[LINK] Uni of NSW computing initiative

[Tom Worthington]

At 05:20 PM 4/03/2009, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>... Uni computer lecturer makes YouTube his classroom 
><http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/uni-computer-lecturer-makes-
>youtube-his-classroom/2009/03/04/1235842462189.html>
>  ... UNSW is the first university in Australia and among the first 
> in the world to make lectures publicly available online. ...

No. Other universities have been providing lectures publicly online 
for years (my web design and e-commerce ones for example).

Also few scrappy notes and some unedited media files are not a 
substitute for a properly designed online course. For some courses 
video is the last thing you want; text based forums are more useful.

That said, the UNSW has a valuable asset in this lecturer. They 
should edit the video and prepare a really good training package.

ps: Universities are not the only ones doing education. My course 
notes for the postgraduate ACS Green ICT Course are at 
<http://tomw.net.au/moodle/course/view.php?id=11>. Schools are 
welcome to use this for teaching sustainability.



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