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Re: Stanford to host more online classes

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Post by krosaen »

karpathy wrote: post #9

I get easily excited about education-related topics so I may be over-reacting, but I think these classes will jump-start an educational revolution, and that people will start to fully appreciate just how inefficient traditional teaching methods are. Some people like to say that this is nothing new because video lectures were posted on the internet for several years now (for example MIT Open Courseware etc.), but I th…

I'm taking the ml class right now, thank you! Everything you say is absolutely true, enrolling in this class vs watching some videos is like night and day: - a large number of other students who are at the same cohort helping each other - lecture materials - programming assignments - comprehension questions

I don't feel quite like I am taking a real masters level computer science class mainly because the assignments are easier (you guys set up a lot of the boiler plate for us and we implement a few core algorithms). That said, the assignments have been a big part of me retaining the concepts and since they are not ball breakers, I can actually keep up with 30-60 minutes a day, with perhaps a couple hours one day on the weekend.

Professor NG is also an amazing teacher. I'm cautiously optimistic that the other teachers will be as good.

Re: Stanford to host more online classes

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Post by ddlatham »

ya3r wrote: post #46

Direct URL of classes: New classes: (start in Jan/Feb 2012) Computer Science 101: http://www.cs101-class.org/ Software Engineering for Software as a Service: http://www.saas-class.org/ Human-Computer Interfaces: http://www.hci-class.org/ Natural Language Processing: http://www.nlp-class.org/ Game Theory: http://www.game-theory-class.org/ Probabilistic Graphical Models: http://www.pgm-class.org/ ----------------------…

Interesting that the SaaS class is being done by two Berkeley profs (and is the only one missing the Stanford logo).

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Post by michaelbarton »

brown9-2 wrote: post #62

I'm taking the ML class right now and it is truly excellent - all aspects of it, the videos, material and assignments. Can't recommend these enough. The only problem with the winter classes is I can't decide which to take!

Join all the ones you're interested in then drop the least interesting classes. I joined the ML and AI class this year then focused on the ML class because the octave exercises are a great way to learn.

The probabilistic graphical models looks like it may have a similar format as the introductory video mentions automatically graded programming exercises.

Re: Stanford to host more online classes

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Post by spacemanaki »

henrikgs wrote: post #35
eliben wrote: post #32

Will the materials for these courses (videos + ref material + assignments + solutions) be available for browsing after the course has ended?

For the ongoing courses it will be available, so I guess it will be the same for these also.The thing you miss out on taking them later is the structure of the class with deadlines (very good incentive to really sit down and learn!) and personal letter from the teachers

Do you have a reference for that about the ongoing courses? I tried to find something about it a while ago and couldn't. It would be awesome if they plan to just leave the whole web app with quizzes etc up and open for people to use at their own pace.

Re: Stanford to host more online classes

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Post by lix2333 »

karpathy wrote: post #9

I get easily excited about education-related topics so I may be over-reacting, but I think these classes will jump-start an educational revolution, and that people will start to fully appreciate just how inefficient traditional teaching methods are. Some people like to say that this is nothing new because video lectures were posted on the internet for several years now (for example MIT Open Courseware etc.), but I th…

I definitely agree with you on the "huge difference between low-quality video/audio recording of a prof mumbling for an hour and post-processed, perfected snippets of videos presented in a coherent fashion, and most importantly with supplementary materials that encourage people to actually apply their knowledge and get feedback" part.

I started the site noexcuselist.com as a page to direct people to the best places to learn on the web. In doing so, I had to go through tons of web pages claiming that they taught things for free. The sites that I was really excited for like the Open Courseware sites were a bit of a disappointment for me. It'd be pretty hard for someone to learn a entire topic using it due to the incomplete lectures, some classes that weren't available, and the lack of lecture notes and homework that went with it.

I'm pretty excited to see the development of this one that you're working on though. Good luck and keep us posted!

Re: Stanford to host more online classes

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Post by brown9-2 »

michaelbarton wrote: post #65
brown9-2 wrote: post #62

I'm taking the ML class right now and it is truly excellent - all aspects of it, the videos, material and assignments. Can't recommend these enough. The only problem with the winter classes is I can't decide which to take!

Join all the ones you're interested in then drop the least interesting classes. I joined the ML and AI class this year then focused on the ML class because the octave exercises are a great way to learn. The probabilistic graphical models looks like it may have a similar format as the introductory video mentions automatically graded programming exercises.

I have a feeling they'll all be copying the format/software of the ML class, at least based on the introductory videos.

Re: Stanford to host more online classes

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Post by michaelbarton »

brown9-2 wrote: post #68
michaelbarton wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Join all the ones you're interested in then drop the least interesting classes. I joined the ML and AI class this year then focused on the ML class because the octave exercises are a great way to learn. The probabilistic graphical models looks like it may have a similar format as the introductory video mentions automatically graded programming exercises.

I have a feeling they'll all be copying the format/software of the ML class, at least based on the introductory videos.

That would be great. I was disappointed when the AI class didn't have programming exercises. I feel like these were the part that really enforced the learning for me.

I think another part that worked well was that getting 100% for each exercise is readily achievable. I want to finish each exercise perfectly so I don't break my 100% record for the course. I think this works well for motivation.

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