[SDCBC] Time commitment? Re: Road 1 in June

[Jamie Ortiz]

Imagine how many more people could take and learn from the class if  
the first part was an online tutorial and test followed by a riding  
session. Essentially, you could offer a riding session every weekend  
for all the people who passed the test. Take the test at your  
leisure. Do the riding session at your leisure. It's much more  
flexible to accommodate the wide variety of schedules for all San  
Diegans.

If Harvard feels comfortable offering online classes and test taking,  
I'm sure we could find a way for it to be meaningful for bike riders.

And there is a lot of talk about educating police officers--how much  
easier would it be to take education to the force if they could  
require an online test to help their teams learn bike safety and laws?

Jamie Ortiz
Bailey Gardiner-A Moving Company
dontdrinkthekoolaidblog.com
619-295-8232 x106



On Jun 11, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Serge Issakov wrote:

> Well, I know for a fact that the "vehicular cycling" feeling can be  
> developed outside of a classroom, simply by reading a book, paying  
> attention, and applying the concepts to one's riding.
>
> I suspect a well-designed online course could accomplish this even  
> more effectively.  Perhaps by explaining some concepts, showing  
> some videos, then requiring the student to do some particular  
> exercises, then come back and answer questions about them, lather,  
> rinse, repeat.
>
> Serge
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:50 PM, <JonIsaacs at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 6/11/2008 3:42:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
> serge at issakov.org writes:
>
>> Having said that, the classroom discussions tend to be pretty  
>> valuable, and the opportunities for those would be limited if most  
>> of the material is covered on-line rather than in-class.
>>
>> Serge
>
>
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>
> I am not sure how much could be effectively covered "on-line."  The  
> concepts are pretty simple once one understands the Paradigm but  
> getting that "Vehicular Cycling" feeling developed deep in the gut,  
> ie that one is actually safer "taking the lane", this is probably  
> best done in the classroom.
>
> It would seem that some of the equipment related stuff could be put  
> on-line but I wonder how many people could actually learn to adjust  
> a derailleur from an on-line course??? For those who already know,  
> well, they could breeze though it but for those who didn't, I doubt  
> they are going to learn...
>
> That's my two cents...
>
> Class rooms are great.
>
> Jon
>
>
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