On Wed, 2016-05-18 at 15:52 +0100, Zeth wrote: > […] > Obviously I don't know anything about where you friend is in terms of > skills but he could just host his own bootcamp at home, nothing > really > beats just getting down and writing software, a week doing that would > never be wasted. […]
One of the things about doing a course is that there are others physically with you and the person running the course. There are negative as well as positive aspects of this, but the most important thing is getting quality feedback on code you write so as to direct you to idiomatic quality code in the language being used. When learning on your own, there is the risk of not getting good idiomatic code practices and styles. The OU are well aware of this even if they sometimes get it wrong. Any self learner needs to have access to quality mentors to provide quality feedback so that the self- directed learning effort always heads in the right direction. I am sure the "Python UK" virtual thingy could help put self learners in touch with people willing to do lightweight non-local mentoring. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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