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		cpks on March 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why My MOOC Is Not Built on Video It depends on context. First-order: * At a computer ==> Text * Commuting ==> Audio/video Second-order depends on things like type of content, cognitive load, etc.

jghn on March 30, 2015 [–]

Agreed that commuting (for some forms of commuting) text is suboptimal. I ride on a subway so it doesn't really matter to me but I can't read blogs while driving for instance.

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