Open classes of top universities have many Chinese fans
Watching online open classes of U.S. top universities has become indispensable for many young Chinese who find it a shortcut to make their ffxiv gil life more meaningful, in addition to learning knowledge and language.
Guo Lei, a native of Guangzhou, has become addicted to various open courses after she watched the online video of "Justice: What`s the right thing to do."
Guo said she was immediately attracted by the topic and the discussion of the Harvard students about morality and justice.
She even introduced the case to her FF14 Power leveling colleagues for discussion. Guo and her colleagues found more interesting curriculums online.
The inspiring and lively teaching style of American professors refreshed Guo`s impression about the traditional score-oriented Chinese educational system and prompted more Chinese to frequently search and watch open class resources of American top colleges, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of California Berkeley.
On China`s social networking websites netizens have spontaneously formed many study groups to share video resources and exchange opinions.
About 700 sina micro bloggers have posted different links to the videos. The Chinese portal 163.com has launched a special channel for cheap ffxiv gil open programs, providing more than 1,200 class hours of free videos.
Many Chinese have adjusted their daily timetable and some office workers have quit taking naps so they might watch videos at noon. Others download free online resources to their cell phones to watch while taking buses or just watching whenever and wherever possible.
On the popular portal Douban.com, a netizen named "an independent cat" called upon others to get up an hour earlier in the morning to watch the videos before leaving for work, which has mobilized a great number of followers.
Online open classes runescape money became popular after MIT published the first OpenCourseWare site in 2002. Many other elite universities quickly joined MIT to produce and share classes online.
Volunteers have added English or Chinese subtitles onto the videos to help more Chinese enjoy the videos without language difficulties.
Zhang Yinan, a sophomore at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, is one of the 150 members of a translation team.
"The translation, proofreading and post-production process are time consuming. A lecture of 45 to 70 minutes in length usually takes more than rs gold 10 volunteers about 70 hours to finish," said Zhang.
"The prevalence of American open classes reflects the spirit of sharing," said Yu Xinke, Vice chancellor with the Continuous Education School of South China University of Technology.
"The open class of American colleges set up a good example of how to change and improve our teaching methods," said Wang Zhuli, Vice director of the Modern Education Technology Research Center of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangdong.
He also suggested that lectures by some popular Chinese speakers and professors be translated into foreign languages and posted online to help foreign audiences understand Chinese culture.
Guo Lei, a native of Guangzhou, has become addicted to various open courses after she watched the online video of "Justice: What`s the right thing to do."
Guo said she was immediately attracted by the topic and the discussion of the Harvard students about morality and justice.
She even introduced the case to her FF14 Power leveling colleagues for discussion. Guo and her colleagues found more interesting curriculums online.
The inspiring and lively teaching style of American professors refreshed Guo`s impression about the traditional score-oriented Chinese educational system and prompted more Chinese to frequently search and watch open class resources of American top colleges, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of California Berkeley.
On China`s social networking websites netizens have spontaneously formed many study groups to share video resources and exchange opinions.
About 700 sina micro bloggers have posted different links to the videos. The Chinese portal 163.com has launched a special channel for cheap ffxiv gil open programs, providing more than 1,200 class hours of free videos.
Many Chinese have adjusted their daily timetable and some office workers have quit taking naps so they might watch videos at noon. Others download free online resources to their cell phones to watch while taking buses or just watching whenever and wherever possible.
On the popular portal Douban.com, a netizen named "an independent cat" called upon others to get up an hour earlier in the morning to watch the videos before leaving for work, which has mobilized a great number of followers.
Online open classes runescape money became popular after MIT published the first OpenCourseWare site in 2002. Many other elite universities quickly joined MIT to produce and share classes online.
Volunteers have added English or Chinese subtitles onto the videos to help more Chinese enjoy the videos without language difficulties.
Zhang Yinan, a sophomore at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, is one of the 150 members of a translation team.
"The translation, proofreading and post-production process are time consuming. A lecture of 45 to 70 minutes in length usually takes more than rs gold 10 volunteers about 70 hours to finish," said Zhang.
"The prevalence of American open classes reflects the spirit of sharing," said Yu Xinke, Vice chancellor with the Continuous Education School of South China University of Technology.
"The open class of American colleges set up a good example of how to change and improve our teaching methods," said Wang Zhuli, Vice director of the Modern Education Technology Research Center of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangdong.
He also suggested that lectures by some popular Chinese speakers and professors be translated into foreign languages and posted online to help foreign audiences understand Chinese culture.
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