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Re:Daphne Koller of Stanford AI Lab on online education by brown9-2 on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @12:55PM (#3320132)
The Stanford class videos are not at all like what you are referring to.

The difference between HR videos and lecture videos like what Stanford is doing now is huge - the people watching the HR videos don't want to be there. People that signed up for the Stanford classes are interested students, which makes all the difference in the world.

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Re:Daphne Koller of Stanford AI Lab on online education by stfu on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @02:55PM (#3320733)
So true. Someone should look at learning tools and systems from the "customer" perspective. Are they already interested/willing to learn? How hard is it to motivate them?

I think we all had these moments when we really wanted to learn something. Than the medium of delivery is more or less the least important aspect of it.

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