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This is typical of the kind of self elected lounge police that have given CP a bad name.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: self elected lounge police that have given CP a bad name.
I was making a joke; however, on a serious note I don't see a problem with someone expecting you to post a link that everyone can get access to. That does not seem unreasonable.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I thought everybody used a VPN with selectable worldwide servers these days?
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I won't lie - seeing your name here was disconcerting.
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It's almost like you're twins or something. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yeah, we badly need education reform: online education is the way to go! Otherwise...
Substitute Teacher (Key & Peele, Comedy Central) [^]
PS. frankly, eLearning should be implemented on a mass scale long time ago: what is that special they are doing in the classrooms that cannot be done online?
PPS. 2those who care: Part Numero Uno can be found here: Guy Stuck in History Class [^] 
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modified 2-Aug-15 18:11pm.
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DrABELL wrote: what is that special they are doing in the classrooms that cannot be done online?
:cough: girls :cough:
Personally, I prefer to learn in a classroom, it just works better for me.
The larger point is that a student should be allowed to learn in the way that works best for him. One size does not fit all.
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Well, in ideal world students might be allowed to choose what they want, but in our substantially non-ideal real world a set of choices for a student in the Upper East Side Manhattan (for e.g.) is very different from the one living in distant village somewhere in Alaska. The online education is practically the only way to effectively address such sort of ZIP code differences. Plus, it’s not just “one size fits all”: online education comes in many sizes, like 1280x800, 1366x800, 1920x800, 2560x1440, etc.
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DrABELL wrote: many sizes, like 1280x800, 1366x800, 1920x800, 2560x1440, etc
I see what you're saying, but that still excludes students with only a 25x80 character monochrome dumb terminus and 2400 baud MODEM and a yak.
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ja, right ... Gilgamesh High School, Enkidu tutoring service?
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What about those with only an 80 column card punch? That's how I learned.
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DrABELL wrote: what is that special they are doing in the classrooms that cannot be done
online?
Interactivity with the audience, full non-verbal feedback and the chance to give someone a quick personalized explanation.
Or, you try to learn to paint from Bob
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Interactivity with the audience, full non-verbal feedback and the chance to give someone a quick personalized explanation.
... kinda like this (Van Halen & Twisted Sister version): Van Halen[^], Twisted Sister[^]
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Online:
Pluses: Wide reach (suitable for countries like mine, India) with immediate delivery, ...
Minuses: Procrastination ("I'll watch the video tomorrow"), Relatively more difficult evaluation, Near-impossible personalization of teaching, ...
Classroom:
Pluses: High degree of personalization, Less procrastination, ...
Minuses: Limited reach, Bad teaching can really spoil the show, ...
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Avijnata wrote: Bad teaching can really spoil the show, ...
Buuut... it takes only one student to point out an error and correct it for the whole class. Whereas in online, the other students may never hear about it.
I know I probably came off as a bit of a know-it-all (I did know it all ; I was eighteen at the time), but there was a class I took in college where I knew a few things the teacher didn't -- he was familiar with Apple, but the college had a PDP-11. I felt it MY DUTY to provide system-specific clarification to the class.
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Virtual Classrooms can easily be made Interactive (see my other post)
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Well, depends on the culture. In cultures where I come from, pointing a mistake of the teacher is generally frowned upon. Also, many kids tend to be introverted, so would not point out such mistakes even on spotting them, for fear of getting ridiculed. But, that was a long time back ... times have changed ...
(I was also one such kid  )
modified 2-Aug-15 23:27pm.
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Every online class I took in college required that we post at least once per week in the class forum. Granted, that doesn't necessarily mean that the other students read what you write, but how many other students were actually paying attention when you corrected that teacher?
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True! I'm gonna just add couple words: online education can be easily made REAL-TIME/INTERACTIVE (so called, VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS). Also:
Online Education pros
1). Huge variety of topics and teachers to select
2). Comfort and Safety
3). Flexible schedule
Classroom cons
1). Very unsafe and/or over-crowded in many areas
2). Public toilet hygiene issues
3). Huge transportation overhead
Best regards,
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modified 2-Aug-15 14:42pm.
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DrABELL wrote: online education can be easily made REAL-TIME/INTERACTIVE
This is a technology I'm yet to understand. One such instance is Udacity - where they have radio buttons, check boxes, text boxes in the video. How do they do it?
(Did not search for this technology on Internet)
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Avijnata wrote: where they have radio buttons, check boxes, text boxes in the video
Not sure if I got your question right: what's that big deal of having couple controls added to the video chat box (aka chat rooms)? Btw, you can post your programming question separately with some examples for added clarity (re: the rules for The Lounge: "Technical discussions are encouraged, but click here to ask your programming question.") Best regards,
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One of the key element in group education is the socialization experience.
Maybe I should say "was" - as now, with everyone's face buried in their telephone - that apparently is no longer relevant. There's also making sure the student actually does the work.
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Valid point(s), but Interactive Classrooms also provide certain feedback/audio-visual interactivity. Take, for example, Webinars- quite efficient online educational technologies. Best regards,
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Socialisation is good to an extent - when it becomes 'learning to conform and abide by the rules' it destroys the creative spirit and, as has been shown in many cases, young boys do better if they are not sitting down for most of the day.
I remember building balsa wood aircraft with one teacher and visiting an airfield where we got to sit in a Cessna 172 and try the controls - I learnt a heck of a lot more about engineering and aeronautics through that than I did about biology through reading stuffy 1970's textbooks.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Yep, it's mostly true! Several decades ago I've formulated a "Learn, Practice, Apply" (LPA) educational paradigm and calculated approximate LPA time-allocation matrix for public STEM education. Pertinent to the high-school, "Apply/Practice" activities should match the 'Learn", focusing on "Learning by Doing" educational approach.
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