Re:Nigerian engineering students’ favorite teachers are Indi...
by screye on Thursday June 22, 2023 @05:41PM
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> Berkeley did what NPTEL is doing a decade ago
NPTEL has been doing this for a good 20 years now.
> EdX does so too
In my experience, EdX videos feel like the pop-sci version of the real course. Some excellent courses are 1:1 copies of OCW courses (6.0.31), but most others have been disappointing.
I transitioned from MechE to CS/ML, so I have spent a lot of time wading through sub-par Edx courses (and on other platforms), before finding the good ones by pure brute force.
> needs to so adversarial
My experience at American universities is that the professors and teachers are wonderful. But, the administration operates on ruthless profit seeking incentives, which often leads to worse outcomes for the nation as a whole. I am not adversarial per se. I just expected better from universities I deeply respect.
> virtually no one completes MOOCs. OCW and EdX
Which is exactly why I am a big advocate of just releasing the videos and assignments. Let people do it at their own pace, and quit at their own pace.
> NPTEL videos contain what in the US would be considered copyright violations on their slides. You cannot imagine how much effort OCW has to go into to avoid this.
Haven't thought of this. I might be a good point. Could you give an example ? I am not fully aware of the kind of copy right violations that occur on slides. Either ways, glad India treats IP laws with the kind of reckless abandon it deserves.
NPTEL has been doing this for a good 20 years now.
> EdX does so too
In my experience, EdX videos feel like the pop-sci version of the real course. Some excellent courses are 1:1 copies of OCW courses (6.0.31), but most others have been disappointing.
I transitioned from MechE to CS/ML, so I have spent a lot of time wading through sub-par Edx courses (and on other platforms), before finding the good ones by pure brute force.
> needs to so adversarial
My experience at American universities is that the professors and teachers are wonderful. But, the administration operates on ruthless profit seeking incentives, which often leads to worse outcomes for the nation as a whole. I am not adversarial per se. I just expected better from universities I deeply respect.
> virtually no one completes MOOCs. OCW and EdX
Which is exactly why I am a big advocate of just releasing the videos and assignments. Let people do it at their own pace, and quit at their own pace.
> NPTEL videos contain what in the US would be considered copyright violations on their slides. You cannot imagine how much effort OCW has to go into to avoid this.
Haven't thought of this. I might be a good point. Could you give an example ? I am not fully aware of the kind of copy right violations that occur on slides. Either ways, glad India treats IP laws with the kind of reckless abandon it deserves.