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Absolutely. This is only the beginning. This clearly indicates what the future of education *should* be.Professor Science wrote:I've found khan academy very useful, even as a review. I've been going the calculus module, and now that i'm taking my differential equations course i'm using it to augment the lectures, as it has a robust section on that too.
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I would like to emphasize that I use it to augment, I think engaging faculty is a valuable resource. One of the perks of the physics department as university of Iowa.Helius wrote: Absolutely. This is only the beginning. This clearly indicates what the future of education *should* be.
That sentiment has gotten me a pondering. The definition of "real world applicability" is somewhat transient, isn't it? many engineering practices done in the 920's, 960's and 980's aren't still being used in 010, so maybe it makes more sense for educations to be based on physics that has been really quite good aproximations for reality for over a century. I mean, it would be an untenable approach to education to teach you how to solve every problem, but it would be comparatively trivial to train you in employing some generalized problem solving algorithm. Just some ruminating.kunkmiester wrote:It would also be preferred if the work was based on the real world(stuff like PID loops you would actually end up doing)