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edX: Como Mejorar Sus Finanzas Personales
Millones de familias en el mundo viven en medio de serias dificultades económicas, no porque estén desempleados, sino porque a pesar de tener ingresos suficientes no logran estabilizar sus finanzas personales. En ese sentido, muchos de los problemas de las finanzas no obedecen a problemas de compra compulsiva y adicción a las deudas, sino a los impulsos irracionales de compra de productos que no son... Read More about Como Mejorar Sus Finanzas Personales The post Como Mejorar Sus Finanzas Personales appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Three Components of a Successful Enterprise Mobility Strategy by Chad Udell
We are now starting to see the rise of the term “enterprise mobility” to describe the trend of working outside an office environment while using mobile devices and cloud services to carry out business tasks. This trend is accelerating and will overtake most large enterprises in the next five years. Will you be ready for the impact of this change? Look to the TAO.
edX: Online Courses Starting in April – Start Learning To Set Yourself Up For Success
Online courses are growing in popularity and changing lives. A recent survey from the PewResearch Centre found that nearly 73% of adults consider themselves lifelong learners. Outside of just life-long learning, nearly 63% of working adults have taken a class or received extra training to improve job skills, to get a raise or promotion or to find a new job or career. For this group of “Professional... Read More about Online Courses Starting in April – Start Learning To Set Yourself Up For Success The post Online Courses Starting in April – Start Learning To Set Yourself Up For Success appeared first on edX Blog.
Udemy: Our new pricing has arrived!
View this message in: Español, Deutsch, 日本語, or Português. Today, we are excited to roll out simplified pricing that makes learning on Udemy easier and more accessible than ever before. When students learn on Udemy, whether for professional advancement or personal enrichment, they are taking big steps toward building the lives they imagine for themselves. It’s not a [...]…
Saylor.org: Our PHYS2000 course: not quite to plan
Since 2008 or so, Saylor Academy has built over 300 online courses. We know what we’re doing. But you know what they say about the best laid plans…well, sometimes things get out of hand, even for old pros like us. Enrollment for this course, which launched earlier today, has been closed to ensure the safety ... Read More ...
Udemy: April 1, 2016: Friday News Roundup
Happy April Fool’s Day! We’ll leave the pranks to others and stick to the news. Meeting students where they are Bill Gates wades into the debate over the value of higher education in this post. The famous Harvard drop-out praises less “elite” universities for accepting “at-risk” students who weren’t star overachievers in high school, are [...]…
Coursera: New Coursera for Pets Specializations
Over the past four years, many of our learners have told us how much they enjoy taking courses on Coursera with friends and family. Whether it’s watching a lecture with a loved one, helping a colleague with a quiz, or celebrating a sibling’s first Specialization Certificate, it’s clear that the most rewarding Coursera experiences are those that strengthen not only our skills, but also our relationships with those we care about. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce a groundbreaking expansion of our catalog - one that will help the less traditional learners we love to reach their full potential. With the launch of Coursera for Pets, your dog, cat, fish, hamster, or pig can finally join the rest of the family in building the skills they need to transform their life. Our first five pet-friendly Specializations, all taught in native languages by world-renowned experts, will open later this year. In the meantime, you and your pet can snuggle up and browse the…
edX: Why You Need to Add Digital Marketing Skills to Your Resume
There’s no doubt about it, technology has changed the way we communicate and receive information. And because of this change, businesses have had to adapt how they communicate and build relationships with their customers. Consumers are in information overload and now look to the Internet, email or mobile phones to receive information about their favorite brands and companies. As a result, over the past few... Read More about Why You Need to Add Digital Marketing Skills to Your Resume The post Why You Need to Add Digital Marketing Skills to Your Resume appeared first on edX Blog.
edX: Why You Need to Add Digital Marketing Skills to Your Resume
There’s no doubt about it, technology has changed the way we communicate and receive information. And because of this change, businesses have had to adapt how they communicate and build relationships with their customers. Consumers are in information overload and now look to the Internet, email or mobile phones to receive information about their favorite brands and companies. As a result, over the past few... Read More about Why You Need to Add Digital Marketing Skills to Your Resume The post Why You Need to Add Digital Marketing Skills to Your Resume appeared first on edX Blog.
Coursera: Congratulations to the Winners of Coursera’s First Annual Outstanding Educator Awards
Since Coursera’s inception in 2012, over a thousand instructors at our partner institutions have shared their experiences, enthusiasm, and expertise by teaching courses on our platform. Each of these instructors has helped to transform the lives of millions of learners around the world, and this year, we’re delighted to recognize a few of their accomplishments with our first annual Outstanding Educator Awards. The Outstanding Educator Awards honor three instructors (or instructor teams) whose approaches to online teaching are remarkably innovative, transformative, or beloved by learners. Winners of the 2016 awards were selected by a panel of representatives from Coursera and our partner institutions, and were announced last week at our annual Partners Conference. Read on for more information about each award, and to explore the courses and Specializations taught by these exceptional educators. Learners First Award Winner Shane Dixon, Justin Shewell, Andrea Haraway,…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Four Kinds of Work, Three Kinds of Learning by Bill Brandon
The natures of work and of the workplace are evolving rapidly in response to some very specific forces. This brief article looks at one possible outcome of this evolution, presents some key concepts about three types of learning, and suggests a challenge this presents to us as learning practitioners.
Coursera: Coursera Welcomes New Dutch Partner: Utrecht University
We are excited to welcome Utrecht University, an international research institution based in the Netherlands, as Coursera’s newest university partner. Utrecht’s education model focuses on empowering students and instructors to pursue in-depth, personalized, and innovative learning and teaching opportunities. They will bring this focus to a series of strategically-themed courses on Coursera, beginning with a course on Clinical Epidemiology and expanding to include additional courses on social issues such as health, governance, climate, environment, and upbringing. Learn more about Utrecht University’s upcoming Clinical Epidemiology course, now open for advance enrollment on Coursera, below. Clinical Epidemiology Learn the principles and practice of clinical epidemiology. Gain knowledge to evaluate and assess applied clinical research and data analyses. Develop sufficient scientific and methodological background information to actively participate in clinical st…
Udemy: HR Industry Snapshot: Investing in learning and development is a top priority for HR leaders in 2016
Seismic shifts in technology, management, and globalization have dramatically changed how we work. McKinsey & Company analysts estimated a 5X increase in the number of skill sets required in the workforce from 2009 to 2012. Udemy for Business recently conducted a survey to better understand how the people responsible for recruiting, training, and retaining employees [...]…
edX: How to Transform Workers’ Campaign Rage into Better Jobs and Wages
This post originally ran on The Conversation and is written by Thomas Kochan, Professor of Management at MIT Sloan School of Management and one of the professors teaching Shaping the Future of Work. The presidential campaigns deserve some credit for finally voicing some of the deep frustrations and anger felt by American workers who have lived for decades in an economy that works for those at the top but not for them and... Read More about How to Transform Workers’ Campaign Rage into Better Jobs and Wages The post How to Transform Workers’ Campaign Rage into Better Jobs and Wages appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Learning Solutions 2016 Reflections: Why Observation and Sharing Have to Scale by Noel Wurst
When you saw the theme for The eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions 2016 Conference (“Sharing What Works”), did you assume that we were talking about sharing only during and within the conference? Here is one attendee’s different take on the meaning of the tagline.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Book Review: Learning to Succeed, by Jason Wingard by Bill Brandon
Learning to Succeed explores the relationship between corporate strategy, operational planning, and human capital development. It is a high-level guide to gaining business advantage through corporate learning and development, and it demonstrates how to maximize continuous returns on investment.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Research Spotlight: The Gender Pay Gap in eLearning by Sharon Vipond
With publication of the 2016 US eLearning Salary & Compensation Report, the gender pay gap continues to be a highly controversial topic, as it was for last year’s report. In this follow-up to our 2016 salary report, we focus on additional information regarding the US gender pay gap.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Toolkit: What's the Best eLearning Tool? It Depends by Joe Ganci
It’s a question that Joe gets asked all the time at conferences, in classes that he teaches, maybe even by strangers on the street: What is the best eLearning tool? You probably know the answer, but Joe has some questions for you that will help you make your decision.
Learning Solutions Magazine: “We Are Makerâ€: Innovation, Learning, and the Maker Mindset by Crystal Rose
The maker movement is shaping the next generation of engineers, designers, and innovators—your future employees. The rapid expansion of the maker movement is the result of the experimental, expressive, and sharable experience of the maker mindset. Gain insights into this global movement in this article!
Learning Solutions Magazine: “We Are Makersâ€: Innovation, Learning, and the Maker Mindset by Crystal Rose
The maker movement is shaping the next generation of engineers, designers, and innovators—your future employees. The rapid expansion of the maker movement is the result of the experimental, expressive, and sharable experience of the maker mindset. Gain insights into this global movement in this article!