Sorry man, can't do weekends. As a husband and dad, I work 16hr days on Sat & Sun taking care of the family. I'm thinking seriously about Danny's Sicilian course, it being on a weekday...
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You should try a stepwise registration for your courses, just as chess.com has stepwise memberships. Higher levels give the student longer courses, with access to more lectures and increased student/instructor time. Include the option to upgrade anytime as the course progresses. This way you get all the swimmers into the water, rather than letting them stand around the pool wondering if it's too cold to dive right in.
we may well offer some shorter courses, with topics that lend themselves to a shorter take. we are less likely to let someone register for weeks 1+2 of a course, but not the full course; because it messes with the plan for the course. the courses are precisely planned, and we do want the people in them to be committed to themselves, the teacher, and their fellow students.
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because it messes with the plan for the course. the courses are precisely planned...
We need more registrants for chess.com's first ever University Course. If you don't register, this thing may never happen!
"The best laid plans of mice and men..."
we got another two registrants today; only need one more.
i was not referring to the business plan for the university, but the plan of each course as an instrument of education. the courses are indeed precisely planned so that they will be an incredible learning experience at an incredible value. whether or not we can coordinate enough people at a particular skill level, topic interest, and time availability is a big question, and that's largely the point of doing a couple pilot courses.
If you ever have to decide the fate of the university, and it doesn't look good, then I hope you will consider testing the 'pay-to-stay' idea before making a final decision.
OK, first university blog has now been written. It's here ( Knightsight ) if you want to read it.
If you have any specific questions you want answered by existing students please let us know. We'll either answer it here or in Part 2 of the blog.
we now have 12 students and the class is holding for sure. nevertheless if you move quickly, you can still get in on this course and catch up before the 2nd lecture on saturday.
why won't you send a message to every chess.com member when the new course is going to start? you would get much more people, wouldn't you?
yes, but i don't want to bombard people with messages, so we try not to send out extra mass messages.
I get over 50, sometimes even 100 messages daily, over 50 new comments, over 10 new friends activity, over 50 group alerts and over 500 games to play so 1 message won't change anything
but that sounds like all activity you signed up for. i don't want to be bothering people on here with too many mass mailings they did not sign up for.
all you have to do to join is make the payment. the course is 225 and there is a 10% discount for your first course, so --> 202.50 . contact me by private message to arrange payment. we have a recording of the first lecture, so anyone who joins in now will miss very little.