Monthly Archives: October 2013

Seq21Oct13: Mailed 28 October 13. Good people of the Mechanical MOOC, We now enter the second week of the Mechanical MOOC. If you’ve not completed the first week, don’t panic! You’re probably not alone and no points are deducted for … Continue reading →

Seq21Oct13: Mailed 24 October 2013. Hey Mechanical MOOCers, We hope you’re enjoying week one of the course. Two things as you work your way though the initial tasks: Thing one. We can guarantee that learning Python will be equal parts … Continue reading →

Seq21Oct13: Mailed 21 October 2013. Mechanical MOOCsters, The start of the Mechanical MOOC A Gentle Introduction to Python is here! We begin our journey with a reading, a video, and some exercises from Codecademy before tackling the first homework assignment. … Continue reading →

Seq21Oct13: Sent 18 October 2013. Mechanical MOOCsketeers, Our goal is to help thousands learn to code Python, but also to better understand how large group online learning works, so we’ll be looking at questions like how peers in this community … Continue reading →

Seq21Oct13: Sent 17 October 2013. Brave Mechanical MOOCers, A mechanical MOOC is unlike other online courses, or MOOCs, you may have taken in that we don’t have a central platform that you log into to access all of your course … Continue reading →

Seq21Oct13: Sent 16 October 2013. Mechanical MOOCers, People get ready–the course is comin’. In addition to the items in yesterday’s mail, please consider the followings steps: Watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail. If you’ve never watched it, you probably should … Continue reading →

Seq21Oct13: Sent 16 October 2013. Mech MOOCsters, Yesterday’s e-mail inadvertently indicated the start date for the course as July 17th.  Obviously, it’s October 21st.  Bad robot. — The Mechanical MOOC

Seq21Oct13: Mailed 15 October 2013. Mechanical MOOCsters, We are now a week away from the start of the class, which begins July 17th October 21st.  We’ve got some warm-ups for you: Your Tasks: Watch Lecture 1 of MIT OpenCourseWare’s 6.00SC. If … Continue reading →

Seq21Oct13: Sent 11 October 2013. Mechanical MOOCsters, Introducing OpenStudy. It’s no fun to study alone, especially something like coding. It can be frustrating trying to figure out why your code won’t work, and often the answer is a quick little … Continue reading →