But why do I have a feeling that it's written with an idea to make faculty life easy, not necessarily for a great student learning outcome, although that's what they say.
The undergrad CS courses mostly do not deviate in content.The variance is in quality.
"pick good professor over interesting course" paid off for me in university.
Factors such as these matter: course pace, instructor and TA accessibility, course slides and other material quality, lecture interesting or boring etc.
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Isn't it surprising that one of the most watched courses is by an YouTube tutor with a credential no american university will ever take seriously for hiring even an adjunct teaching faculty?
But why do I have a feeling that it's written with an idea to make faculty life easy, not necessarily for a great student learning outcome, although that's what they say.
Alan Kay (Turing Prize 2004) argues against current standard CS curriculum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFc379hu--8
Anyway few unrelated thoughts.
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The undergrad CS courses mostly do not deviate in content.The variance is in quality.
"pick good professor over interesting course" paid off for me in university.
Factors such as these matter: course pace, instructor and TA accessibility, course slides and other material quality, lecture interesting or boring etc.
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Isn't it surprising that one of the most watched courses is by an YouTube tutor with a credential no american university will ever take seriously for hiring even an adjunct teaching faculty?
See Intro to Algorithms by Abdul Bari on YouTube