On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote:
> HI Owen, > > My wife and I (she teaches Renaissance English and is definitely a > Humanities person) are "taking" the course together. My Google+ comments are > here <http://goo.gl/aGjeV> and > here<https://plus.google.com/u/0/114865618166480775623/posts/WBmyR69MsCF>. > > Nice use of G+ .. and I agree that the first module was a bit light. But the second and third were fine. Tomorrow I'll start in on the forth, Decision Theory. > I'm not certain what the structure of the course is. The lectures all seem > to be uploaded, but I haven't seen anything about a timeline, exercises, > tests, or any other structure for the course. Do you know anything about > that? > I think all the coursera classes are having a slow start compared to last fall's sessions. Scott has done a good job of getting the videos available, and the readings as well. The quizes are likely a tech problem. It is odd there is less structure in terms of what is expected from the student. In the ML class, the quizes (called Reviews) were really well done, randomized so you could take them often as you'd like. There was a quiz (5 multiple choice questions, often with 4 parts to the question) for each section, so two a week. And in terms of structure, you were given time lines and due dates in the ML class. I imagine coursera is the culprit there too. I suspect Scott is trying for that and its running into problems. I don't think there will be programming exercises, while the ML class had extraordinary programming exercises, artfully integrated into a teaching script. Each programming exercise had around 6 programs the student wrote, then submitted for automatic testing and grading. -- Owen
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