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Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by tsumnia on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:21PM (#18135630)
Actually, that style of recording has the worst engagement when compared to Khan Academy or Talk Head styled videos that were smaller chunks [1].

[1] https://blog.edx.org/how-mooc-video-production-affects

Re:Why we need more than “learn at your own pace” online lea... by _yawn on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:34PM (#18135698)
That's an interesting study. I feel like maybe engagement is the wrong metric, much how like A/B testing gives a good local result but a poor global result. I finished a dozen or so of the traditional courses but can't be bothered to complete the split up ones. I'm surely not the only one.