Comments on: Khan’s Calculus: Education for Everyone http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Jacobi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282766 John Jacobi Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:56:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282766 <p>It was a good buildup from scratch.</p> It was a good buildup from scratch.

]]> By: John Jacobi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282765 John Jacobi Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:52:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282765 <p>It was good to build up from scratch</p> It was good to build up from scratch

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282762 Yoga Fire Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:02:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282762 <p>Do you think you "got it" because he was refreshing your memory though, or do you think it was good to build up from scratch?</p> Do you think you “got it” because he was refreshing your memory though, or do you think it was good to build up from scratch?

]]> By: John Jacobi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282761 John Jacobi Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:44:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282761 <p>"So out of curiosity. Has anyone here used the Khan program to learn a new skill at a high level? I'd be curious to see how people think it holds up once you get past the basics."</p> <p>I used Khan academy to brush up somewhat advanced calculus. This time I really "got it". I also liked his set of videos on neurons.</p> “So out of curiosity. Has anyone here used the Khan program to learn a new skill at a high level? I’d be curious to see how people think it holds up once you get past the basics.”

I used Khan academy to brush up somewhat advanced calculus. This time I really “got it”. I also liked his set of videos on neurons.

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282760 Yoga Fire Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:43:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282760 <p>:-/</p> :-/

]]> By: fajita http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282759 fajita Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:32:55 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282759 <p>This is great. Lol. Good post</p> This is great. Lol. Good post

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282758 Yoga Fire Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:23:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282758 <p>So out of curiosity. Has anyone here used the Khan program to learn a new skill at a high level? I'd be curious to see how people think it holds up once you get past the basics.</p> <blockquote>So if you're a frequent commenter, we definitely encourage you to register</blockquote> <p>Yes please. Not to pick on anyone. But when I see an (anonymous commenter) thing I'm always like</p> <p>:D ooh, I wonder if there is anything interesting here.</p> <p><em>click</em></p> <p>"This is great. Lol. Good post."</p> <p>:-/</p> So out of curiosity. Has anyone here used the Khan program to learn a new skill at a high level? I’d be curious to see how people think it holds up once you get past the basics.

So if you’re a frequent commenter, we definitely encourage you to register

Yes please. Not to pick on anyone. But when I see an (anonymous commenter) thing I’m always like

:D ooh, I wonder if there is anything interesting here.

click

“This is great. Lol. Good post.”

:-/

]]> By: Phillygrrl http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282756 Phillygrrl Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:20:54 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282756 <p>Hi spamnun, you wrote "I think the rationale was that hiding anonymous comments would make people want to register/login to comment. " The rationale was to encourage a more fruitful debate. http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/006332.html To quote Navneeta from the comments on that post "I've been a lurker for several years. While I love this blog, I found the comments repellent; it seemed that writing a comment almost always invited some form of verbal jousting and/or intense debate. That's cool every once in a while, but it's exhausting if it happens all the time and so I never joined the conversation. I might just start now."</p> <p>So if you're a frequent commenter, we definitely encourage you to register. Personally, I tend to think that when a person is accountable for their comments, the debate just goes up to a whole new level. And also, I just like seeing everyone's pretty, pretty avatars.</p> <p>Thanks for the SK post, Pavani. What an inspiring individual.</p> Hi spamnun, you wrote “I think the rationale was that hiding anonymous comments would make people want to register/login to comment. ” The rationale was to encourage a more fruitful debate. http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/006332.html To quote Navneeta from the comments on that post “I’ve been a lurker for several years. While I love this blog, I found the comments repellent; it seemed that writing a comment almost always invited some form of verbal jousting and/or intense debate. That’s cool every once in a while, but it’s exhausting if it happens all the time and so I never joined the conversation. I might just start now.”

So if you’re a frequent commenter, we definitely encourage you to register. Personally, I tend to think that when a person is accountable for their comments, the debate just goes up to a whole new level. And also, I just like seeing everyone’s pretty, pretty avatars.

Thanks for the SK post, Pavani. What an inspiring individual.

]]> By: Pavani http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282755 Pavani Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:04:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282755 <blockquote>(Also Pavani, I somehow assumed yours was the winning site design, but I see down below that it's attributed to Avani P. If you're the same person, maybe you can talk to the SM powers that be about user experience.)</blockquote> <p>Avani P. is a different person. There's a brief bio and a link to her portfolio on the <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/about.php">about page</a>, under "Admin." I am also pretty sure that if by user experience you basically mean the current commenting system, then that is separate from her design. In any case, I have shared some of the commentary here with the other bloggers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.</p> (Also Pavani, I somehow assumed yours was the winning site design, but I see down below that it’s attributed to Avani P. If you’re the same person, maybe you can talk to the SM powers that be about user experience.)

Avani P. is a different person. There’s a brief bio and a link to her portfolio on the about page, under “Admin.” I am also pretty sure that if by user experience you basically mean the current commenting system, then that is separate from her design. In any case, I have shared some of the commentary here with the other bloggers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

]]> By: spamnun http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/04/11/khans_calculus/comment-page-1/#comment-282748 spamnun Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:33:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6481#comment-282748 <p>I haven't watched any of the videos yet, but I probably will want to when my daughter comes of calculus age :) Sorry to go off topic, but lately I find myself reading Razib's posts, and Phillygirl's. But the music posts don't speak to me in any way at all, sorry Taz.</p> <p>As an aside, when this new commenting system was put in place, I think the rationale was that hiding anonymous comments would make people want to register/login to comment. That is clearly not happening. Some of the most interesting commenters are anon, and I, probably like other readers, painstakingly open up each one to read them. From a user perspective, it's definitely more tedious, and yet I'm not ready to penalize those who haven't logged in by not reading them.</p> <p>(Also Pavani, I somehow assumed yours was the winning site design, but I see down below that it's attributed to Avani P. If you're the same person, maybe you can talk to the SM powers that be about user experience.)</p> I haven’t watched any of the videos yet, but I probably will want to when my daughter comes of calculus age :) Sorry to go off topic, but lately I find myself reading Razib’s posts, and Phillygirl’s. But the music posts don’t speak to me in any way at all, sorry Taz.

As an aside, when this new commenting system was put in place, I think the rationale was that hiding anonymous comments would make people want to register/login to comment. That is clearly not happening. Some of the most interesting commenters are anon, and I, probably like other readers, painstakingly open up each one to read them. From a user perspective, it’s definitely more tedious, and yet I’m not ready to penalize those who haven’t logged in by not reading them.

(Also Pavani, I somehow assumed yours was the winning site design, but I see down below that it’s attributed to Avani P. If you’re the same person, maybe you can talk to the SM powers that be about user experience.)

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