Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online learning

Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by bcheung on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @02:35PM (#18133301)

Agreed. I notice that many MOOCs have this academic mentality that something must be complete and a certificate earned. I could really give a damn about a certificate. Gaining the knowledge I need is all I care about. Udacity really makes me mad when they remove courses that I paid for if I don't do every little exercise (even the ones that are so horribly designed and have little learning value in them).

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Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by ska on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @02:59PM (#18133618)

Gaining the knowledge may be all you care about, so long as you never have to demonstrate that gain.

Certificates/exams/etc. are all used as proxies for demonstrating that in a complex and expensive way.

Perhaps Udacity et. al. need an equivalent to "audit" - sounds like that would work for you.

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Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by JamesBarney on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:39PM (#18135730)

This seems like a valid criticism to removing a certification but not access to a course.

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Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by gaius on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @03:28PM (#18133912)

EdX has this - courses are free to audit, you only pay if you want a certificate (but you can always screenshot your progress page)

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Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by bcheung on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @03:34PM (#18133975)

It was more the removing access to a course that I paid for if I didn't follow their schedule that really upset me.

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Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by ska on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @03:37PM (#18133999)

ah, that's fair enough. annoying.

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