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Seeking discussion about alternative forms of credentials

I'd like to read anecdotes & ideas about alternative types of credential, signifiers, merit, etc. in fields where a university degree is common.

Science, history, academia, forestry, curation, museum studies, literature, and so on.

I am not trying to debate the usefulness of university education, I am interested in alternative methods -- certificates & conferences that carry weight, publication that impress, .... anything people have heard of, used, imagined ...

EDIT -- to emphasize, I am not trying to debate the pros & cons of university education, simply to gather & sound alternatives.

Also, I am interested in the discussion of ideas & resources generally, this isn't a request for personal advice about my own situation, of which I have offered no details.

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u/LeBeauMonde — 1 day ago
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How would u go on learning history if you know absolutely nothing about it? I literally have 0 knowledge. (ADHD and Autism) I don't wanna use AI either.

After some introspection I've decided to embark on this path. History is just one of those things.

To sum it up I'm 19M and wasted my young days in pointless stuff such as sports and other damaging stuff. Before having an extreme focus on sports I was actually learning gamedev, coding and well I also was kind of decent at drawing.

The thing is that my school environment was extremely disruptive and didn't pay attention to anything. I literally have 0 knowledge of school, I wasted my time in school and want to actually self educate myself in a broad spectrum of subjects.

History...when I enter a page and want to learn something about let's say communism, I get thrown at me like 3 terms that I don't know, I open one of them and there are 6 more terms that I've got no clue what they are. How am I supposed to even organize this? ADHD makes me overthink things 10x more than the normal person that I may end up overwhelmed and doing nothing. It's just something so broad.

I've a sense of urgency in learning history because how things are going nowadays, if you know nothing about where you're standing then you're here for a bad time. And if I let time run out I may not be able to properly learn history again.

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u/InsanityTraps — 3 days ago
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Did AI kill the fun of learning?

Is anyone else feeling this?
I used to spend hours searching through YouTube, Google, Stack Overflow… and when I finally solved something simple like a for loop, it felt amazing.

Now I just ask AI and get the answer instantly. It’s efficient, but I kind of miss the feeling of figuring things out on my own.

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u/Ok_Establishment_110 — 6 days ago
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Bonjour r/francophonie,

Après avoir beaucoup trop poncé les jeux quotidiens type Wordle, Lodle ou Pokedle j’ai fini par développer le mien : un jeu de géographie quotidien un peu plus nerdy 😄

Le principe :
Chaque jour, il faut trouver le bon pays parmi 7 propositions à travers 4 modes de jeu :

  • MAXIMUM
  • MINIMUM
  • PROXIMITÉ
  • IMPOSTEUR

Les critères changent chaque jour :
population, superficie, densité, couverture forestière, espérance de vie, médecins par habitant, PIB/habitant, etc.

Le projet a énormément évolué depuis les premières versions. J’ai réécrit, supprimé, simplifié et rétropédalé sur à peu près toutes mes idées initiales à un moment ou un autre 😅

Entre les erreurs d’architecture, les fausses bonnes idées et les retours des proches, ça a été un très bon terrain d’apprentissage.

C’est de loin mon projet perso le plus abouti jusqu’ici, même s’il reste encore plein de choses à améliorer.

Si certains veulent tester le jeu du jour ou me faire des retours, ça me ferait super plaisir 👇

https://terraequest.com/

u/Reveur-petille — 8 days ago
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How has your learning changed with AI?

I have been using AI for learning for about a year now. It's really quite helpful for breaking down concepts and generating flashcards and the like, though I am interested in hearing about how other people have been using it: what has worked well, what hasn't?

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u/TheActualGoose — 8 days ago
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We should make a collective effort to make this a reality!

https://youtu.be/qcRKmm3B25c?si=Xa1mKHnaDcPKhsxQ

The link I posted is a special kind of topic brought up by that YouTuber to make a “How To Do Anything” website which is a resource which you can pretty much learn any topic imaginable considering it has been put on the site by an expert who is qualified to build such sub-resources about the topic.

The author authoring the learning resource they themselves need verification by systems explained in the video

There also is a leveling system that are designed to order the topics in the learning path in a logical flow L1 is the most fundamental topic and it goes to L(n) which is a topic that builds on top of the fundamental knowledge so that the information learnt flows logically

There are lots of more details explained in the video to gain a general idea about this whole concept

The thing is I believe there is huge demand for this idea but we need to make it a collective effort by funding this cause this isn’t going to be launched for free and we need skilled people to program this site and execute the ideas in a logical manner

That is why I want to bring it up to a more broader audience and in a hope to start a reaction out of this idea to possibly be the reason to inspire some group to make this reality

u/YoussriPlays — 12 days ago