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Fantastic seeing this initiative by GitHub. Though I'd prefer an open source solution that they could host themselves, this is a good step in the right directi
by martindale 13y ago
Fantastic seeing this initiative by GitHub. Though I'd prefer an open source solution that they could host themselves, this is a good step in the right direction.
I also don't believe Git is the right tool for this problem. Educators need something tailored much more specifically, and one that reduces the complexity of branching and merging along the way. There's a space here.
- guptaneil 13y agoI'm pretty sure this initiative is geared towards CS students/teachers looking to host their class projects, not humanities teachers looking to host their coursework. In that light, there is no need to reduce the complexity of branching and merging because those are real-world skills that CS students need to learn. As for a VCS that helps non-technical teachers manage their content, I absolutely agree that there is still a need for that but that's a completely different problem space.
- Fomite 13y agoThere is a vast gulf between "CS students/teachers" and "humanities teachers looking to host their coursework". Like, the entire landscape of computational science, statistics, anything with "quantitative" in front of its name...
- bluedino 13y agoNothing new with trying to get people hooked early so they'll use your products (and hopefully pay for them) once they get out into the real world. Microsoft academic licenses are dirt cheap, for example.
- al2o3cr 13y ago"Though I'd prefer an open source solution that they could host themselves" This is not the only time that this has come up, and somehow I doubt most educators share HN's open-source zeal - most of them I've worked with want to GET TO WORK, not spend hours doodling with "self-hosted" software.