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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Read. Write. Execute. RWX. I'm going to piss some people off. Here goes: you are wasting your time if you watch videos. At all. A video moves at the pace it plays. It is linear. You can't jump around easily. Reading? You can jump wherever you need immediately. You can have multiple sources at once. If you use a book, yes a physical book, you learn where things are and jump right to them. Read

Write down a paraphrased version of what you read. Do not copy. Include references so you can return to source if needed. Note taking is a skill. Your notes should be organized in a way you can skim what you wrote as easily as the sources themselves.

Execute. You don't learn anything unless you do it. I've had too many students who watch Khan Academy, and think they understand it when they haven't done it. They don't score well on exams. Not my fault. I told them they have to do it to understand it.

RWX. I await the flame war I just started with the video people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I post my ignorant opinions somewhere. There’s always someone who will correct me with correct information.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Would you say Poe is cunning, and likes ham?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

~~Would~~ Ward you say Poe is cunning, and likes ham?

Fixed!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There used to be these buildings full of books that I could just borrow for free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Love books and huge fan of libraries but how do you find the right book in the ocean of books?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ask the librarian nicely and they'll probably be able to point you in the right direction. Cataloguing information is kind of their thing, and helping people get access to that information is why many of them join the profession.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear, dick stuck in card catalog. Send help, preferably a hot librarian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Franz is here to help you, little man. Bend over and breath deeply. It will all be over in fifteen to twenty minutes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Youtube u gotta get the widest set of opinions possible. Unfortunatly peertube just lacks content.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I repeat what I said to the other commenter: how do you find actual good and trustable channels on a specific topic?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Finding a trustworthy source is the hardest part. I generally avoid anyone speaking too loudly of the subject. Someone who’s knowledgeable and confident, most times, can present calmly with context that’s accessible to most people.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a good example. He’s a good place to start for a broad range of topics. Then if I want more details I can dig deeper on my own. A lot of times, his commentary requires digging deeper because he speaks too broadly.

I always check the source of a report or article; if there is no source, I don’t trust it. The source is usually a good place to ‘bookmark’ for further research.

Edit: a few days later and I’ve come across the perfect example. Here Tyson explains “the tide doesn’t come in and out”. What I think he should more clearly say is there’s no “high tide” and “low tide”. To me, and I could be an idiot, I thought he was going to explain the action of the waves coming in and out at the cost line every 30 seconds or so. It’s not that he’s wrong but sometimes his choice of words isn’t super on point. Here’s more info about Tidal Range https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/tides.html

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I watch videos and read articles and use LLMs to give me the key points to grasp the basics. Then build upon that knowledge with more focused learning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I do this plus follow competent people in those fields on Mastodon/reddit/etc for current news relevant to practitioners in the field

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't watch or listen....READ!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why do we have teachers then? Listening and watching is absolutely a valid strategy of learning. You just need to make sure that the speakers are trustworthy on the subject.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Probably meant don't rely on youtube, (as people produce fake info) while text books are rypically vetted, except in USA where Texas writes the curriculum supporting oil and gas and denying clinate change--and the other states purchase the Texas curriculum