Re:SaaS Class is Live
by stevejalim on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @08:23AM
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I got the email to say SaaS course went live on the same day that Udactiy's CS373 was published.
I tried both, but within 5 mins of each I felt like Udacity was the only one I'd enjoy (and, indeed, the only one I'm bothering with) - not because of the content (although SaaS class felt more like trad lectures, in a negative way) , but because of Udacity being a much more engaging experience.
Harsh, perhaps, but my time is precious to me, so something's gotta give.
https://www.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview
They took the voice recording from a live classroom lecture and added it to a powerpoint "pager" presentation. Oh my, is the course like that? Bullet points being read by someone? I think those instructional videos with papercuts, animations and things being drawn in real time are (much) more interesting and "sticky" than this. I'm not discussing content, but it's form. I think format is antiquate and wrong for its purpose as an online couse.