Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-27 Thread Christina Koch
carpentry.org> on behalf > of Ethan White <ethanwh...@ufl.edu> > *Sent:* 16 March 2018 15:28:30 > *To:* Greg Wilson; Software Carpentry Discussion > *Subject:* Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries? > > I think this is a really interesting idea and I tried this a

Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-18 Thread David Martin (Staff)
6 March 2018 15:28:30 To: Greg Wilson; Software Carpentry Discussion Subject: Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries? I think this is a really interesting idea and I tried this a few years back in the university classroom in my Carpentries' style courses (i.e., https://www.programmingforbiologists.

Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-18 Thread Ethan White
I think this is a really interesting idea and I tried this a few years back in the university classroom in my Carpentries' style courses (i.e., https://www.programmingforbiologists.org/ & http://www.datacarpentry.org/semester-biology/). I found that the classic approach of watching videos in

Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-16 Thread Ethan White
I think this is a really interesting idea and I tried this a few years back in the university classroom in my Carpentries' style courses (i.e., https://www.programmingforbiologists.org/ & http://www.datacarpentry.org/semester-biology/). I found that the classic approach of watching videos in

Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-15 Thread Rayna Harris
Sarah Stevens made 4 videos for how to install Shell, Git, Nano, R, and Python on Windows and Mac machines. I find these very, very useful. I'm not sure if they are linked in any of the installation guidelines. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0I4MtVxi6rMH0iYLkva5w Rayna Harris @raynamharris

Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-14 Thread Bennet Fauber
Some kind of hybrid model does seem like it would be good, if it can be made viable. My experience with videos on computing and statistical topics is that some sort of guide needs to be provided to the viewer prior to watching to keep attention focused and to force at least some active processing

Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-14 Thread Greg Wilson
I like the idea of flipping the Carpentry classroom as well, but I think the first day or two should still use our regular approach: for many learners, the biggest benefit of a workshop is the way it helps them get over the FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) they feel whenever they try to get

Re: [Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-03-13 Thread Kunal Marwaha
This is a sweet idea. We already have a few videos up on the website: https://software-carpentry.org/lessons/#video I often find (especially with free workshops) that many learners do not prepare (a significant portion do not even install software beforehand). I would not expect many learners to

[Discuss] inverted carpentries?

2018-02-07 Thread Peter Steinbach
Hi to all, I was discussing the idea of an "inverted class room" teaching approach with a friend of mine who is a high school teacher (he uses that based on video recordings for his students ... just awesome AFAIK). I was hence wondering, if people have tried to teach the carpentry lessons in