Some of the interesting changes in college that I’ve noted from my son’s descriptions include:
- Lecture videos. Many of his key classes are videoed and available same-day. When I've asked if that means that many students skip the lecture, the answer is no. The video allows students to focus on listening to the lecture without taking notes - they can return to the video later to take notes and replay key sections.
- Academic support. Office hours and access to TAs is supplemented with class specific web pages and online Q&A threads.
- Computer access. Students have broad access to computers and even class specific assets like GPU clusters. Some classes distribute vouchers so students can utilize larger GPU clusters from Amazon and Google.
and there’s much more…