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Christopher Stuart
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 27,771 PointsGuil needs to make his lessons less 'follow along'...and more hands on
I really like Guil--but all of his lessons in every course I've watched are 'ok, i did this--so here's what you can copy' this is an awful way of teaching.. take a pause between instruction and have the students try something on their own. There is some of that, but very little. i don't feel like i'm learning anything in this course.
SAMUEL LAWRENCE
Courses Plus Student 8,447 PointsI completely disagree with this. If it hadn't been for the follow-along parts of this course I would be lost. You might be one of those fast learners who are able to pick up something after only hearing it once. Not everyone is like that. If it hadn't been for does follow along, I would have been totally lost in this JavaScript course. With the follow along, I get to hear his thinking in writing the program the way he is doing and then copy that code and spend time with the video paused and go over the code piece by piece and understand it at my own pace. If it hadn't been for that I would have never been able to solve that conditional challenge quiz in the second section of this course. It took me 3 days but I came up with a working program that did all what Guil Hernandez asked in the quiz without ever looking at the solution video. With the added quiz at the end of each section, it has been incredibly helpful for me, and I'm sure many others. It would be very very disappointing if they removed the follow along from this course. I sincerely hope they don't. I understand for a person who gets it immediately, being tested more would be more exciting for you, I get that, but consider does who don't, like me. The follow along has been a massive massive help. I think this is a very very efficient way of teaching. It takes into consideration all the students. The videos are downloadable and there is video transcripts. If you find the videos are too slow or long because of the follow along, you can always download the videos and scroll through them or read the transcripts and play the section you're interested in. Please don't remove the follow along. They've been a life saver for me and for many others I'm sure. If anyone else has found it helpful they should also reply to this comment.
2 Answers
Christopher Stuart
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 27,771 PointsSorry I guess I was specifically referring to the Javascript Unit Testing course---like I said, Guil is a good teacher, I just think it would be more helpful to get the students more involved as opposed to everyone trying to follow along. At least that works better for me--I know some others would prefer that all is left alone, but just my two cents.
Michal Janek
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,654 PointsCould you be more specific and provide courses where he is supposed to be like this? I am pretty sure this is not a general case as I have taken a lot of Guil's courses but would like to check if what you say is true. To be honest I believe if you are right this would be only for the Intermediate courses where you no longer need to be held by your hand that much.
SAMUEL LAWRENCE
Courses Plus Student 8,447 PointsI agree. If you've reached intermediate level courses, I'm sure he wouldn't hand hold so much and provide more opportunities for you to practice and figure out things on your own. But for beginners like myself, it's a good way to get me going. Like just one example. Yesterday I was stuck on a function challenge and because he provided so many follow along I was able to go over it over and over again, I literally just figured it out.
SAMUEL LAWRENCE
Courses Plus Student 8,447 PointsSAMUEL LAWRENCE
Courses Plus Student 8,447 PointsI completely disagree with this. If it hadn't been for the follow-along parts of this course I would be lost. You might be one of those fast learners who are able to pick up something after only hearing it once. Not everyone is like that. If it hadn't been for does follow along, I would have been totally lost in this JavaScript course. With the follow along, I get to hear his thinking in writing the program the way he is doing and then copy that code and spend time with the video paused and go over the code piece by piece and understand it at my own pace. If it hadn't been for that I would have never been able to solve that conditional challenge quiz in the second section of this course. It took me 3 days but I came up with a working program that did all what Guil Hernandez asked in the quiz without ever looking at the solution video. With the added quiz at the end of each section, it has been incredibly helpful for me, and I'm sure many others. It would be very very disappointing if they removed the follow along from this course. I sincerely hope they don't. I understand for a person who gets it immediately, being tested more would be more exciting for you, I get that, but consider does who don't, like me. The follow along has been a massive massive help. I think this is a very very efficient way of teaching. It takes into consideration all the students. The videos are downloadable and there is video transcripts. If you find the videos are too slow or long because of the follow along, you can always download the videos and scroll through them or read the transcripts and play the section you're interested in. Please don't remove the follow along. They've been a life saver for me and for many others I'm sure. If anyone else has found it helpful they should also reply to this comment.