The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video.

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@thomasfuchs point me to it, oh wise one.

[lordcaramac@discordian.social]

@Daojoan My brain can very easily retain information I have read in text. I have a very hard time remembering what somebody said in spoken words.

[sjcooke66@mastodon.social]

@mjsberna @Daojoan Yeah, because they learned the Old-Tyme teaching adage 'Tell them what you will say, say it, then tell them what you said' and they want to do more of it!

[miszeleq@mastodon.com.pl]

@earthshine @Daojoan

I blame Discord on the downfall of the modern web. You used to be able to find answers to your problems easily on moderated forums, where people used to follow the rules of netiquette. Nowadays you need to join private server and scroll through endless spam.

IDK who had the idea of moving the support/community into de facto chatroom that is Discord, but there is a special place in hell for them.

[ghosttie@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Daojoan makes me want to make a tutorial video that's just the text of the tutorial slowly scrolling past

[fruitcakesareyum@mastodon.social]

@Daojoan

For me it has been a blessing. I've always struggled to keep focused when reading walls of text, but now I can get a visual guide.

For quick "was it Y?" I've never failed to find a brief written answer (usually in SO, reddit or the rare forum post).

For long tutorials, I've managed to find stuff that gets to the point very fast. SponsorBlock for YouTube is also pretty good for skipping meanderings.

We have choices now. What works for you is good, what works for others is also good.

[professor_stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Daojoan

Food bloggers used to write things down. That is, they used to teach you how to cook. Nowadays, that still write, but it's like every article starts with, "I was born on a farm in Nebraska..."

[countholdem@mastodon.social]

@Netraven Right now in our history, dolphins server a better porpoise.

[sjcooke66@mastodon.social]

@sashabilton @aoe @Daojoan There are exceptions because Video production requires a specific skill set, as does teaching stuff and they two worlds rarely interface successfully for the viewer.

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