To be honest, when I was a student – it didn’t take long for me to stop going to lectures.
There were some exceptions but most of the time I found it far more valuable and efficient to do my own learning. Youtubers, such as PatrickJMT (maths) could explain complex topics far better than my lecturers.
natskihej on
The biggest loss is that college was a great way to meet strange people. Build community, make in-person connections, and learn how to function around people who think and act differently. For new hires, this is devastating. Even if students don’t realize they need those skills, they’re invaluable.
Immediate-Cod-3609 on
How are people going to overcome challenges in the workplace if they don’t experience the pain of 8am maths after chugging 10 beers the night before?
cricketmad14 on
University isn’t even worth it now. Back then it was a lot more hands on.
Now it’s more YouTube, Google and etc
Some people said “oh online courses are convenient for workers”, so universities used that excuse to reduce learning quality with the excuse of “convenient learning”
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Overladen_Swallow on
Bring it on. I did mechanical engineering at one of the big unis in the early 2000s and concluded that lectures were mostly useful for listing topics that I’d need to learn in my own time. Half of them consisted of the frantic copying of notes off a projector… Because no reference was made to the prescribed text books and notes were not made available.
Some professors who were probably great on their field were hopeless at lecturing.
Most of my subjects’ exams made up 80% of the score, some 90%, and none lower than 70%.
There were very few, and not particularly well set up practicals either. I saw most of the four years as a colossally inefficient use of time, caused by an addiction to the “bums on seats” model and general fear of change.
IllegalIranianYogurt on
The best part of uni was the socialising, getting hammered at the uni bar, picking up, getting hammered at the uni bar, etc. Online uni is just depressing
ExcitingStress8663 on
Remodel all those empty lecture and tutorial rooms into rental workspace. Profit.
riskeverything on
I was thinking about the ‘old days’ at uni this morning. I was doing economics accounting, and in our first lecture, the lecturer said ‘Look left and look right at the people either side of you because by the end of the year, two of you won’t be here, we have high academic standards, not everone makes it, and that’s the way we want it to be.’ Contrast with the end of my time getting educated, an MBA, when half the class didnt have the language skills to contribute in tutorials due to the uni pursuing the mighty dollar. I’m not saying the first approach was right, but it certainly made you feel you were achieving something worthwhile.
Now what are you getting for your money.. pre recorded lectures. I’d want a cut in the fees.
Sway_404 on
A loneliness epidemic, you say? Huh. I wonder why.
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To be honest, when I was a student – it didn’t take long for me to stop going to lectures.
There were some exceptions but most of the time I found it far more valuable and efficient to do my own learning. Youtubers, such as PatrickJMT (maths) could explain complex topics far better than my lecturers.
The biggest loss is that college was a great way to meet strange people. Build community, make in-person connections, and learn how to function around people who think and act differently. For new hires, this is devastating. Even if students don’t realize they need those skills, they’re invaluable.
How are people going to overcome challenges in the workplace if they don’t experience the pain of 8am maths after chugging 10 beers the night before?
University isn’t even worth it now. Back then it was a lot more hands on.
Now it’s more YouTube, Google and etc
Some people said “oh online courses are convenient for workers”, so universities used that excuse to reduce learning quality with the excuse of “convenient learning”
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Bring it on. I did mechanical engineering at one of the big unis in the early 2000s and concluded that lectures were mostly useful for listing topics that I’d need to learn in my own time. Half of them consisted of the frantic copying of notes off a projector… Because no reference was made to the prescribed text books and notes were not made available.
Some professors who were probably great on their field were hopeless at lecturing.
Most of my subjects’ exams made up 80% of the score, some 90%, and none lower than 70%.
There were very few, and not particularly well set up practicals either. I saw most of the four years as a colossally inefficient use of time, caused by an addiction to the “bums on seats” model and general fear of change.
The best part of uni was the socialising, getting hammered at the uni bar, picking up, getting hammered at the uni bar, etc. Online uni is just depressing
Remodel all those empty lecture and tutorial rooms into rental workspace. Profit.
I was thinking about the ‘old days’ at uni this morning. I was doing economics accounting, and in our first lecture, the lecturer said ‘Look left and look right at the people either side of you because by the end of the year, two of you won’t be here, we have high academic standards, not everone makes it, and that’s the way we want it to be.’ Contrast with the end of my time getting educated, an MBA, when half the class didnt have the language skills to contribute in tutorials due to the uni pursuing the mighty dollar. I’m not saying the first approach was right, but it certainly made you feel you were achieving something worthwhile.
Now what are you getting for your money.. pre recorded lectures. I’d want a cut in the fees.
A loneliness epidemic, you say? Huh. I wonder why.