>>>you don't have to be spoon feed this stuff for enormous amounts of money > >There is a lot to be said for curriculum design, guided instruction and >formal training. I am not interested in debating the merits of autodidactism >and self guided learning as I am proponents of both BUT, a well designed >curriculum (not having looked that the curriculum of the ORLY courses) will >purposely guide you though the developmental steps you need to master a >course of study and/or develop a skill set. There are people who do *nothing >but* (i.e. built careers) figure out and research what the best ways for >education to be delivered. Though, like all fields, this "best way" is hotly >contested. I have formal training in Higher Ed. education and work with >people in the field so I have been exposed to this quite a bit. (Hey look! I >am using my education). > >A good example of guided instruction are the Lynda.com tutes. They guide you >though the subject matter step by step with each step building on the >knowledge and skill developed in the previous step to guide you in >developing a solid understanding of the material. > >The one thing that you get from mentorship (education being >institutionalized mentorship) that you can't get from self directed learning >is not the the how to do something, but the why you should do things a >certain way. Basically you can learn from the mistakes that other people >have made. A lot of times the people who teach have already made the common >mistakes and can guide you thought the pitfalls commonly made in ones >developmental path. Though there is a lot to be said for screwing up on ones >own. > >You learn by doing so there is something to be said for doing homework. So >in that respect this would be good way to go for some people.. > >My $0.02 and worth every penny. > >G! > >On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Carey Duryea <[email protected]>wrote:
i thought this was an interesting reply! for sure, i just found going to community colleges i was being taught by someone who had no practical street knowledge about being creative with techologies or anything related to the teachings. sort of a administer of the textbook is all they were. Eitehr way i appreciate the education i got. i just sort of pick up so much more from someone who has been on the grind with the material in real use! >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
