... are being given away as Creative Commons videos. Kewl.

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-189January--IAP--2007/CourseHome/index.htm

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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:19:59 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> ... are being given away as Creative Commons videos. Kewl.

Yeah, MIT is one of the leaders in the Open Courseware Consortium.  
Novell joined as the first commercial entity a few years ago, so I was 
aware of this, but the idea behind OCW is really quite cool.

Jim

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On 06/29/09 11:19, Darren New wrote:
> ... are being given away as Creative Commons videos. Kewl.
>
>
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-189January--IAP--2007/CourseHome/index.htm

	How many of you actually learn technical stuff via lectures? Or at 
least have the patience for it?

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Neeum Zawan wrote:
>     How many of you actually learn technical stuff via lectures? Or at 
> least have the patience for it?

In university? Sure.  Sitting at home? I can't pay attention. But then, I 
have a hard time on a half-hour conference call.

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On 06/29/09 22:59, Darren New wrote:
> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> How many of you actually learn technical stuff via lectures? Or at
>> least have the patience for it?
>
> In university? Sure. Sitting at home? I can't pay attention. But then, I
> have a hard time on a half-hour conference call.

	At some point in my undergrad years I realized that I learned _much_ 
better by reading than by listening. Going to class was useful mostly to 
know what was being covered, and perhaps to get a better "bigger picture".

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Neeum Zawan wrote:

>     How many of you actually learn technical stuff via lectures? Or at 
> least have the patience for it?

That would be me, for one...

Books are nice and everything, but if something doesn't make sense, you 
can't ask a book a question. (Mind you, it depends on whether the 
lecturer is any good of course!)

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Neeum Zawan wrote:
>     At some point in my undergrad years I realized that I learned _much_ 
> better by reading than by listening. 

Mostly, yes. But when the topic is on the edge of my comprehension, having 
it played out live on the blackboard is helpful. Watching the derivation of 
radiosity matricies, or watching alpha/beta pruning in process, or going 
over massively SIMD algorithms, were all things that were much more clear to 
me than I got out of reading the book.

There are still things I discover that a little animation will make clear 
when a textbook doesn't. Like, rotating a tree to balance it, which one of 
these days in my copious spare time I'll actually animate. :-)

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On 06/30/09 09:32, Invisible wrote:
> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>
>> How many of you actually learn technical stuff via lectures? Or at
>> least have the patience for it?
>
> That would be me, for one...
>
> Books are nice and everything, but if something doesn't make sense, you
> can't ask a book a question. (Mind you, it depends on whether the
> lecturer is any good of course!)

	I was meaning it in the context of online lectures, where you generally 
cannot ask questions either.

	BTW, I wasn't trying to make a general statement here. In my 
experience, I'd say at least 2/3 of the people I've met learn better 
aurally than "visually". They prefer lectures to reading.

	I'm in the minority.

	Certainly, as Darren pointed out, lectures can be good at times where 
they walk you through the stuff (at the very least, it helps that the 
lecturer can point at things physically). Also, animations can be helpful.

	But overall, I learn better while reading. Maybe I just have a poor 
aural attention span.

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only things that are good for you.


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Darren New wrote:

> There are still things I discover that a little animation will make 
> clear when a textbook doesn't. Like, rotating a tree to balance it, 
> which one of these days in my copious spare time I'll actually animate. :-)

And *I* try to create those animations...

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>> That would be me, for one...
> 
>     I was meaning it in the context of online lectures, where you 
> generally cannot ask questions either.

In that case, I have no idea; I haven't tried it. ;-)

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