Re:Try R — A new online course, for free
by wiradikusuma on Thursday December 06, 2012 @03:21AM
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Same here. And sometimes after being introduced to a concept or function, I will wonder, "hmm, what if i do this.." but the embedded REPL doesn't allow you to tinker.
It is just "this is how it goes, now type it" kind of teaching. I am almost done with the second session, and most likely have completely forgotten most of the content from the first. If anybody else is going to try teaching stuff in a similar way, please let me try to play/try out stuff as early as possible. Even if the exercises are completely pointless, please make them a bit harder than just exchanging an "+" for an "-". It feels so pointless having such a great learning environment and not using it to make it feel less of a brain-dump process.