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I usually learn best when there is a reason, an immediate benefit, for doing so. Find a project that interests you and start working on it. You'll see what you

I usually learn best when there is a reason, an immediate benefit, for doing so. Find a project that interests you and start working on it. You'll see what you need to learn more about to get it done, and that provides the motivation and context for learning it. If that's not enough or too hard, find someone who knows what you want to learn, and talk with them, work with them. Sorry if that's vague, but provide some more details about what you want to learn and/or your goals, and more help can be provided. But your intuitions are right - video is not ideal at all for learning. Most people stop watching after the first 4-6 minutes (http://blog.edx.org/optimal-video-length-student-engagement http://blog.edx.org/optimal-video-length-student-engagement). See also: http://linkis.com/papers.ssrn.com/sol3/mYfya http://linkis.com/papers.ssrn.com/sol3/mYfya http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/in-online-courses-students-learn-more-by-doing-than-by-watching/57365 http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/in-online-courses-stu... http://www.wired.com/2015/08/learning-physics-tough-get-used/ http://www.wired.com/2015/08/learning-physics-tough-get-used... http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/07/01/why-my-mooc-is-not-built-on-video/ http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/07/01/why... http://pgbovine.net/publications/edX-MOOC-video-production-and-engagement_LAS-2014.pdf http://pgbovine.net/publications/edX-MOOC-video-production-a... http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/03/10/pedagogical-roles-for-video-in-online-learning/ http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/03/10/pedagogical-roles-for-vid...

rgovind 11y ago
>> usually learn best when there is a reason, an immediate benefit, for doing so. Find a project that interests you and start working on it. You'll see what you need to learn more about to get it done, and that provides the motivation and context for learning it. If that's not enough or too hard, find someone who knows what you want to learn, and talk with them, work with them. I know what you are saying. But, I am not able to find someone in my immediate circle who can teach me to become good at CSS. I have various web projects in mind, I have the motivation and need to learn to it. Thats how I started doing MOOC in web development. Unfortunately, I find that it is very inefficient. Plus finding courses which are aimed at intermediate skill people is tough(For example I know all CSS properties, but cannot use them coherently to take care of rough edges).
- cjcenizal 11y ago
  "Learning CSS" is a pretty broad topic. Have you checked out http://cssguidelin.es http://cssguidelin.es? It's pretty high level. For some fun stuff you could also check out flexboxpatterns.com (I'm the author).

rgovind 11y ago

>> usually learn best when there is a reason, an immediate benefit, for doing so. Find a project that interests you and start working on it. You'll see what you need to learn more about to get it done, and that provides the motivation and context for learning it. If that's not enough or too hard, find someone who knows what you want to learn, and talk with them, work with them. I know what you are saying. But, I am not able to find someone in my immediate circle who can teach me to become good at CSS. I have various web projects in mind, I have the motivation and need to learn to it. Thats how I started doing MOOC in web development. Unfortunately, I find that it is very inefficient. Plus finding courses which are aimed at intermediate skill people is tough(For example I know all CSS properties, but cannot use them coherently to take care of rough edges).

cjcenizal 11y ago
"Learning CSS" is a pretty broad topic. Have you checked out http://cssguidelin.es http://cssguidelin.es? It's pretty high level. For some fun stuff you could also check out flexboxpatterns.com (I'm the author).