{"id":4399,"date":"2016-06-02T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2016-06-02T09:23:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T15:23:01","slug":"humblebrag-on-the-third-anniversary-of-the-mooc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/humblebrag-on-the-third-anniversary-of-the-mooc\/","title":{"rendered":"Humblebrag on the third anniversary of the MOOC"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just realized today that it’s been three years since the 3D Interactive Graphics MOOC<\/a> came out. It’s still chugging along, surprisingly enough, getting about 35 signups a day. Of course, completion rates are a small fraction of that – I’d like to know myself what it is. Me, I’m still answering questions on the discussion board<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s been a good week for positive comments from people taking the course. Who wouldn’t\u00a0like reading posts such as this<\/a>, “It is incredibly easy to learn and the examples are vivid and awesome. I wish the professors at my university were like you!” Which I take as more a reflection of the level of teaching at that (unnamed) university – I know\u00a0<\/em>there are more engaging and dynamic teachers than me. The takeaway is that videos and demonstrations that are just a link away<\/a> can offer a fair bit, just as films have some advantages compared to\u00a0live performances. Integrating these newer technologies into the classroom is the exciting\u00a0challenge.<\/p>\n

Another person gave praise to my short dot product explanation videos, even adding links to them on Wikipedia’s dot product page<\/a>\u00a0(which I just edited, removing my name). Looking at those\u00a0videos\u00a0now, hey, they’re pretty good! Here’s one showing how the dot product and cosine are related. Find the others here<\/a>.<\/p>\n