Ask HN: How to make distance learning fun?
Hi all,
after almost a decade in software engineering I decided to have some more fun and enrolled in a distance learning programme (undergrad, Physics).
Brick unis have a lot of useful group dynamics to support the fun of learning (group discussions, jokes, etc). Of course remote learning will not give that by default, they mostly provide "books and tasks".
My question is: how do you make the process of distance learning fun? What works for you?
How to think? What questions to ask before reading a chapter to ensure I really understand the concepts? How to ask other people for help?
PS. If distance learning doesn't work for you - well. :-) It doesn't work for many. But I'd like to find the "meta-learning" techniques and approaches that help.
Thank you very much.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 16.9 ms ] threadMy CCNA class was basically "remote". We had 1 class a week and 1 lab a week. The rest was spent reading the tome and packet tracer.
Imo its not fun its just discipline. Fun you can have in your own time.
BUT now that you ask I like remote learn. But I turn on music and just read and do the stuff. It works for me. You say "ah if it dosent work for you" but it does but you are asking the wrong question. Remote uni is not going to be fun it is not meant to be fun.
Make or join the study Discord server if they have one or Teamspeak channel. Then do the things. You know?
Like a Teams or Zoom meeting. Its the same thing.
Learning used to be fun for me before the uni, because it was largely multiplayer. Many people in the classes, many heads to think together, many things to talk about after class.
I'd like to organize a similar environment for myself in the remote uni if it's not provided.
Obviously there won't be many people in this boat by the nature of this boat.
Thanks again.