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From: jim@nih-csl.UUCP (jim sullivan)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Learning Electronics
Message-ID: <892@nih-csl.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 89 21:55:47 GMT
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Reply-To: jim@nih-csl.UUCP (jim sullivan)
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In article <16750012@hpfcdj.HP.COM> myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
>
>Check out the local community colleges and voctaional/technical schools.
>Many of these have fine programs in basic electronics.  Stick with
>accredited schools only, as you will be a bit more certain of the quality
>of instruction, and the credits will be transferable later on to a four-year
>college, should you choose to go that route.
>
>I have no personal experience with home-study, but as a community college
>instructor, I think that the students learn faster when there's an
>instructor around to provide "instant" feedback, and to direct the course
>of study for the student.  This is particularly true with the "hands-on"
>(lab) experience.  Of course, I may be a little biaesed....:-)


	I agree but they can be inconvienient and expensive.  An
	alternative may be video tape courses.  I think
	Heath electronics has one.  You get the tapes, a book
	and hardware.  I find home study almost impossible because
	there is no instructor but video courses are much easier
	to learn from.  I saw the Heath courses at a local
	Heathkit electronics store many (~6) years ago.  Maybe 
	others on the net can point to other sources.

					Jim
					jim@nih-csl.dcrt.nih.gov