More FIX on the NET @ FIX University Cultural Campus
Welcome to Spring Semester 2013
A&F(RecStay)FIX
Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes
Mung Chiang
A course driven by 20 practical
questions about wireless, web, and the Internet, about how products from
companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, Ericsson, HP, Skype and
AT&T work.
Dear FIX,
We had a great time during the first Virtual Office Hour this morning (or afternoon, evening, early morning, depending which of the many countries you are from). We used the free service from UStream where we can broadcast our camera view, anyone can join without signing up anything, and those who join can text us through a chat box so that we can respond to the questions and suggestions. These questions and suggestions span a wide range of topics: from course material to GCH, from casual chat to discussion on the future of education. This network technology ran quite smooth past the first few minutes of glitches. The TAs and I enjoyed this interactive communication with you very much.
We ran a poll at the end, and it seems people really liked it as much as we did. So we're going to arrange more VOH in the rest of the semester and all future semesters. Plus probably Google Hangout (for smaller crowd <12 and="and" audio="audio" br="br" can="can" etc.="etc." from="from" gch="gch" hear="hear" input="input" kudos="kudos" like="like" mumbai="mumbai" participants="participants" students="students" then="then" video="video" we="we" winners="winners" you.="you.">
Faced with a diverse demographics, with no common background or goals, and no common timetable, daily schedule, or location, learning and teaching can be challenging, especially when the subject matter is technical and certificates are missing. I think certification will help, friends doing this together will help, and occasional synchronized, interactive, and open events like VOH will help.
So please stay tuned for more VOH announcements coming up.
I also typed up (in sparse slides) a list of 10 Questions about the future of open online education. Kind of like summarizing my own thinking as the TAs and I go through this experiment with you. But unlike our 20Q about networked life, I have close to 0 answer to these 10Q.
We'll post it under course material on Coursera and on homepage of www.network20q.com anyway. Maybe you'll echo our questions. Maybe you have solution ideas. But one thing is sure: this train has left the home station, yet there're miles to go and many more stations to come. As we discussed in VOH this morning, we take the journey together, we explore together, and together we can make the future of education better bit by bit.
Mung
and Network FMB Staff12>
We had a great time during the first Virtual Office Hour this morning (or afternoon, evening, early morning, depending which of the many countries you are from). We used the free service from UStream where we can broadcast our camera view, anyone can join without signing up anything, and those who join can text us through a chat box so that we can respond to the questions and suggestions. These questions and suggestions span a wide range of topics: from course material to GCH, from casual chat to discussion on the future of education. This network technology ran quite smooth past the first few minutes of glitches. The TAs and I enjoyed this interactive communication with you very much.
We ran a poll at the end, and it seems people really liked it as much as we did. So we're going to arrange more VOH in the rest of the semester and all future semesters. Plus probably Google Hangout (for smaller crowd <12 and="and" audio="audio" br="br" can="can" etc.="etc." from="from" gch="gch" hear="hear" input="input" kudos="kudos" like="like" mumbai="mumbai" participants="participants" students="students" then="then" video="video" we="we" winners="winners" you.="you.">
Faced with a diverse demographics, with no common background or goals, and no common timetable, daily schedule, or location, learning and teaching can be challenging, especially when the subject matter is technical and certificates are missing. I think certification will help, friends doing this together will help, and occasional synchronized, interactive, and open events like VOH will help.
So please stay tuned for more VOH announcements coming up.
I also typed up (in sparse slides) a list of 10 Questions about the future of open online education. Kind of like summarizing my own thinking as the TAs and I go through this experiment with you. But unlike our 20Q about networked life, I have close to 0 answer to these 10Q.
We'll post it under course material on Coursera and on homepage of www.network20q.com anyway. Maybe you'll echo our questions. Maybe you have solution ideas. But one thing is sure: this train has left the home station, yet there're miles to go and many more stations to come. As we discussed in VOH this morning, we take the journey together, we explore together, and together we can make the future of education better bit by bit.
Mung
and Network FMB Staff12>