Coursera/Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
The sole reason I gave this course a low grade is a significant amount of mistakes in quizzes. These mistakes create confusion. In some cases, I was not able to answer correctly because of these mistakes. Just check the forums of the course if you do not believe me. Quizzes are hard enough without mistakes.
Do not believe teachers that say that confusion is a “normal” component of learning and teaches you something. Confusion resulting from teacher sloppiness teaches nothing.
Everything else in the course is great. Lectures are inspiring and clear even to a layman. (I suppose they were composed by the same professor who composed the quizzes. A miracle!) Quizzes are interesting and challenging. Additional readings allow to explore the topic in greater depth. The course even contains video discussions with students, and the forum for online students is active. However, these mistakes in the quizzes are so annoying that I have written about them first.
Do not believe teachers that say that confusion is a “normal” component of learning and teaches you something. Confusion resulting from teacher sloppiness teaches nothing.
Everything else in the course is great. Lectures are inspiring and clear even to a layman. (I suppose they were composed by the same professor who composed the quizzes. A miracle!) Quizzes are interesting and challenging. Additional readings allow to explore the topic in greater depth. The course even contains video discussions with students, and the forum for online students is active. However, these mistakes in the quizzes are so annoying that I have written about them first.