[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Re: [open tech space] Class/Seminar Proposal

[Dem Chi]

That sounds like an awesome idea. I use the MIT lectures all the time to
supplement my classes at PSU. Sometimes I get a lemon of a prof and need the
extra explanation. Really helps out.

My problem is that I want to know material outside my major--mechanical
engineering--but don't really have the money to invest in the other courses
to learn the stuff. Plus, past a certain credit level they start penalizing
me on financial aid.

I'd totally be into this if it was started here.

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Thomas Lockney <tlockney at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:34 AM, spacewrench <spacewrench at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A friend and I were discussing all the great open lectures & courses
> > available online from, e.g., MIT and Stanford, and speculating about
> > the best way to use that information.  We came 'round to the view that
> > you really need a mentor or something to bridge the gap between "I
> > don't know anything about this" and "I can follow the lectures enough
> > to learn the material."  Something like a TA (who, of course, will
> > have to have at least enough knowledge to get over that initial "WTF
> > is he talking about?" hump).  So...
>
> Another approach is to do something similar to the Ghetto Institute of
> Technology: http://ghettoinstituteoftechnology.org/
>
> Basically, it was a small group of people who each committed to taking
> one section of the course and attempting to lead a
> discussion/tutorial/lecture on that subject. I've been wanting to do
> this for a couple years since before I even heard about these guys
> doing it, but my time and ability to commit has been rather limited.
> And I similar believe that you have to have a committed group to make
> this work. Beside the too few people on one side, you also need to
> make sure the group isn't too large. I think there's a lot of peer
> support needed for something like this to work and that depends on
> being able to really interact and get involved with the other people
> in the group.
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