images are being added, if you have feedback on specific lectures that need images ASAP it would be great if you could share them
To me personally, it makes little difference if it’s a video or an article, and while I was a bit disappointed when I opened a new lesson and saw the videos were gone, when I noticed the article was almost precisely the same thing, I didn’t give it much of a second thought.
I think learning to power through sometimes dense and technical text is not only an asset to any programmer, but an essential skill. Using videos as a primary means of learning coding isn’t sustainable for any serious programmer. There’s a lot of knowledge out there with documentation only, and no playlist of YouTube tutorials to spoon-feed you the concepts. Not to mention watching a video and (possibly) following along isn’t nearly the same as reading through documentation and figuring out how to build it yourself. Too much reliance on passive learning is what creates the infamous “tutorial hell” too. Watching a tutorial can be useful as an introduction, to sort of get your bearing and see how this new technology works in practice, but after that, to actually build something original and worthwhile, it’s all about reading the docs, coding a bit, checking the docs again, and so on until your app comes together.
That being said, I am aware there are different kinds of brains in the world, including those that process new information better via auditory/visual mediums. To them I encourage training their brains as much as possible to comprehend textual explanation better and better, as nothing can replace documentation. At the same time, take advantage of the tools of the modern era. On many browsers, you can have text read aloud to you by simply highlighting it and choosing a command or using an extension.
I love the idea of adding images/GIFs to make things easier to comprehend. Diagrams, tables and typewriter GIFs would keep things interesting. One suggestion of mine is to add a “listen” button on every article, hooked beneath the hood to some natural-sounding text to speech software. Users could click on it to have the article read to them if they want to. If the article changes, no need to modify the audio, as it reads it aloud in real time. Just a suggestion.
Thank you, fCC, for all you do.
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if you have suggestions, it would be great if you could open an issue about it
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This theory is unfortunately not supported by research
Sure, I’m just pointing out that the 4 learning styles you gave are not actually founded on research
https://onlineteaching.umich.edu/articles/the-myth-of-learning-styles/
I find that using a mix of learning styles, instead of relying on just one, helps me learn more effectively as I move forward in my coding journey
Sure, just don’t get caught up on the 4 learning styles you listed. Learning styles aren’t well supported by research. Learning variety and engagement seems to be more the underlying mechanism.
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Thanks for the idea, I’ve opened one:
It’s my first-ever issue, so do let me know if I’ve done something incorrectly 
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Some of us read the material and watched the existing videos. Reading the material and watching the video together helped me (sorry talking to a rubber ducky just doesn’t work for me). I understand not producing or updating the videos; but if they already existed; what was wrong with leaving them connected to the material. FCC could even attach a message saying the videos were no longer updated.
Leaving incorrect videos connected to lessons is confusing to learners.
having the videos making updating the lectures a much slower process, after removing the videos there has been already substantial updates to multiple lectures, the videos would have been left behind, the written part, if there is a video, has to be a transcript, so to offer equal content in both ways, so it was not possible to leave both and have them out of sync
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You all have to do what you have to do. I just want to register my objection. I did a few lessons post removal and found them to be lacking. Maybe they can be improved with the addition of images. Or maybe you can add a collapsed supplemental section to the lessons with a disclaimer and the videos.
Also, consider removing the “Lecture” labels from the lessons to cut down on confusion.
Probably going to take a break from this platform and see if it gets sorted out. Best of luck to you
see the new announcement
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Please add things in the videos that are not in the transcripts like output or images. It’s hard to imagine the results, especially in CSS courses.
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I’am just a beginner, so maybe it will sounds very stupid, but why don’t make videos with A.I?
- I understand that Quincy loves teaching and that’s why he wanted to make lecture videos and AI can’t replace that personal touch.
- As you see some people liked those videos including me. I like the videos from the Odin project too, but even as a beginner I see, you are right about getting used to reading documents.
- I didn’t learned about AI so far, so I just guess you can recreate the same video with the updated info if needed probably easier, than editing new clips personally.
I usually work as long as the sun is up, so I usually learn late evening and when I really tired, watching videos sticks better, than reading.
I want to thank you for those videos and teaching us any way you can! Even if there won’t be any video anymore.
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That is not currently feasible. It would probably take even more time and resources than just recording a video.
More info:
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In addition to the feasibility, there is also ethical concerns with creating videos with AI trained on stollen content.
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I mean, if there is something to change in what is being said, AI videos have the same kind of maintainability issues as videos with human actors
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Exactly. For example, the html lesson on superscripts/subscripts shows the code but doesn’t even show what a super or subscript looks like. This is all there is…
In the browser, you would see that the second number 2 is smaller and slightly higher than the first number 2.
It’s pretty bad when you consider that you can literally print examples on the page using html if pics or vids are too difficult. Most of the lessons I checked were lacking this kind of educational context after the videos were pulled. I’m sure it will be fixed at some point but it is a problem.
For reference missing video
example lesson
it’s being worked on, if there are specific lessons that are not being mentioned here you can add your comment
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