Re:Stanford to host more online classes
by krosaen on Thursday November 17, 2011 @09:42AM
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I'm taking the ml class right now, thank you! Everything you say is absolutely true, enrolling in this class vs watching some videos is like night and day:
- a large number of other students who are at the same cohort helping each other
- lecture materials
- programming assignments
- comprehension questions
I don't feel quite like I am taking a real masters level computer science class mainly because the assignments are easier (you guys set up a lot of the boiler plate for us and we implement a few core algorithms). That said, the assignments have been a big part of me retaining the concepts and since they are not ball breakers, I can actually keep up with 30-60 minutes a day, with perhaps a couple hours one day on the weekend.
Professor NG is also an amazing teacher. I'm cautiously optimistic that the other teachers will be as good.
I don't feel quite like I am taking a real masters level computer science class mainly because the assignments are easier (you guys set up a lot of the boiler plate for us and we implement a few core algorithms). That said, the assignments have been a big part of me retaining the concepts and since they are not ball breakers, I can actually keep up with 30-60 minutes a day, with perhaps a couple hours one day on the weekend.
Professor NG is also an amazing teacher. I'm cautiously optimistic that the other teachers will be as good.