From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "G.B." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Video Course Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:01:38 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <7ffd1bf0-b815-474d-a4f2-cf471db0be37@googlegroups.com> <3a73a17d-2c37-47d2-9049-522632c24c15@googlegroups.com> <2a87cf3b-8621-4f5e-89a5-be4045eba583@googlegroups.com> <84f081dc-3d9d-4229-9b83-82854621e8de@googlegroups.com> <87r3t2qghq.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> Reply-To: nonlegitur@futureapps.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 17:00:54 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b96887e80893c84a90c3007226ca0d1c"; logging-data="2248"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/JIazYb0gDWTj0Js/RlLDAOocUMDLAovQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 In-Reply-To: <87r3t2qghq.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> Cancel-Lock: sha1:C+Zrmt2pwHBcuQ14cgeGqM2RDWY= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:25126 Date: 2015-03-06T18:01:38+01:00 List-Id: On 06.03.15 16:42, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote: > But I'm not certain of the value of video recorded lectures. One added value of a recorded lecture is different input channels: eyes and ears will notice new aspects in the communication. Emphasis of words is just one surplus that a good, knowledgeable presenter will offer. More so if questions and answers will be part an integral the lecture. OTOH, courses are a source of income for presenters and, therefore, enthusiasm may be limited by economic considerations. Cf. O'Reilly video lectures.