Previously I wrote about my motivation to make a MOOC, a massive open online course, in this post I’ll talk a bit about my experiences in developing the material and my recommendations for developing material. Use an existing course If you are running a MOOC and there are thousands of people looking at your slides, everything […]
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The bidding system [Desiderius part 4]
As explained in my first bridge related post, before a round of bridge, firstly, the players bid to determine how many ticks they will make with what trump. Bridge players can define their own rules for how to bid, and as part of my effort to make a bridge bot, I want to design a little […]
Why would someone make a MOOC?
This post is the first in a longer series on my experiences with online education, stay tuned 🙂 In the summer of 2014, I wrote a proposal to get money from the university to make a MOOC: a massive open online course. They granted the proposal, and I made a MOOC! It was a success, […]
Bidding no trump [Desiderius part 3]
No clue what this is about? Read the previous posts on my Bridge bot Desiderius first. Bidding without a trump! Now that we have hands with cards, we can start defining bids. As explained, in bridge a bid is defined with two values: the number of tricks you think you can make. The lowest you can […]
Data Types for Desiderius – [part 2]
In case you missed it, I picked up my old hobby of playing bridge, but because I do not have any friends to play with, I am making a Bridge Bot. My ultimate goal is to participate in the World Championships of Computer Bridge. The basic data types I started by creating a few abstract […]
