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As Brian Goetz once said, "there is no good, only good for". Online courses are great for being fed information. In fact, it's an incredibly optimal system, es
by markerz 12y ago
As Brian Goetz once said, "there is no good, only good for".
Online courses are great for being fed information. In fact, it's an incredibly optimal system, especially for people who don't want to ask questions and don't want to speak up.
On the other hand, online courses are horrible for people who want to actively participate in class. It's so much easier to just ask the professor a question as she's explaining some topic. Or to ask for feedback on your interpretation. Or to have a discussion with your classmates about part of the reading. Or to form study groups. I would have never been introduced to these cool research projects or to these really amazingly smart people if I hadn't gone to my university. Or all the companies that I met networking with the clubs I joined.
Education is great but if you need more, it's kind of lacking.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago> It's so much easier to just ask the professor a question as she's explaining some topic. Or to ask for feedback on your interpretation. Or to have a discussion with your classmates about part of the reading. Or to form study groups. I would have never been introduced to these cool research projects or to these really amazingly smart people if I hadn't gone to my university. Or all the companies that I met networking with the clubs I joined. Can I not just Google my question instead of asking a person?
- Retra 12y agoOnly if your question is already solved and published.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoI've never sat in a lecture hall where the professor worked out a question that hadn't been solved/asked yet.
- Retra 12y agoI ask tons of questions about unsolved problems. The point isn't to get an answer, but to get an understanding of the available tools and direction for further study. Oftentimes I will get "go talk to person X, they know something about this kind of thing."