"In 50 years", he says, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.” – Sebastian Thrun, Udacity CEO, March 2012 . Imagine this: You are on a summer vacation in Bali. You find yourself in a hammock that provides a full-frontal view of the Indian Ocean, and you sit down comfortably in utter bliss. You thought you must use this vacation as a well-deserved respite from your tough and demanding 9-5 job. I mean, you deserved it! You also thought, being the knowledge seeker you are, to use this opportunity to learn something different, something that you wouldn’t have time to do back in the real world, whether it is learning how to build an app, gain some insights into powerful machine learning algorithms, or take part in lectures given by famous Nobel laureates simply for the sake of it. Now all you need is a laptop and a stable internet connection and bam! You are va...
Imagine this, you are at university enjoying yourself, going out with your friends and then suddenly one month later you’re at home in quarantine… Oh wait. Now you have much more time on your hands and wondering what in the world should you do. You can watch Netflix, scroll through Instagram, watch YouTube, but you have probably already done those things. In the back of your mind you also know that you should be studying and not letting weeks of online lectures and assignments pile up on you. Keeping up to date with your university studies can be even more challenging with online lectures. Depending on your university, your lectures may be live, recorded or both. Live Classes: The problem with live classes is that paying attention can be really hard especially if you have your phone right in front of you. If you only do one thing, do the following: put your phone in a different room while your lecture is going on. That is the best way I have found to stay focused, as th...