dsheinem wrote:a lecture ≠ textbook chapter, and not all classes are lecture-based
I am also not a big fan of putting lecture notes online since they are a poor substitute for being in class.
I agree with you on the first line. However, lecture notes should be used as a supplement to attending class--something to refer back to as a study aid. If a student deliberately skips class and tries to use the lecture notes as a substitute, any poor results are that student's fault.
Yeah, for some lower level courses I do put up my PPT slides/lecture notes after a class session is taught, but by themselves they won't get you very far in my courses. You have to read, think, synthesize, and apply - not just regurgitate. Much of what I do in class and discuss never goes into any "lecture notes".
That said, I am generally against the idea because I know too many colleagues who basically put everything a student might want to know from a course on their slides, then put the slides online, take exam questions directly and only from those slides, and then wonder about decreased attendance. The worst part? When students complain that I don't do the same.
gtmtnbiker wrote:
People are willing to pay for convenience. Trying to sell on their own can be a hassle. Let's say that you buy the latest game for $50. You play it for 2 weeks and then you trade it into Gamestop for $30 (is $30 a realistic trade-in value for a pretty new game?). So it's $20 to "rent" the game for 2 weeks. Yeah, you could try to do a private sale to get $10 more but is it worth the hassle?
Depends. A brand new game is most likely going to sell/get traded off fast. So it's not really a big hassle. And will it take you more time to trade the game with another person, or make that 10$ by working? (I'm honestly asking. In Greece it's easy for me, cause half the population lives in Athens, so most of the people you meet online you can arrange a meeting with, in a public central place in a matter of hours and have the deal done in 1-2 days. Plus I don't know how much Americans usually make per work hour)
BoneSnapDeez wrote:The success of a console is determined by how much I enjoy it.
The best professors I ever had never assigned a textbook. For those classes whose materials don't change often (math, history, basic science), you can pick up any textbook and learn the same material as any other textbook. For those classes that are a little more cutting edge, current literature is a much better resource than any textbook.
Sorry, this is a total threadjack.
We are prepared to live in the plain and die in the plain!
Hatta wrote:The best professors I ever had never assigned a textbook. For those classes whose materials don't change often (math, history, basic science), you can pick up any textbook and learn the same material as any other textbook. For those classes that are a little more cutting edge, current literature is a much better resource than any textbook.
Hatta wrote:The best professors I ever had never assigned a textbook. For those classes whose materials don't change often (math, history, basic science), you can pick up any textbook and learn the same material as any other textbook. For those classes that are a little more cutting edge, current literature is a much better resource than any textbook.
Sorry, this is a total threadjack.
better this than a thread about piracy!
BUT, what if it is a thread about historic textbooks on piracy? huh?
BoneSnapDeez wrote:The success of a console is determined by how much I enjoy it.
Hatta wrote:The best professors I ever had never assigned a textbook. For those classes whose materials don't change often (math, history, basic science), you can pick up any textbook and learn the same material as any other textbook. For those classes that are a little more cutting edge, current literature is a much better resource than any textbook.
Sorry, this is a total threadjack.
better this than a thread about piracy!
BUT, what if it is a thread about historic textbooks on piracy? huh?
gtmtnbiker wrote:
People are willing to pay for convenience. Trying to sell on their own can be a hassle. Let's say that you buy the latest game for $50. You play it for 2 weeks and then you trade it into Gamestop for $30 (is $30 a realistic trade-in value for a pretty new game?). So it's $20 to "rent" the game for 2 weeks. Yeah, you could try to do a private sale to get $10 more but is it worth the hassle?
Depends. A brand new game is most likely going to sell/get traded off fast. So it's not really a big hassle. And will it take you more time to trade the game with another person, or make that 10$ by working? (I'm honestly asking. In Greece it's easy for me, cause half the population lives in Athens, so most of the people you meet online you can arrange a meeting with, in a public central place in a matter of hours and have the deal done in 1-2 days. Plus I don't know how much Americans usually make per work hour)
An employee of Gamestop told me they give $30 for Metroid Prime Triology if its complete, and thats the highest trade in value in their system. Then they turn around and sell that for $60 regardless of whether the copy is complete. I think people get screwed out of more money than that with other games. What I cant get over is enough people actually will buy used only to save $5.
To me that doesn't seem like enough to go used. I feel like it should be 25% right off the top.
gtmtnbiker wrote:
People are willing to pay for convenience. Trying to sell on their own can be a hassle. Let's say that you buy the latest game for $50. You play it for 2 weeks and then you trade it into Gamestop for $30 (is $30 a realistic trade-in value for a pretty new game?). So it's $20 to "rent" the game for 2 weeks. Yeah, you could try to do a private sale to get $10 more but is it worth the hassle?
Depends. A brand new game is most likely going to sell/get traded off fast. So it's not really a big hassle. And will it take you more time to trade the game with another person, or make that 10$ by working? (I'm honestly asking. In Greece it's easy for me, cause half the population lives in Athens, so most of the people you meet online you can arrange a meeting with, in a public central place in a matter of hours and have the deal done in 1-2 days. Plus I don't know how much Americans usually make per work hour)
We're a pretty spread out population. It's the same reason that the local multiplayer games like Dragon Quest IX and Monster Hunter don't do as well over here; features like that are much harder to use. I remember at last year's PAX there was a huge amount of DQIX going on because it was the first chance many attendees had of doing any of the map trading.
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