Hyperborea
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Free University courses - or at least bits of them. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm
A guess it's just that university teachers don't get paid or get tenure for teaching. My youngest son took his first 2 years at community college, then transferred to university. He said his teachers at the community college were way better, and way more interested in teaching. His physics prof in particular was so popular that it was hard to get into his classes.Regarding class organization - all MIT professors are there to research - promotions and tenure is not given for thier teaching reviews - I teach a University of California class and I'm appalled by the lack of support, training and supervision a professor has for teaching. My kids elementary school teachers have more knowledge on teaching and learning than I will ever have.
Anybody found one they can recommend? I looked at one of their architecture courses last year, and it didn't seem well structured or very fleshed-out.