Why? On Mar 7, 2013 9:03 PM, "Curt McNamara" <curt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious - how many of you have actually signed up for and completed a > MOOC? > > If the answer is not yet, then consider jumping onto Scott Pages excellent > model thinking course that is just starting. > > Curt > > https://www.coursera.org/course/modelthinking > On Mar 7, 2013 6:19 PM, "glen" <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > >> >> I only had 2 years of very large lectures freshman and sophomore years >> of college. My k12 and the rest of college consisted mostly of your >> (2), varying degrees of personal relationships with teachers. >> >> My (3) was limited because I'm a kook and don't play well with others. >> But the few peers I did interact with became lifelong teachers to me. >> I'm still friends with most of them. >> >> Frankly, I get very little out of lectures. If it's not interactive and >> exploratory, it's largely wasted on me. The only reason I survived my >> 1st two college years was because my high school classes covered much of >> that material and I was too chicken to try to test out of those classes. >> There was a horrifying bridge period the second half of my second year >> in college and much of my third year that tested my resolve. I did very >> poorly. Then it picked up quite a bit when I started taking classes >> where thought was valued over testing skills. >> >> Nicholas Thompson wrote at 03/07/2013 04:03 PM: >> > I am curious to know what the folks on this list think an education >> > consists in. For me, it consisted in >> > >> > (1) Many large lectures of which most were stultifying beyond >> > belief, but of which a few were inspiring. >> > >> > (2) A few settings where I made direct contact with professors (or >> > good TA;s) and was taught how to do stuff and my work was critiqued in >> > meaningful ways. >> > >> > (3) Many, many interactions with very smart peers in which they >> > taught me and I got to try my ideas out on them. >> > >> > >> > >> > Was your experience different from that? >> >> >> -- >> =><= glen e. p. ropella >> I came up from the ground, i came down from the sky, >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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