22 février 2014
Major challenges Chinese MOOCers have on English platforms
This blog summarises some major challenges Chinese MOOCers face when using English MOOC platforms. The following blog will list out my proposed solutions.Accessibility
- Website loading - Sometimes it takes much time to load a MOOC website landing page. That automatically prevents people exploring the platform further.
- Video streaming - There are many cries from people who were struggling with lecture videos streaming. When that happens, quite a few people assume the particular site is blocked by the government. The serious learners seek advise what to do. Meanwhile I am pretty sure many casual learners give up at this point.
- Great Firewall of China - Some sites blocked include Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, wordpress, BBC, CNN, NY Times, etc. Google is also pretty unstable. The means (1) any course/assignment materials from these sources are instantly unaccessible. (2) any community formed via Facebook or Google excludes a Chinese learner. More...
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