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edX: Reddit AMA: Actuarial Science with ANU Senior Lecturer Adam Butt – October 16, 2015
You’re invited to an AMA (Ask Me Anything) with ANU Senior Lecturer Adam Butt, who is currently teaching ANUx’s Introduction to Actuarial Science MOOC. Join us Friday October 16, starting at 1PM ET. 1PM ET: We’ll post the AMA and link to it from this page. We’ll also message the AMA out via edX social channels (follow edX on Facebook and Twitter). 2PM: Adam will... Read More about Reddit AMA: Actuarial Science with ANU Senior Lecturer Adam Butt – October 16, 2015 The post Reddit AMA: Actuarial Science with ANU Senior Lecturer Adam Butt – October 16, 2015 appeared first on edX Blog.
edX: Opera for Everyone: Making the Next DartmouthX Class
This story originally ran in Dartmouth Now. Introduction to Italian Opera starts on October 13. Enroll today! “Before this, my musical background ended with high school band, and now I’ve become an opera dork,” says instructional designer Adam Nemeroff. For the past year Nemeroff has been collaborating with Steve Swayne, the Jacob H. Strauss 1922 Professor of Music; video producer Dan Maxell Crosby; and music librarian... Read More about Opera for Everyone: Making the Next DartmouthX Class The post Opera for Everyone: Making the Next DartmouthX Class appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Five More Tips for Designers to Kick Off October by Bill Brandon
There’s more to creating engaging eLearning than just writing learning objectives and knowing how to use authoring software. People appreciate and respond to a good story, an unexpected surprise, or an eLearning design that gets their attention. Here are five tips that will help you achieve those results.
edX: edX courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s degree
MIT Pilot program reimagines admissions process, introduces “MicroMaster’s.” This story originally ran on MIT News. EdX co-founder and partner MIT announced today a pilot program allowing learners worldwide to take a semester’s worth of courses in its top-ranked, one-year Supply Chain Management (SCM) master’s program completely online, then complete an MIT master’s degree by spending a single semester on campus. MIT also announced a new academic... Read More about edX courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s degree The post edX courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s degree appeared first on edX Blog.
edX: MITx U.Lab Course Review: So much more than a course
Katie Stubley, a Strategic Design Manager at the Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia has been an educator, social process designer and community builder for more than 10 years. For the last six years she has been immersed in the field of social impact, both internationally and locally. She’s an avid learner and will delve into anything that helps her create... Read More about MITx U.Lab Course Review: So much more than a course The post MITx U.Lab Course Review: So much more than a course appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Get Your Game Together: Five Resources for Games and Gamification by Bill Brandon
Games and gamification are gaining increasing attention as ways to support and enhance learning, but it can be difficult to find good advice to guide their design. Fortunately, The eLearning Guild has many resources to help you out. Here are five of them.
edX: Wall Street to Main Street: Build Your Finance Knowledge
Do you understand how money works in the world? Are you well equipped to make sound financial decisions both personally and professionally? With finance being a part of everyday life, having financial literacy enables you to confidently manage and understand your money. According to the Consumer Financial Literacy Survey in 2013, more than 75% of U.S. adults agree they could benefit from additional advice and... Read More about Wall Street to Main Street: Build Your Finance Knowledge The post Wall Street to Main Street: Build Your Finance Knowledge appeared first on edX Blog.
edX: Arriving at MIT, One Solution at a Time
This post first ran on MIT Spectrum. Click here for the full catalog of MIT courses on edX. “For 11 years, I’ve wanted to go to MIT,” says Ahaan Rungta, now a 16-year-old freshman, who did math puzzles at age 3, calculus at 7, quantum mechanics at 13. Homeschooled, he has worked on problems since he was five through MIT’s OpenCourseWare (OCW) and later, edX, online... Read More about Arriving at MIT, One Solution at a Time The post Arriving at MIT, One Solution at a Time appeared first on edX Blog.
Saylor.org: Round Two of legacy course certificate reissues went out today
A big thanks to our friends and partners at Accredible for helping us in the second (and final!) batch re-issue of certificates for our legacy courses. If that first sentence makes virtually no sense at all to you, you’re surely not alone. Here is the gist: On August 26th, 2015, we shut down our old ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Nuts and Bolts: Social Media for Learning Part 2: What to Use When? And the Role of Community by Jane Bozarth
“Which tool should I use?” If you hate to hear that “it all depends,” this article may give you a new perspective on that answer: “The best tools are the ones you’ll use, that meet your particular goals and needs—and the ones your audience likes.”…
Khan Academy: New biology resources debut on Khan Academy
We’re excited to share that, with support from the Amgen Foundation, we’re making lots of new videos, articles, and quizzes to help students taking biology courses at the AP and introductory college levels. Several areas of biology are already complete, and we’ll continue adding more throughout this school year and beyond.Here’s a more detailed list of the biology topics we’ve revamped so far:- Chemistry of life- Water, acids, and bases- Properties of carbon- Macromolecules- Structure of a cell- Membranes and transport- Cellular and molecular biology- Energy and enzymesIn addition to funding from the Amgen Foundation, scientists from the foundation’s parent company, the biotechnology firm Amgen, are volunteering their time to provide expert quality reviews of our new biology resources to ensure they’re top-notch. “Khan Academy has shown how to leverage technology to put an excellent education in the…
edX: University of Michigan Joins edX as a Charter Member
We are pleased to welcome The University of Michigan to edX. U-M joins as a Charter Member with plans to offer 20 new courses on edX over the next two years. Michigan’s first edX MOOC is Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making and is now open for enrollment. Taught by Professor Guatam Kaul, this introductory finance course will examine tools and frameworks for learners... Read More about University of Michigan Joins edX as a Charter Member The post University of Michigan Joins edX as a Charter Member appeared first on edX Blog.
Iversity: The Birth of Distance Learning
Believe it or not: The roots of online learning actually date back almost 160 years in Germany. Of course there was no internet, there were no computers and university professors wore black bow-ties to class. Their teaching materials were usually nothing more than a piece of chalk and a blackboard. And yet that were a […] The post The Birth of Distance Learning appeared first on iversity Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Use a Virtual Coach to Onboard New Sales Hires by Chanin Ballance
Onboarding for salespeople needs to be fast, and it needs to get them producing right away. The best training is in the field, and needs the accurate support of managers. Technology makes this more possible than ever! Check out these ten tips to get your new hires up to speed.
edX: George Zafiris: Using edX to Improve My Study Habits
George Zafiris Age 20 | Greece EdX changed my life, and now it’s a part of who I am. I’m so happy be among the 5,000,000 edX students worldwide. All the edX courses I’ve taken have taught me something new and useful which I can apply to advancing my career and studies. Each one provided me with and an amazing “toolkit” – methodologies which improved... Read More about George Zafiris: Using edX to Improve My Study Habits The post George Zafiris: Using edX to Improve My Study Habits appeared first on edX Blog.
Udemy: Java Interview Questions: How to crack the TOP 15 questions
Updated on February 27, 2014 “What is the difference between Throw and Throws in Java Exception Handling?” You stare at the person asking you that question and think, I should know this! But at that moment, you can’t quite remember, and then kick yourself mentally for not preparing for your interview. Good thing that’s just [...]…
Saylor.org: Stuck? Try our updated Help Center
A while ago now, we said farewell to our regular page of frequently asked questions (“FAQ”), which now redirects to our Help Center. It’s easier to search and easier for us to include lots of rich content (images, especially), without overcrowding an FAQ page. We have added a bunch of new information about courses, exams, transcripts, college credit, ... Read More ...
edX: Visualizing Japan Nominated for the Japan Prize
This post was originally published on MIT Office of Digital Learning News blog on September 25, 2015. Shigeru Miyagawa, professor of linguistics and the Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture at MIT, has earned a reputation as a leading voice for the use of technology and digital innovation in education. Since the earliest days of the Web, he has worked to realize its potential... Read More about Visualizing Japan Nominated for the Japan Prize The post Visualizing Japan Nominated for the Japan Prize appeared first on edX Blog.
Udemy: October 2, 2015: Friday News Roundup
Can’t believe it’s October already! Hope your month is off to a good start. And now to the news… Why do employers expect more of entry-level employees than ever before? Gone are the days of a gradual ramp-up when you start a new job. Even employees fresh out of school find themselves in the [...]…
edX: EdX Celebrates World Teachers Day
Join us this Monday, October 5, as we celebrate educators from all over the world on World Teachers Day! This year’s slogan, as declared by the United Nations, is “empowering teachers, building sustainable societies.” Great teachers deliver superior education and opportunities, ultimately benefiting society at large, intellectually, economically, and culturally. Teachers are critical to increasing access to high-quality education as well as instilling a love... Read More about EdX Celebrates World Teachers Day The post EdX Celebrates World Teachers Day appeared first on edX Blog.