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Why learning coding online will never beat classroom training
- frozenport 11y agoI skipped most of my classes as an undergraduate, now I am doing a PhD at a top-tier institution. How do we reconcille, the boring and wasteful experience of many classrooms with this article?
- flashman 11y agoThe (often unquestioned) assumption driving online learning is that it can be as good as face-to-face learning (or good enough not to matter). Online education's backers must make this assumption because, as Upton Sinclair said, 'It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.' What if they turn out to be horribly wrong?
- MichaelCrawford 11y agothere are many good reasons to go to college other than to gain the knowledge taught in class. While I can see the point of using online education to learn a specific skill I need for my work, I very strongly prefer to attend a regular class.
- nicosaul 11y agoI see your point, but: 1) Most teachers aren't as awsome as you may be 2) Online tools are getting better and better 3) Web provides access to a much wider audience 4) You get the opportunity to learn from people that you couldn't in any other case. I think we need to work hard to find the way to mix the best of both worlds in an efficient way.