Re:“Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera
by sn9 on Thursday August 24, 2017 @08:20PM
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The great thing about video lectures is they can usually be sped up 1.5-2x. For many lecturers, that makes it easier to concentrate on what they're saying since the pauses in their speech get reduced.
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Re:“Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera
by surement on Thursday August 24, 2017 @08:25PM
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I found that too! I can concentrate much better on a lecture with an increased speed. Never really thought about it but it makes sense that less pauses mean less occasions for the mind to wander.
It's been a gripe I've had with the Andrew Ng ML class: the audio is so bad that increasing the speed sometimes makes the lectures unintelligible. I appreciate lessons being offered for free but lecturers should really put more effort into the recording.