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TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 months agoBecause following at home and teaching yourself the material during the course is different from knowing it all already.
Comment on Late
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 months agoBecause following at home and teaching yourself the material during the course is different from knowing it all already.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Okay setting aside that I’ve never ever seen that actually succeed, why would someone shell out for a college lecture if they’re going to do that? (You also can’t replicate lab or seminar time on your own, so I’m just not sure what you’re basing this on.)
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Some classes don’t require labs. A handful of people that I’ve seen will only show up for quizzes and still pass the class. Why they do it? No clue.
In particular, the classes I’ve seen this happen usually provide a semester-long list of what textbook chapters will be covered in which weeks. If the textbook is thorough enough and the course adheres to the text, it’s doable.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You know, I’ve had students attempt this every quarter and I’ve still never seen it actually work. It might be a reflection of how teaching has had to shift as a result of the changes brought on by AI + the pandemic, though. I started professing only a little bit before then, so I never really saw the era where you could get away with such strict adherence to the textbook.
smiletolerantly@awful.systems 2 months ago
Hi, I have been to lectures fewer than 10 times throughout my entire master’s. No AI, no textbooks, just lecture slides and doing the (ungraded) weekly assignments.
It probably wasn’t a smart idea (incl. for my social life), but it also wasn’t hard to do.