Cool. Thanks Akono.

I'll be putting up an ammouncement sometime tonight that DVA will be going under restructuring and opening back up in a few weeks.


The application system...I don't think is such a bad thing--at the very least it helps with timezones if we'll be doing anything in-chat. But I agree that they should be much shorter. I think the more detailed questions, if we have them, can be asked in the class forums as a sort of getting-to-know-you thing for the class.

I think that some classes can be offered that don't have in-chat lectures and are entirely forum-based like workshops. That's another option. If this is done, it would still be nice to have some set times that students can go into the chatroom for Q&A sessions.


Agreed that we should be giving people basic info about sleep stages, SP, HH, and all that, especially before a WILD class. I'm just not too keen on a whole class on the subject of SP or SoS.


Seeker: I'm on the fence about that. On the one hand, I'd like to keep it completely open. On the other hand I want to have some way to keep the badges for finishing classes because I think it's a really neat idea. Personally I liked having a smaller class because I felt like the students got to know each other more and it was easy for me to interact with every single person in the class and help them inidividually. On the other hand, I don't like DVA being so restrictive about letting people into classes. I definitely think prerequisites should generally be thrown out.