John, I agree completely that youtube and sites like the Kahn Academy have created good learning platforms. The ability to see and hear as something is explained can smooth out very steep learning curves.
The advantage that the video viewer platform is, that like J labs, it can be paused and moved to the side to let viewers work out problems in the J environment. This may not show in the video as well as I had hoped (it is a linear video), but when the addon arrives and you are able to interact with the video I think you will see the difference. The other area I have just begun to explore is that the J labs allow the construction of interactive learning objects that can be triggered at appropriate sections of the lab using the PREPARE block. I have seen learning objects that allow interactions in several web instructional platforms and having used them, I am amazed at how quickly that I can understand concepts when I am in control of a few appropriate sliders. Like the video content for the video viewer, these may not be the easiest things to construct, but they are a tool that can really move the learning curve along. I'll let you know when the addon is up and running. Fingers crossed that it is not too hard a process to make it available across platforms, although my experience with video would indicate that there may be some work to be done. Cheers, bob > On Mar 8, 2016, at 8:50 PM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > YouTube is a surprisingly good source for programming tutorials in > virtually every language in use. It's good to see J joining the party. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Well done! >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:56 PM, robert therriault <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey everybody, >>> >>> For the last couple of months I have been working on creating a video >>> version for J labs within the jqt environment. >>> >>> I am hoping to have it available as an addon in the next couple of days. >>> As a preview of coming attractions, I have made a video run through of >> the >>> lab and you can watch it here. https://youtu.be/vJ1i-XzU56E Make sure >>> you watch it in the HD version as standard definition does not do justice >>> to text videos. >>> >>> This is just a straight run through to give a sense of the video >>> information, when the addon is available it will be fully interactive and >>> should provide a nice learning platform. Of course there is the fact that >>> more video content remains to be produced, but one bridge at a time. >>> >>> Cheers, bob >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > > -- > John D. Baker > [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
