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Post #1172492

2024-08-28 02:53 UTC

Me, in high school in the 1990s: hoping every class period would be just watching a video so I didn't have to learn anything. Me, online in the 2020s: hoping none of these links will lead to watching a video because I want to learn something.

Replies (12)

  • @Langhamian@mastodon.social 2024-08-28 03:00

    @maxleibman Ouch... I feel called out... 🤘🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘

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  • @maxleibman I love this insight and while I was teaching at the university I hated how many professors resorted to using videos.

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  • @chrismak@mstdn.ca 2024-08-28 04:58

    @maxleibman 1990 wouldn't it be awesome and cool to have a video telephone? 2024 nope

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  • @ChrisW1@mstdn.social 2024-08-28 07:55

    @maxleibman Surely that is personal preference: https://www.melioeducation.com/blog/vark-different-learning-styles/

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  • @maxleibman In the early 80s we hoped it was a video because we could be 95% sure the overworked VHS machine would chew the tape and we'd just sit there watching the teacher figure out how to spool it back in and make it work...

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  • @mrblissett@mastodon.social 2024-08-28 12:06

    @maxleibman Fast playback, my dude

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  • @maxleibman The bit that gets me is how every ****ing tutorial seems to have background music . AAAAAGH!!!!

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  • @morgant@mastodon.social 2024-08-28 16:29

    @maxleibman Wow, this rings _sooooo_ true! Funny story: My high school had no "walls" or "doors" -- just wheeled sections of "cubbies" (think shoe box size "lockers" with no doors), about shoulder height, arranged into "rooms" like one might do with cubicles -- so it didn't necessarily even have to be your class watching a movie if you wanted to just listen in on a movie instead of class!

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  • @elithebearded@fed.qaz.red 2024-08-28 16:35

    @maxleibman Random people in late 1990s: I want to share my knowledge with people online. I guess geocities is easiest. Random people in early 2020s: I want to share my knowledge with people online. I guess youtube is easiest.

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  • @paelse@mastodon.online 2024-08-29 07:14

    @maxleibman Went to school in the 1970s We had no videos, but occasionally a teacher would bring an educational super8 film to class. The high point was when, at the end of it, we tried to make the teacher run the whole thing backwards instead of just rewinding it. It didn't always work, but oh the fun when it did. 📽️

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  • @Aviva_Gary@noc.social 2024-09-26 23:36

    @maxleibman fair lol

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  • @maxleibman Also, websites that use video rather than documents to explain stuff. So much harder to skim video.

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