The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever

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Re: The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever

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Post by MaxGabriel » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 2:58 AM UTC

nosecreek wrote: post #29

MaxGabriel wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A new class of CS101 starts April 16th

What is your source for this? I signed up for the class before the new year and got an email in February saying the class would be delayed until the second half of March and I would be notified two weeks in advance of the class start. I haven't heard anything since then and the cs101 site doesn't appear to have any more information.

I assumed samrat was referring to Udacity's CS101 course, because it is in its fifth week. I don't know about Coursera's CS101 course.

I will say that my friend just started taking Udacity's CS101 course, and he really loves it. I think they have a much better model for teaching a 101 course than Coursera* because you transition immediately from learning something to coding it and having your work checked.

* Disclaimer that I haven't looked at Coursera's CS101 course, only their other courses, but am presuming they're using the same technology.

Re: The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever

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Post by nosecreek » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 3:03 PM UTC

MaxGabriel wrote: post #31

nosecreek wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is your source for this? I signed up for the class before the new year and got an email in February saying the class would be delayed until the second half of March and I would be notified two weeks in advance of the class start. I haven't heard anything since then and the cs101 site doesn't appear to have any more information.

I assumed samrat was referring to Udacity's CS101 course, because it is in its fifth week. I don't know about Coursera's CS101 course. I will say that my friend just started taking Udacity's CS101 course, and he really loves it. I think they have a much better model for teaching a 101 course than Coursera* because you transition immediately from learning something to coding it and having your work checked. * Disclaim…

OK, that makes sense. I wasn't aware of the Udacity course. I will have to check it out, as it is looking like the timing of the Stanford one might not work out for me. Do they start new classes fairly often? I can't seem to find the schedule on their site.

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