Watch out for this course on Coursera. This is one of the best introductory courses on Machine Learning I have ever come across.
https://www.coursera.org/course/machlearning
https://www.coursera.org/course/machlearning
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
MOOC good vs bad
I have undergone a dozen of MOOC courses with cool groups like coursera, udacity, khanacademy, edx etc
As expected I completed a few and dropped off a few...
From a student's point of view, I am convinced now that the success of a MOOC depends on the following in the decreasing order of importance:
1. Teacher.
2. Course content.
3. Pedagogy.
The knowledge/educational qualification of a teacher plays an unimportant role in motivating/convincing a student over the internet. Remember, this teacher can't be reached beyond the video. In my understanding, a teacher's job is to install the basic building blocks and motivate the students so that the students rediscover the wheel by themselves. Spoon feeding doesn't help at all if you really want to "learn". I found that a number of teachers on the MOOC just failed to convince/motivate me. The were lecturing as if a student will approach them outside the class to clarify the doubts!
In at least four courses I found an interesting pattern. If you don't have access to the books, you will fall flat on your face. I could smell that the content was designed as a teaser, you know what I mean, like those movie teasers! No free education. hehehe
As expected I completed a few and dropped off a few...
From a student's point of view, I am convinced now that the success of a MOOC depends on the following in the decreasing order of importance:
1. Teacher.
2. Course content.
3. Pedagogy.
The knowledge/educational qualification of a teacher plays an unimportant role in motivating/convincing a student over the internet. Remember, this teacher can't be reached beyond the video. In my understanding, a teacher's job is to install the basic building blocks and motivate the students so that the students rediscover the wheel by themselves. Spoon feeding doesn't help at all if you really want to "learn". I found that a number of teachers on the MOOC just failed to convince/motivate me. The were lecturing as if a student will approach them outside the class to clarify the doubts!
In at least four courses I found an interesting pattern. If you don't have access to the books, you will fall flat on your face. I could smell that the content was designed as a teaser, you know what I mean, like those movie teasers! No free education. hehehe
Monday, October 15, 2012
A very helpful website on Indian tax and related matters bu Gulab A. Singh
Gulab A. Singh has been doing wonders on his webpage here. He is very helpful with his advice related to Indian tax and related matters.
In his words he has introduced himself as:
In his words he has introduced himself as:
I wish to state that I am a practising Chartered Accountant from Mumbai, India and also qualified the Law Degree. Currently I am pursuing final year in Masters of Law (LL.M) and hope to pursue Ph.D in future. I always had the inclination to write and present my views – both on professional & other areas comprising of Political, Social, Legal and Cultural.
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