Re:Learn HTML5, JavaScript and CSS With Mozilla’s Free Schoo...
by M1573RMU74710N on Saturday December 18, 2010 @06:15PM
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W3schools is pretty bad for "teaching" in my experience. It's serviceable as pure reference to look up bits, but even then it's inferior to other references available.
You're right that there are other sources available to learn, and those are awesome...but they are not exactly comparable to this.
For one, most of those other sources just release material, like MIT's open course ware. It's a great resource for learning, but it's not the same as actually being enrolled in a class, participating, etc etc. You also do not receive any kind of credit.
Then there are some places where it actually is a course, but most of those are probably not "peer to peer"...I find that idea pretty interesting, and I had a good experience with Reddit University.
Another thing is this has the name "Mozilla" attached, which carries some cachet with it.
So, overall most of the "pieces" of this are already done yes....but I think this is an interesting combination and am pretty excited at the potential of it.
You're right that there are other sources available to learn, and those are awesome...but they are not exactly comparable to this.
For one, most of those other sources just release material, like MIT's open course ware. It's a great resource for learning, but it's not the same as actually being enrolled in a class, participating, etc etc. You also do not receive any kind of credit.
Then there are some places where it actually is a course, but most of those are probably not "peer to peer"...I find that idea pretty interesting, and I had a good experience with Reddit University.
Another thing is this has the name "Mozilla" attached, which carries some cachet with it.
So, overall most of the "pieces" of this are already done yes....but I think this is an interesting combination and am pretty excited at the potential of it.