Plans and Scheduling

[elz]

Okay, so, picking a schedule!

There are 24 lecture videos for the class, so what I'd like to aim to do is start with lecture #1 next week (11/2), do two a week on Mondays and Wednesdays, take a break around Christmas and New Year's and finish up the first week in February.

I'm thinking that if there are enough people who have different scheduling needs, we could try to split it up something like this:

a) Twice a week, start in November - finish early February
b) Once a week, start in November - finish end of April
c) Twice a week, start in January - finish March/April

Then also if you had to jump in and out at any point, you could pick back up with whichever pace fit best.

The tricky part about learning on your own, at least for me, is the lack of dates to have to stick to and the lack of anything prodding me to put down the novel, turn off the CSI rerun, etc. and do some serious reading or lecture-watching. So you want enough flexibility that you don't get overwhelmed, but not so much that you get... underwhelmed.

Thoughts?

Comments

[gwaihiril]

So, I'm currently a student at MIT planning to take 6.00 next term; when my cousin linked to this community, I became very curious. This looks like an awesome idea, and if it weren't for the fact that it's required that I take 6.00 or a similar course as a graduation requirement at MIT, I would totally do this with you. That said, I guess I'll be taking it starting in February and finishing mid-May. I probably won't check the comm too much during this term, but as long as I remember, I'll probably come back at least a few times later, since this is a really great idea, even if I can't take advantage of it fully.