Cuz it's very easy to sign up for a course and to think, oh, this is a great thing,
it's really interesting and I would like to learn a little bit about it.
But in fact it does require a bit of preparation, listening to the lecture.
So in other words, it needs some time to be put aside.
There is never enough time.
>> If it was an easy path or an easier path, I think it wouldn't be so helpful.
>> It's a little overwhelming for people of my generation, I think,
because I didn't know how to set up my microphone and I didn't necessarily know
if I would be able to access all the material and understand the videos.
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The fact that the lectures are in video form is a very handy thing for
someone like me who hasn't taken notes in a really long time, because I can
repeatedly pause it and rewind it and go back over it again if I need to.
>> I take the lectures almost religiously.
I print the handouts.
I take handwritten notes.
And then I create my notes in a tidy way that I keep on a different notebook.
>> Well, there's another side of Coursera that I really appreciate, and
that is the peer review.
At first I was slightly skeptical, and
also a bit daunted because it's an additional coursework and
actually it proved really helpful for my own coursework
because it helped me understand what are the sort of average standards?
What is the better way to approach some of the tasks?
And after awhile,
you just start to realize that there is something as a common ground.
>> Assistants, they are really knowledgeable.
They helped a lot of people who had some difficulties because they didn't really
have the coding background.
To me at least I tend to start having places where I go.