Self-learning applications

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Is there anybody using self learning applications? Which ones?

I am using them a lot. I am so sorry that smart phones / real free self learning sites didnt exist in my childhood. On the other hand, I have really became addicted.

For example Duolingo, app for learning foreign languages. I was allways learning German in my way to work place and Russian to back to my home. Now I have finished both German and Russian tree. Its a way too addictive, I want to finish more trees like Japanese or Polish, instead to really improve these languages. And I still suck in English

Because Prague subway still does not provide connection (thanks to current magistrate to ruin even most simple tasks!) I learn there programming languages by SoloLearn which for some reasons do not need mobile connection. I have finished C++, Java, Python and SQL fundamentals but its just for fun.

I also use Khan Academy on pc in my free time to relarn some subject from school. I would got all As if it would exist in my time

 

[Azem.Ocram]

DuoLingo helped me brush up on my Spanish and taught me the basics of a few other languages. I’ve used Khan Academy but the high level courses taught by Sal himself had a lot of unexplained errors, likely caused by negligent mistakes.

 

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What I do not like on Khan Academy is its orientation on US. For example I have made almost all math except gallons, ounces and such on 3rd-5th class level

I am also doing daily exercises by apps and getting girls by Tinder. I know that its control my life way too much, but for routine man like me its improving my life in every aspect. Freedom is overrated.

 

[Ryika]

I guess I'm old school in a way because I don't use apps, I still just watch people on youtube teach what they know.
Makes sense though, as most of the stuff I learn is art-related which works very well with video presentations.

 

[Synobun]

I've had bad experience with self-learning programs. Enough so that I refuse to attend an online university even though that may be my most realistic path for acquiring post-secondary education.

There's just something about a classroom setting that is particularly compatible with how I learn. The lecture format, that is. Group work and all that nonsense can go away.

Everything I've done for the past 9 years has been self-taught. It's "easy", but I hate it. I usually stop after getting a solid grasp on fundamentals.

 

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I guess I'm old school in a way because I don't use apps, I still just watch people on youtube teach what they know.
Makes sense though, as most of the stuff I learn is art-related which works very well with video presentations.

Good point, its still quite hard to include arts to application. But I see the potential here, videos will be normal part of mobile apps soon.
If there would be good cooking app, I am all ears.
I am learning on youtube some less common programming languages like abap.

I've had bad experience with self-learning programs. Enough so that I refuse to attend an online university even though that may be my most realistic path for acquiring post-secondary education.

There's just something about a classroom setting that is particularly compatible with how I learn. The lecture format, that is. Group work and all that nonsense can go away.

Everything I've done for the past 9 years has been self-taught. It's "easy", but I hate it. I usually stop after getting a solid grasp on fundamentals.

Yeah, its a good way to learn some basis easy, but if you want to use it profesionally, you will soon find that you are missing something solid.

 

[Commodore]

I've had bad experience with self-learning programs. Enough so that I refuse to attend an online university even though that may be my most realistic path for acquiring post-secondary education.

There's just something about a classroom setting that is particularly compatible with how I learn. The lecture format, that is. Group work and all that nonsense can go away.

You should be fine with online universities then. They still do lectures and the best part is you can download the lecture along with any PowerPoint presentation that went along with it. That's really convenient if you can't listen to the lecture live for whatever reason.

At least that was my experience. I can't guarantee all online universities will be that way.

 

[Synobun]

It wasn't like that during my very short stint in college, but at any rate it's not really attending a lecture if you're just sitting in your room on the computer, innit? It's just business as usual then.

Both my home-schooling and my college made use of "online learning", and not once did it ever offer anything that resembled a lecture. Just textbooks and work, alongside mandatory group discussions which were varying forms of "It's great that you came to the conclusion that 2+2=4, I completely agree with your wise analysis." because you had to say a certain number of positive contributions every week. All of this packaged in an interface that made Windows 95 look like a trendsetter.