tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998851118369984314.post4229030642487295755..comments2023-05-27T03:28:40.002-07:00Comments on Stat 2X: Lecture? What lecture?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16188751200936104390noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998851118369984314.post-20948562703062763192014-03-10T19:24:51.396-07:002014-03-10T19:24:51.396-07:00Glad it's working, though even just a couple o...Glad it's working, though even just a couple of days ago I put in another plea to have the course be open all the time with no deadlines or grades. But apparently students want a certificate, and so there has to be some definition and record of completion, and so there have to be deadlines, and so ... it begins to pick up the less desirable features of an on-campus class.<br /><br />Welcome to 2X. Best,<br /><br />Prof. A.Ani Adhikarihttp://stat2x.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998851118369984314.post-90862288959402027002014-03-10T19:19:59.357-07:002014-03-10T19:19:59.357-07:00The pace of the course is roughly the same as it i...The pace of the course is roughly the same as it is at Berkeley. Most weeks, students attend spend about 1.5 hours in lecture, another 1.25 hours in problem sessions, and another 2-5 hours studying the material and practicing problems. The practice time varies widely across students on campus as I'm sure it varies among students in the MOOC. <br /><br />Also, many MOOC students don't use English in their daily lives, and so simply working out what is being said takes more time than it would in their own language. <br /><br />I hope that once you get even more used to the course, you'll be able to spend fewer than 9 hours per week. Why not start with about 6 hours, and see how that goes?<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Prof. A.Ani Adhikarihttp://stat2x.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998851118369984314.post-44969537952896833832014-03-09T07:15:14.656-07:002014-03-09T07:15:14.656-07:00Thank you for your observations, in this and past ...Thank you for your observations, in this and past posts, about your experiences with MOOCs - I particularly appreciate your comments about what is and isn't equivalent about Stats 2 and Stats 2x. <br /><br />I work in a public school system helping teachers develop instructional skills and knowledge, this year with a particular focus on assessment and grading practices and engaging students with a range of online, interactive learning tools. As such, I'm taking the course for two reasons: to extend my understanding of statistics so I can better understand educational research literature and for an experiential understanding of the challenges of engaging students online. I can say that in these first weeks, I'm learning on both fronts.<br /><br />I agree, as you said in an earlier post, that it would be preferable to have the course available continuously. In my case, the first week of class coincided with a long-planned destination wedding that made for the not so difficult choice of attending to the exercise sets or visiting tropical beaches! But I caught up with the material and finished up week 2 on time and expect to be able to do so going forward.<br /><br />What I would characterize as a flexible pass rate of 50% for the course allows me to focus on the learning the has to happen and balance that with my other responsibilities. I've skipped some of the practice sets based on my previous learning but also appreciate the online textbook and videos that allow me to study some material more deeply than the course requires.<br /><br />In summary, with the exception of the defined course offering timeline mentioned above, this Stats 2x is a good fit for me, practically and philosophically - there are clearly defined standards presented within a flexible framework and the emphasis is on personal responsibility for ones learning and the learning itself rather than a grade.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04652685271394571035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998851118369984314.post-46367390610531806842014-03-06T11:46:07.166-08:002014-03-06T11:46:07.166-08:00I am also a professor, though I teach a very diffe...I am also a professor, though I teach a very different subject: writing. Your discussion here mirrors some of my experience, and kudos to you for being willing to do this MOOC.<br /><br />Another puzzling thing I find is how unwilling some students are to pursue their own learning. For example, I hit Exercise 4.8 in the course text and realized that I wasn't sure what the difference was between RMS and SD. I reviewed my notes and the lecture, and I still wasn't sure. I figured I missed something small. So...off I go to Google, and voila, I find that when I thought I was calculating RMS, I was actually calculating SD: RMS uses the values themselves, not the differences. <br /><br />Even Wikipedia has some terrific information for certain kinds of questions, and I struggle daily to get students to want to find out for themselves.Dr. Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494210476487569807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998851118369984314.post-27377019841326129242014-03-02T17:31:10.189-08:002014-03-02T17:31:10.189-08:00His lectures are very clear and very interesting, ...His lectures are very clear and very interesting, it's my first time in MOOC's and have had problems in interpreting UTC since I had not handled before and using the platform. But today I clear the methodology and use of the platform. And so it understood that this is for the unified participants overall time management. Also sets the excecise grade 1, 2 and 3 were not when developing the Reading and Practice Sets for Exercise 1-3 and remain overwhelmed. I inscribie in this course, recording 3 hours a week, but what I've seen today demand more time and I like it for the same level of demand for participation so I'm going to schedule more hours (up to 9 maybe). <br /><br />How long you think it prudent to devote to have adequate compliance with this course or courses in MOOC's? <br /><br />My most sincere congratulations to the way it interacts and leads this course.José Alvareznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998851118369984314.post-49231178883544370022014-03-02T11:21:12.802-08:002014-03-02T11:21:12.802-08:00It would be greate to have 2 week per session. Why...It would be greate to have 2 week per session. Why so pressure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com