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Dear FIX,
By popular demand, we are going to be making some practice problems that cover similar material as the ones that were assigned in Problem Set 1 that appear in the Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach book by Hennessy and Patterson (H&P5). It is going to take us about a week to put together Supplementary Problem Set 1A, so please do not despair if you want additional practice problems and absolutely cannot afford H&P5. It will take us about a week to design and test out the new problems before we post them. I also wanted to note that all problem set problems are self evaluated (we will provide solutions on the dates on the course schedule) and we provide point assignments just to give students a gauge of the difficulty of problems.
I wanted to take this opportunity to address books, online classes, and the philosophy that links them. First, what is the point of online education? Is it to provide the highest quality education which is comparable to an in-class experience at a top tier school, or should the education quality be watered down in resources and experience to reach a wider set of people? I feel that this is largely an open question as the whole of massively online education is still in its infancy. For this Coursera Computer Architecture course, I have decided to choose the high-quality option, but the watered down option is still valid and I wouldn't fault other educators that take that approach. Now assuming that we take the high-quality option, in order to learn Computer Architecture with comparable quality to a top tier University, then yes, you should be using and reading the most up-to-date books (H&P5 and S&L) and using the most up to date tools which is especially important for a field like Computer Architecture which changes very fast. I suggested these books because they are in my opinion the best tools for the job and you will get the highest quality education by reading those texts. Now having said that, does that mean that you cannot succeed in this class if you only have the 4th (old) edition of the Hennessy and Patterson book? No, by no means is that the case, but you will not be having the best tools for the job and if you are serious about your studies and have the financial means, then it is probably worthwhile to get the updated version. Do you really need any books to take this class? Well no, you are welcome to watch the lectures, work problems, and take exams without any books, but you should realize that your learning experience may be more challenging than if you had the best tools for the job. I am totally sympathetic if you really don't have the money to purchase textbooks, but that will likely come at the expense of your learning experience.
Should online classes recommend books that cost money? Well, that goes back to whether you want the best learning experience or the broadest. I feel both could be appropriate, but for our first experiment in online education, we are trying for the best learning experience. And good tools and books many times cost money because substantial human effort goes into creating them.
We are also sympathetic to those that really cannot afford purchasing books, but you have to realize that the educational experience will be compromised if you do not have the newest versions. To help with this, we are going to be providing supplemental reading assignments (page numbers) out of the 4th edition of Hennessy and Patterson to help those that have access to only the 4th edition, but you have to realize that the old edition is not the best tool and is out of date relative the the 5th edition so please try to get the 5th edition. International students may want to check to see if there is a country-local version available for your country.
To recap:
* We will be releasing supplementary problems that overlap content as those assigned from the book, but it will take us a week to create those problems, so please be patient.
* For this class, we have selected to produce a high-quality, high-standards, online class similar to a top tier University, but that comes with needing good tools and books if you want the highest quality learning experience.
* We will be posting supplemental reading assignments (page numbers) out of the 4th edition (H&P4), but the 5th edition (H&P5) is better and much more up-to-date, so I highly recommend the 5th edition.
Sincerely,
David Wentzlaff
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
By popular demand, we are going to be making some practice problems that cover similar material as the ones that were assigned in Problem Set 1 that appear in the Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach book by Hennessy and Patterson (H&P5). It is going to take us about a week to put together Supplementary Problem Set 1A, so please do not despair if you want additional practice problems and absolutely cannot afford H&P5. It will take us about a week to design and test out the new problems before we post them. I also wanted to note that all problem set problems are self evaluated (we will provide solutions on the dates on the course schedule) and we provide point assignments just to give students a gauge of the difficulty of problems.
I wanted to take this opportunity to address books, online classes, and the philosophy that links them. First, what is the point of online education? Is it to provide the highest quality education which is comparable to an in-class experience at a top tier school, or should the education quality be watered down in resources and experience to reach a wider set of people? I feel that this is largely an open question as the whole of massively online education is still in its infancy. For this Coursera Computer Architecture course, I have decided to choose the high-quality option, but the watered down option is still valid and I wouldn't fault other educators that take that approach. Now assuming that we take the high-quality option, in order to learn Computer Architecture with comparable quality to a top tier University, then yes, you should be using and reading the most up-to-date books (H&P5 and S&L) and using the most up to date tools which is especially important for a field like Computer Architecture which changes very fast. I suggested these books because they are in my opinion the best tools for the job and you will get the highest quality education by reading those texts. Now having said that, does that mean that you cannot succeed in this class if you only have the 4th (old) edition of the Hennessy and Patterson book? No, by no means is that the case, but you will not be having the best tools for the job and if you are serious about your studies and have the financial means, then it is probably worthwhile to get the updated version. Do you really need any books to take this class? Well no, you are welcome to watch the lectures, work problems, and take exams without any books, but you should realize that your learning experience may be more challenging than if you had the best tools for the job. I am totally sympathetic if you really don't have the money to purchase textbooks, but that will likely come at the expense of your learning experience.
Should online classes recommend books that cost money? Well, that goes back to whether you want the best learning experience or the broadest. I feel both could be appropriate, but for our first experiment in online education, we are trying for the best learning experience. And good tools and books many times cost money because substantial human effort goes into creating them.
We are also sympathetic to those that really cannot afford purchasing books, but you have to realize that the educational experience will be compromised if you do not have the newest versions. To help with this, we are going to be providing supplemental reading assignments (page numbers) out of the 4th edition of Hennessy and Patterson to help those that have access to only the 4th edition, but you have to realize that the old edition is not the best tool and is out of date relative the the 5th edition so please try to get the 5th edition. International students may want to check to see if there is a country-local version available for your country.
To recap:
* We will be releasing supplementary problems that overlap content as those assigned from the book, but it will take us a week to create those problems, so please be patient.
* For this class, we have selected to produce a high-quality, high-standards, online class similar to a top tier University, but that comes with needing good tools and books if you want the highest quality learning experience.
* We will be posting supplemental reading assignments (page numbers) out of the 4th edition (H&P4), but the 5th edition (H&P5) is better and much more up-to-date, so I highly recommend the 5th edition.
Sincerely,
David Wentzlaff
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
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