Waiting for my train and going through slides of a BOF from the #isc25 . Apparently, students prefer tutored online courses.
I as a lecturer always prefer onsite courses. Spiced with lots of exercises. Such that I get an immediate impression of proceedings and reception of the material.
Yes, I understand the need-to-travel overhead when living in somewhat remote areas. On the other hand: All those demanding online or even hybrid courses - have you considered that the average participant might learn less? The literature supporting online courses at least is rather underwhelming.
Plus, actually meeting people is way better than chatting online. Same with conferences. I just me people from @SURF and other places whom I only met online before. Such a difference!
Then again, I only travel by train - which cannot expected by everyone ...
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