I've had a couple of tutorials over the first few days of 2025 and while neither were terrible, both were a bit disappointing. A previously 'good' tutor spent too much time being jokey and personable and then ran out of time so had to rush the last 15 minutes. It was towards the end of the session that the more important and difficult material was due to be covered. In fairness, the tutor apologized and the session was recorded with the PowerPoint slides made available for download, but I'm not sure if it saved the day.
The other tutorial was similar in some ways but different in others. Using somebody else's slide deck is always a red flag because it usually means that the tutor is not totally familiar with, and fully understands, the material being delivered. In my opinion this was indeed the case. The tutor admitted they wouldn't be covering the last section of the topic at all, and the parts that were considered came across as a bit confused. It's a difficult subject admittedly, but I was hoping for a better explanation of the topic material than either of the two attempts so far.
One of the biggest problems seems to be that of pace. Too slow at the beginning of the tutorial, when the simpler concepts are being looked at, and rushed at the end when the more complex content is examined, if indeed it is covered at all. It didn't help that a couple of students asked a few strange questions which gave me the impression they were seeing something that wasn't really there. By doing so, it just robbed the tutor of valuable explanation time.
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