POLL: EEVblog Fundamentals vs EEVacademy - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 01:09:17 am
content: POLL: Should my traditional whiteboard/bench style tutorial videos be called EEVblog #1xxx Fundamentals as they always have, or the new EEVacademy brand?i.e. should EEVacademy be only the drawing Khan Academy style videos? Or should I move all basic EE tutorial content to the EEVacademy brand?

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 01:41:51 am
content: Just a thought....Is there room for the two? To me, "Fundamentals" infers basic stuff, while "Academy" conjures ideas of more elaborate concepts.Certainly "Academy" can include the basics, but is there a benefit in providing a distinction, so that newbies can start out in the "Fundamentals" with presentations that don't get too involved?I'm not sure if presentation style is a better deciding factor over content - but that's just my 2 cents.

author: nelsonm
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 04:36:20 am
content: I haven't seen at your EEVAcademy stuff, so I may be way off base, but my thought would be that "academy" implies learning, which implies homework (to me anyways) so if a video is explaining a concept or demonstrating some fundamental then it would be a good fit under your current brand, and something that was moreactivelearning... "Here's a concept, and a demonstration thereof,and here's an experiment to try on your ownto experience it"... would fit will in a brand touting some sort of 'academic' achievement.

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 05:35:04 am
content: The reason I prefer EEVacademy is just because for me, learning by going over just the fundamentals is more often then not boring.Teaching by going for something more ambitious and interesting, but along the way, covering the basics is much more interesting for the subscriber and probably for you.Just for example, another Aussie, Andrew Price (BlenderGuru), has done many great Blender 3D modelling tutorials. The results of each tutorial are usually pretty stunning but a beginner can often follow along learning the fundamentals along the way. You will not learn everything with one tutorial, but if you watch more of the tutorials, the fundamentals get repeated without being boring.I just think "Academy" lets you choose your own path that is hopefully something that you find interesting, but along the way, teach electronics. "Fundamentals" sounds like one video on Ohms Law, one on how a transistor works and so on, but at the end, the subscriber probably feels they still cannot do much.Here is an example that involves many basics, but also results in something impressive:https://www.blenderguru.com/tutorials/how-to-create-realistic-bread?rq=bread

author: Towger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 05:42:16 am
content: EEVAcademy looks too much like the word Vasectomy for my liking.

author: D3f1ant
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 05:43:23 am
content: What Brumby said gets my vote. Fundamental for basic, academy for higher level, and maybe even a eevuniversity for very in depth complicated things (and anything RF lol) you may want to discuss but edit out of the lower level videos.

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 07:21:31 am
content: Quote from: D3f1ant on July 21, 2017, 05:43:23 ami concur

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 07:37:13 am
content: EEVblog *FUN*damentalsStronger branding... more FUN.... and I'll watch them on Friday to retain the alliteration

author: Future soldier
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 08:27:15 am
content: Gosh i dont want to choosing between the two, i want them both ,as a felloe student i can say fundamental are very interesting and a lot to learn from the basics , eevacademy helps me with uni stuff so like most people here i would prefer for both to be their own ways of teachingSent from my CP8676_I02 using Tapatalk

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2017, 08:34:18 am
content: For some reason, academy sounds to me a bit like a club you have to join, complete with dodgy handshake and funny hats.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 22, 2017, 01:15:44 am
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on July 21, 2017, 07:37:13 amOr more MENTAL... depends on which way you look at it.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 22, 2017, 02:58:37 am
content: Whatever, as long as it's not EEVUniversity. That would imply that we have to be like Photonicinduction and have beer with our high voltage, and that would not end well.