https://jaidevd.com/tags/readability/ Recent content in Readability on Jaidev's Blog Hugo en-us Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0530 https://jaidevd.com/posts/code-readability-process/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0530 https://jaidevd.com/posts/code-readability-process/ <p>I took a <a href="https://onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in/course_pages/BSCCS2002.html">course</a> on data structures and algorithms over the last few months. It is being offered as a part of IIT Madras&rsquo; <a href="https://onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in">Online Degree Program</a> in Data Science and Programming, taught by <a href="https://www.cmi.ac.in/~madhavan/">Prof Madhavan Mukund</a>. The program is a MOOC in a true sense, with tens of thousands of students enrolling each year. The DSA course itself is offered every trimester, and sees an average of ~700 enrollments every time. It is easy to see how communication becomes critical in running a MOOC at this scale. There is, of course, the operational and logistical communication that goes into the smooth running of the course. But communicating the <em>content</em> of the course is more relevant (the course is also highly interactive - in addition to weekly office hours, there are Discourse forums where students, TAs and faculty are active).</p>