2017-11-29 17:48 GMT+01:00 Erik Bray: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Belinda Weaver wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Just saw this tweeted - https://sec.eff.org/articles/touching-devices > > > > Interesting piece on why taking over someone's device is a no-no. > > Interesting--I've thought about this from time to time, but not > usually too deeply. I think personally I'm usually pretty good on all > these points. I can be patient in guiding students toward figuring > things out on their own. The one area where there becomes a conflict > is that (not too infrequent case) where we're about to start a > workshop and it becomes more important for the student to have working > software than to have gotten it working on their own (otherwise > they'll be distracted during much of the lesson just trying to get > their computer working, and (lacking the necessary skills to do so) > end up giving up on their computer, and thus the rest of the workshop.
When people have not managed to install all the prerequisistes before the workshop starts, I think it would be worth making them start on CoCalc (using the .course functionality to send them all the appropriate material), so they can start with the content of the lesson. The advantage with respect to logging in to a computer provided by the host institution is that while they can't find back the host-institution-computer's environement after the workshop, they can keep using CoCalc from home or from wherever. Helping them install the relevant software to their computer can then be done during lunch break or in the evening, after which they can decide whether to keep working on CoCalc or work on their computer for the rest of the workshop. > I've seen this happen more than enough times and in those cases, with > limited time, it's better if I can just get in there (with their > permission of course, and as much explanation of what I'm doing as > possible) and fix things. Samuel
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