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At uni I was always in two minds about the drip feeding of unit info and content.
I'm sure there's a reason for it but to this day I can't help but think why not just release the whole thing at once before the unit begins.
I like the "slow release" in that it pushes you to cover each section thoroughly instead of rushing ahead more superficially. But I think it is better if most of the reading is available straight away, so you can do a read through of all the information first, then focus on the content more deeply as the assignments and lectures are released. Which is how it tends to work when you have a textbook for the unit, but as all the content is online for these subjects you can't really do that.
Yep. Online content wasn’t a thing in my uni days, but especially for the Literature subjects with bloody fat novels I’d read everything before semester started, then do a speed run on the actual assigned week. You pay attention in a different way the second time through.