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Andy Matuschak
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Glad you enjoyed. I think mediums like Scrimba's are very interesting. I've discussed them as "narrated explorables" here: medium.com/khan-academy-e I think the key thing about exec. books is "shipping the author's computational model," which isn't quite what's happening here.
medium.com
Narrated explorables: three mental models
Three mental models for “narrated explorables,” a new learning medium combining video, interactives, and game-like prompts.
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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
It's fine that these courses don't ship the author's computational model! They're doing a related, very valuable thing: situating explanation in an active environment that's continuous with an expert's (e.g. an IDE). Probably these are several properties of a broader form.
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Andy Matuschak
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Thinking out loud (hope you don't mind): another angle of distinction is "tools vs. use." Norvig's essay is about solving a specific problem, and he exposes his model along the way; these narrated explorables are *about* the tool they depict.
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