y ago

Oh, for heaven's sake. Two Excel courses and an Office 365 course in the Computer Science section? I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.

dewey 13y ago
Am I missing something? http://universityofreddit.com/category/23442/computer-science http://universityofreddit.com/category/23442/computer-scienc... - Introduction to C++: A video guided tutorial - Intro to MySQL - ...
- rrouse 13y ago
  There are two Excel courses and an Office 365 course mixed in with those. They should be moved to a "Software Application" section or something.
  - dm2 13y ago
    I think they're trying to best duplicate a real universities course listings.

known 13y ago

http://www.ureddit.com/ http://www.ureddit.com/