News from e-Learning companies
Udacity: A Day at Udacity: Andy
Hello! My name is Andy. I’m Udacity’s “Lead Instructor.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but whatever it is, it’s pretty awesome. I get to work with enthusiastic, creative people to solve interesting educational problems. One of those people is Chris. He teaches math at Udacity. Chris is happy because he's thinking about circles. Friday morning, Chris and I were getting ourselves pumped up about circles. Now, I know what you’re thinking, “What!? Are you saying you weren’t ALREADY pumped about circles!?” And no, of course I’m not saying that. These shapes are amazing! I mean, any circle that you’d ever want to draw can be fully described by just three numbers. Three! That’s right. A circle--a collection of an infinite number of points--can be fully defined by just three numbers! Wow. The majestic circle! Fully defined by three parameters! Once we got excited, we had to brainstorm how…