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The Coursera platform can be a useful part of your overall learning content portfolio if utilized correctly. It's fantastic for asynchronous courses that don't necessarily need a dedicated faculty member (though I'd highly recommend at least having some discussion moderators/student workers) and for offering MOOCs. The ability for the learners to contribute translations really makes it ideal for the international learning community - I am always amazed to see a course we launched with 2-3 languages to quickly have 10-12 more added. This feature really helps expand the audience reach and Coursera has such a large following already that it can grow seemingly overnight.Incentivized
Quizlet works extremely well for students of all ages to study not only vocabulary but all types of academics. I have used it not only as a teacher to provide for my students, but I use Quizlet myself when studying or learning something new. The ease of access with it being online, at your phone, or wherever you go highly surpasses traditional flashcards.Incentivized
Interaction: the student learns by doing. For programming courses, this means programming!Assessments: the courses I'd taken ask students to grade each others work with a rubric. This is hugely effective and permits tests and quizzes to be other than multiple choice.Creativity and enthusiasm of the instructors. Some of the approaches demonstrated real out-of-the-box thinking by the instructors. For example, the Rice Python course was a self-contained website requiring no installation of IDE on one's computer, and the final project was a working version of Asteroids.Low cost of entry: most of the course I enrolled in were free, with an optional fee for certifications. This really gives people the freedom to explore learning. It's almost like a Public Library of Learning.Coursera forces a weekly discipline on the user with lectures and assignments and this really motivates one to put in the effort.Incentivized
Works on phones, tablets, ChromeBooksEasy to make quizzesEasy to organize different vocabulary setsIncentivized
Some of the courses (very few) have some old information (more than 2 years), and in some areas like technology the information has to be very new and updated.Some professors or people doing videos are not good in front of the camera, they should train their people a little bit more for those things.Incentivized
Broader colorscape to appeal to younger users.Free educator accounts/educator discount.Allowing for younger users to create accounts without parent approval.Incentivized
Constantly renewing already. One of my favourite MOOC platforms.Incentivized
User-friendly and developer-friendly Web UI.Incentivized
I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues.Incentivized
They respond to any issues quickly.Incentivized
Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement.Incentivized
I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the other, so it comes down to content for me.Incentivized
Allows using audio (sounds) that can be very beneficial, particularly for students who have impaired visual comprehension.Incentivized
The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible.Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careersDeveloping and exploring professional skills.Incentivized
Student achievement and successHigh test scoresStudent comprehension of materialIncentivized