Online courses directory (212)

The essential role of nurse as caregiver is well recognised but the modern nurse can also be a team leader and healthcare teacher. This free online nursing course provides an overview of the varied dimensions associated with the practical nurse as team leader within the healthcare setting. The course defines team nursing as well as reviewing the types of leadership styles employed and their impact on team performance and productivity levels. Additionally, the learner is introduced to the practical nurse as teacher within the healthcare setting. Key elements of the course encompass teaching and learning strategies, factors which affect learning and steps in the teaching-learning process. The importance of preparation, lesson planning and evaluations to ensure effective delivery of the learning programme are outlined. This free online nursing course will be of great interest to healthcare practitioners and those learners who wish to develop their understanding of the varied and multi-dimensional role of the modern nursing professional.<br />

Khan Academy Vision and Social Return. Videocast with Sal Khan: Effectively Using Khan Academy. KA on John Stossel Documentary. Khan Academy on Perry's Principles (6/2/2011). ED SESSION III with Sal Khan - Reactions in Idaho. Salman Khan on CNN. Salman Khan at TiEcon 2011. PBS NewsHour on the Khan Academy. Salman Khan Speaks at GEL (Good Experience Live) Conference. Salman Khan Talk at the MIT Club of Northern California. Salman Khan talk at Castilleja School on January 5th, 2010. Sal Khan Interview with IT Conversations - January 31,2010. Salman Khan interview with NPR's All Things Considered on 12/28/2009. Salman Khan Interview with Mixergy.com. Brian Lehrer Interview with Salman Khan. TEDxSanJoseCA - Salman Khan - (Sequel to talk at TED). Bay Area CBS Station with Salman Khan. Fareed Zakaria talks about Khan Academy on CNN GPS. Sal on Dylan Ratigan show. Khan Academy on the Gates Notes. LinkedIn Speaker Series Salman Khan. Forbes Names You Need To Know: Khan Academy. Salman Khan on Big Think. Khan Academy on 20/20 (Sep 2011). Salman Khan on Marketplace (NPR) on 5-24-2011. May 29th, 2011 CNN Piece. Sal during Education Week (Sep 2011) 1. Khan Academy on California Report (June 2011). Ideal Math and Science Class Time. Salman Khan on KQED MindShift. NPR Story on KA Los Altos Pilots (June 2011). Salman Khan interviewed on NPR's On Point. 21st Century Challenges (Royal Geographic Society). Answers to Questions from the Independent. Answers for Malibu Magazine. NCSU Answers. Questions from Superinteressante (8-22-2011). Brainwave Sep 2011. Center for Future of Museums. School Leadership Briefing Questions (Sep 12 2011) 2. School Leadership Briefing (Sep 12 2011). Tom Brokaw interviews Sal at Education Nation 2011. Financial Times October 2011. Verbal Answers to "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit. Khan Academy in Idaho. The Language Advocates. Jessica Yuen. Marcos Ojeda. Elizabeth Slavitt. Minli Virdone. Ideal Math and Science Class Time. Salman Khan on Charlie Rose. Nightline: Learn Everything, Online. Khan Academy on PBS NewsHour (Edited). Khan Academy on Nightly News. Early Show. Sal on ABC News. CNN: Google award to Khan Academy. Videocast with Sal Khan: Effectively Using Khan Academy. Overview of KhanAcademy.org. Khan Academy Vision and Social Return. Videocast with Sal Khan: Effectively Using Khan Academy. KA on John Stossel Documentary. Khan Academy on Perry's Principles (6/2/2011). ED SESSION III with Sal Khan - Reactions in Idaho. Salman Khan on CNN. Salman Khan at TiEcon 2011. PBS NewsHour on the Khan Academy. Salman Khan Speaks at GEL (Good Experience Live) Conference. Salman Khan Talk at the MIT Club of Northern California. Salman Khan talk at Castilleja School on January 5th, 2010. Sal Khan Interview with IT Conversations - January 31,2010. Salman Khan interview with NPR's All Things Considered on 12/28/2009. Salman Khan Interview with Mixergy.com. Brian Lehrer Interview with Salman Khan. TEDxSanJoseCA - Salman Khan - (Sequel to talk at TED). Bay Area CBS Station with Salman Khan. Fareed Zakaria talks about Khan Academy on CNN GPS. Sal on Dylan Ratigan show. Khan Academy on the Gates Notes. LinkedIn Speaker Series Salman Khan. Forbes Names You Need To Know: Khan Academy. Salman Khan on Big Think. Khan Academy on 20/20 (Sep 2011). Salman Khan on Marketplace (NPR) on 5-24-2011. May 29th, 2011 CNN Piece. Sal during Education Week (Sep 2011) 1. Khan Academy on California Report (June 2011). Ideal Math and Science Class Time. Salman Khan on KQED MindShift. NPR Story on KA Los Altos Pilots (June 2011). Salman Khan interviewed on NPR's On Point. 21st Century Challenges (Royal Geographic Society). Answers to Questions from the Independent. Answers for Malibu Magazine. NCSU Answers. Questions from Superinteressante (8-22-2011). Brainwave Sep 2011. Center for Future of Museums. School Leadership Briefing Questions (Sep 12 2011) 2. School Leadership Briefing (Sep 12 2011). Tom Brokaw interviews Sal at Education Nation 2011. Financial Times October 2011. Verbal Answers to "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit. Khan Academy in Idaho. The Language Advocates. Jessica Yuen. Marcos Ojeda. Elizabeth Slavitt. Minli Virdone. Ideal Math and Science Class Time. Salman Khan on Charlie Rose. Nightline: Learn Everything, Online. Khan Academy on PBS NewsHour (Edited). Khan Academy on Nightly News. Early Show. Sal on ABC News. CNN: Google award to Khan Academy. Videocast with Sal Khan: Effectively Using Khan Academy. Overview of KhanAcademy.org.

This class discusses the economic aspects of current issues in education, using both economic theory and econometric and institutional readings. Topics include discussion of basic human capital theory, the growing impact of education on earnings and earnings inequality, statistical issues in determining the true rate of return to education, the labor market for teachers, implications of the impact of computers on the demand for worker skills, the effectiveness of mid-career training for adult workers, the roles of school choice, charter schools, state standards and educational technology in improving K-12 education, and the issue of college financial aid.

Learn the newest and best practices to successfully control oppositional, defiant, angry, disrespectful students.

Voxopop is a Web application program that can be used by teachers and trainers as an online learning tool to create forums where questions are asked using voice recordings instead of text. It can be used to help students develop their oral speaking skills by having students reply to questions using voice recorded answers and by hearing the recorded answers from other students. This online language learning tool is particularly useful in language teaching, where a teacher can post a question in the language they are teaching and have students respond orally to the question in the same language. In this free online language learning course about Voxopop you will learn how to join and use Voxopop, create talk-groups and initiate discussion forums to get people discussing a topic, and how to be notified when someone responds. This free language learning course will be of great interest to teachers and trainers who would like to see how this Web application program can help them improve the oral skills of their students especially in relation to language teaching.<br />

60 minutes: Khan Academy's "world-changing" plan for schools. 60 minutes: Google's Eric Schmidt on Khan Academy. 60 minutes: School of the future. 60 minutes: Khan Academy in the classroom. 60 minutes: Khan Academy's "world-changing" plan for schools. 60 minutes: Google's Eric Schmidt on Khan Academy. 60 minutes: School of the future. 60 minutes: Khan Academy in the classroom.

Salman Khan talk at TED 2011 (from ted.com). 60 minutes: The future of education?. Salman Khan on Charlie Rose 2013. Bill Gates talks about the Khan Academy at Aspen Ideas Festival 2010. Salman Khan talk at TED 2011 (from ted.com). 60 minutes: The future of education?. Salman Khan on Charlie Rose 2013. Bill Gates talks about the Khan Academy at Aspen Ideas Festival 2010.

French is spoken by millions of people in many countries around the world and is a very popular second language to learn. ALISON's free online course is a series of engaging video lessons for beginners that introduces the learner to various aspects of the French language including basic French vocabulary and grammar. By studying this French course you will quickly pick up conversational French that will help you deal with everyday situations you may find yourself in when you visit a French speaking country. <br /><br />ALISON's online course will help you learn French online and will be of great interest to all learners who want to pick up basic French language skills.<br />

Children from birth to the age of 18 are now considered academically to represent a distinct sociological and cultural class. This means that children are studied as complete individuals in their own right, separate and distinct from adults.<br /><br />ALISON's free online course is multi-disciplinary in nature, covering developmental, psychological, familial and sociological aspects of children's studies. It begins by reviewing the psychological development of children and how they learn, then looks at the role of the family and the place of the child within modern family structures.<br /><br />The sociological aspects of children’s studies review how the modern state looks after the well-being of its children in a modern society.<br /><br />ALISON’S Diploma in Children’s Studies will be of great interest to all professionals who work with children or who are responsible for their well-being, and to learners who would like a career working with children in the health, social or caring professions.<br /><br />It will also be of interest to parents, or those who want to relate, support, encourage and understand their children better.<br />

Eyejot is a Web application that can be used by teachers and trainers as an online learning tool where they get their students to record a video using a webcam. This video can then be posted on Eyejot for the teacher and other students to review. Eyejot has great potential for use in the classroom as an online learning tool. For example, a teacher can give their students a topic to practise talking about and the students can then record themselves practising alone or with another person and post the video on Eyejot. This online learning tool is particularly useful in language teaching, where students can record themselves speaking about different topics in a particular language. In this free online course about Eyejot you will learn how to create an account in Eyejot, record and send a video message, how to embed the video recording in a blog, how to save the video to your computer and how to import a list of contacts from your email address book. This course will be of great interest to teachers and trainers who want to integrate Web technologies into the teaching environment and who want to learn about using new Web applications that will greatly enhance the learning experience of their students.<br />

Este curso promueve el conocimiento de los recursos educativos abiertos y su integración en el movimiento educativo abierto, como una oportunidad para innovar en los procesos formativos a través de prácticas docentes innovadoras.

Lyrics Training is a Web application that allows you to read and listen to the lyrics from music videos and can be used as a fun and interactive way for language teachers and trainers to introduce new vocabulary and grammar to their students in a classroom setting. This free online language learning course will introduce you to the features and functionality of Lyrics Training, you will learn how to choose a song in the language you are learning and listen to the lyrics of the song word by word. Lyrics Training allows students to fill in the lyrics as they go along, and the difficulty level they choose decides how many words in a sentence are missing and they must fill in. This online language learning tool is particularly useful for students of foreign languages who want a fun and entertaining way to learn the correct pronunciation of words and it will improve their listening skills as students must identify words from a song. This free language learning course will be of great interest to all language teachers and trainers who would like to learn more about Web 2.0 applications that can greatly improve the learning experience of their students, and to all learners who would like to learn about using Lyrics Training for a fun way of learning a new language.<br />

For teachers and trainers to fulfil their instructional role most effectively, their teaching methods must be grounded in educational learning theory. Understanding the learning process is a key element of educational learning theory and provides a framework for teachers and trainers to plan, create and deliver effective lessons, and assess each student's learning. In this free online education course, you will be introduced to the learning process. The course begins by differentiating between teaching and learning, and by describing teachers’ and trainers’ perspectives on learning. The course provides details about two major learning theories: behaviourism and constructivism. Within the section on Behaviourism, operant conditioning and its implications for teaching are examined in detail. The section on Constructivism compares and contrasts two subtypes of constructivism: psychological constructivism and social constructivism. Finally, the implications of constructivism for teaching are discussed using two practical strategies. This free online education course will be of great interest to professionals in the education sector who would like a greater knowledge and understanding of the learning process that will enhance their teaching and training, and to all students who are interested in the process of how we learn.<br />

This course immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. We explore the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer–based (desktop and handheld) and non–computer–based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings.

Introduction to Openness in Education provides a broad overview of the ways in which openness impacts many areas of education

Do you like teaching, but find yourself frustrated by how little students seem to learn? Would you like to try teaching, but are nervous about whether you will be any good at it? Are you interested in new research on science education? Research in science education shows that the greatest obstacle to student learning is the failure to identify and confront the misconceptions with which the students enter the class or those that they acquire during their studies. This weekly seminar course focuses on developing the participants' ability to uncover and confront student misconceptions and to foster student understanding and retention of key concepts. Participants read primary literature on science education, uncover basic concepts often overlooked when teaching biology, and lead a small weekly discussion session for students currently enrolled in introductory biology classes.

The instructor for this course, Dr. Kosinski-Collins, is a member of the HHMI Education Group.

Instructional Systems Design is the process of designing and developing instructional courses or materials that bring greater efficiency and effectiveness to acquiring knowledge or skills for learners. This free online course in Instructional Systems Design reviews important aspects such as learning theories and learning objectives and how they influence the design process. It also reviews the role of memory, needs analysis, and design models such as ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). Robert Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction are also discussed with examples of their application and use. Finally, learning technologies and how they are used to deliver training are reviewed, as well as techniques for measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of the instructional materials. This course will be of great interest to all human resources, teaching and training professionals who are involved in training, instructional design and e-learning, and who would like to learn more about important aspects of instructional systems design and their use and application in designing and developing highly effective instructional materials or courses.<br />

Project-based lab course on advanced skills and strategies for integrating technology into the PreK-16 classroom. Optional credit offered.

Improve the outcomes in your classroom through practical applications of neuro- and cognitive science research.

MOOC MOOC is a massive open online course that seeks to investigate, disarm, dissect, reinvent, and get imaginative about massive open online courses. We'll be taking a look at what MOOCs are, where learning happens in (and not in) MOOCs, the idea that participants are pedagogues, how assessment happens in MOOCs, and why we're so interested in this latest educational strategy. MOOC MOOC takes place both inside and outside of Canvas, with Twitter chats, collaborative work in Google Docs, and more. Connectivist in nature, MOOC MOOC hopes to place learners alongside learners in an inspection of the nature of online learning.