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edX: AP® Physics: Online Study Guides, Practice Exams, Equation Sheets & Test Preparation
Welcome to the AP® Physics test preparation hub! Find information about free online courses, sample tests, online support forums and much more provided by the College Board, high schools, and top universities and institutions. Online AP® course preparation combined with classroom learning will help you achieve your best scores on the AP® Physics exams. What’s here: Online AP® Physics test preparation courses from top universities... Read More about AP® Physics: Online Study Guides, Practice Exams, Equation Sheets & Test Preparation The post AP® Physics: Online Study Guides, Practice Exams, Equation Sheets & Test Preparation appeared first on edX Blog.
edX: MOOC Providers
This post was originally published on the Higher Ed Beta blog. To be sure, enrollment in online learning opportunities (MOOCs and beyond) continues to grow. New courses (from stalwart institutions like the Ivies and unexpected ones like Wired magazine), new forms of degrees (nano- and micro-), and hybrid programs that blend traditional with online learning (where learners end up with the same credential as those who... Read More about MOOC Providers The post MOOC Providers appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Five Ways to “Distinctify” or Reinvigorate Your Learning and Development Programs by Shannon Poser
Here are five tips for creating—and maintaining—an innovative training concept. By making your program unique to your company and intriguing to your staff, “distinctifying” it on a continual basis, and eliminating what doesn’t work, you not only engage your employees, you also ensure success.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Nuts and Bolts: Social Media for Learning Part 1: Extending, Including, Supporting by Jane Bozarth
In the four years since Jane’s column “Social Media for Learning” appeared here, the popular use of social media and tools that make it easy to generate and share images has exploded. This month’s column looks at some of the new ways you might extend your own practice through use of these social tools.
Udemy: AngularJS Tutorial: A Beginner’s Guide to AngularJS
By Mike Godfrey for Udemy Interested in more than just a guide? Check out a full AngularJS course. TABLE OF CONTENTS: CLICK TO JUMP TO A SPECIFIC SECTION Introduction History is important MV* Setup Directives ng-app ng-controller ng-bind Bindings Expressions Two-way bindings Directives again ng-repeat limitTo Custom directives Injection Minimal theory Dependency annotations Custom injectables Value services [...]…
Saylor.org: Verified Certificates Survey Results
Last week, we sent out a survey about “verified certificates” by email and blog post. The results we got are shared below. We still have plenty of thinking and discussing to do, but this feedback is really helpful for us and, we hope, interesting to you. Here is how we introduced the survey: Saylor Academy ... Read More ...
edX: 4 Music-Inspired Tips for Budding Entrepreneurs
Guest post written by Panos Panay, instructor of the upcoming Berklee MOOC, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, starting September 8, 2015. If creativity and entrepreneurship are linked, how can we better draw on creative outlets for business innovation? I spent a good part of my early entrepreneurial life running away from the fact that I had a music degree rather than a business degree. Looking back, I... Read More about 4 Music-Inspired Tips for Budding Entrepreneurs The post 4 Music-Inspired Tips for Budding Entrepreneurs appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Eight Ways to Best Spend Your Online Learning Budget by Lisa Minogue-White
With all of the choices available today to support learning, collaboration, and sharing and building knowledge, confusion about the best path for the learning journey can ensue. Here is a guide to making the most effective investments in learning by blending free, user-generated, and paid-for content.
edX: 9 Introductory Courses on edX: Explore a New Subject this Fall
Ready to dive into a new subject area, but not sure where to start? This fall on edX we are offering dozens of introductory level courses, perfect for novice who is brand new to a topic, or someone looking to brush up on the basics. Check out some of our most popular intro level courses below, and enroll today. Learn Computer Science Explore Social SciencesGet PoliticalUnderstand ScienceDiversify Your... Read More about 9 Introductory Courses on edX: Explore a New Subject this Fall The post 9 Introductory Courses on edX: Explore a New Subject this Fall appeared first on edX Blog.
Saylor.org: Survey: Verified Certificates
If you subscribe to our mailing list you may well have already seen this survey and, indeed, have already taken it, but if not, please take a look! Essentially, we are curious to learn what you already know and what you think about verified certificates — it is a direction we are looking seriously at ... Read More ...
edX: Why Is Measuring Learning So Difficult? A Video Conversation
This post was originally published on EdTech Researcher. Here is a new video from EDUCAUSE with four experts and me addressing the question, “Why is measuring learning difficult?” Some good reflections on learning analytics, data, MOOCs, testing, pyschometrics, and more. I think the video has a nice balance of humility and optimism. Learning is much more complex than we can ever really pin down, but... Read More about Why Is Measuring Learning So Difficult? A Video Conversation The post Why Is Measuring Learning So Difficult? A Video Conversation appeared first on edX Blog.
edX: Back to School: Four Activities for Building a Positive School Climate
The guest post below was originally published By Vicki Zakrzewski on UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center website. To continue learning about living a happy and meaningful life, sign up for the upcoming UC BerkeleyX MOOC The Science of Happiness, starting September 8, 2015. Schools are a slice of humanity: Everyone brings both their wonderful innate goodness and their challenging globby muck to the classroom. Creating... Read More about Back to School: Four Activities for Building a Positive School Climate The post Back to School: Four Activities for Building a Positive School Climate appeared first on edX Blog.
Khan Academy: Pixar in a Box: the math behind the movies
Every day, learners around the world visit Khan Academy to brush up their skills and explore new subjects. Maybe you’ve studied math on Khan Academy, and maybe you’ve wondered how artists, scientists, and engineers use math to build amazing things.To help answer that question, Khan Academy, with support from Disney, teamed up with Pixar Animation Studios to create Pixar in a Box: a free online curriculum that shows how Pixar artists use the concepts we all study in school to create their amazing movies.Through video lessons, interactive exercises, and hands-on activities, you can learn how Pixar artists use math to solve design problems at each stage of the creative process. In particular, you’ll discover:- How large swarms of robots in “WALL•E” were designed using combinatorics- How a field of grass was created in “Brave” using parabolic arcs- How simple models are transformed into realistic characters using weighted averages-&n…
Saylor.org: Office Hours open chat today at 9 and 4 EDT
Join us for “office hours” open chat about all things Saylor Academy today at 9:00 AM and again at 4:00 PM EDT. Just set a reminder and visit this page to join! We’re hoping for a bit less of this… via GIPHY …and a little bit more of this: via GIPHY We would, however, settle ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: EMEA Reporter: On the INHOPE Network, eLearning Helps in Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse by Nic Laycock
The Internet has its good side, but unfortunately it also has its evil side: the victimization of children. Fortunately, there is an international network of hotlines, set up in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, to rapidly identify and remove child-abuse material from the Internet. eLearning plays an important part in this effort. In this article you’ll meet one of the key players.
edX: Harvard’s HeroesX MOOC: Ancient Greek Heroes and Modern Community
Join Harvard Professor Gregory Nagy on a 24-“Hour” journey that lasts a lifetime, and learn how the heroes of ancient Greece can help us to understand and reflect upon modern cultures. Study alongside Harvard students in this MOOC that mirrors and engages with the on-campus Harvard class. The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours (also known as HeroesX) is a HarvardX MOOC that introduces participants to the literature... Read More about Harvard’s HeroesX MOOC: Ancient Greek Heroes and Modern Community The post Harvard’s HeroesX MOOC: Ancient Greek Heroes and Modern Community appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Digitec Interactive Unveils New Knowledge Direct Learning Management Platform by News Editor
With Knowledge Direct, associations can now engage and increase membership through rich, accessible, and social learning experiences.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Boost Your Skills and Knowledge! Content From The Guild (8/26/15) by Bill Brandon
Membership at paid levels in The eLearning Guild gives you free access to hundreds of resources in our expanding collections! This article will introduce you to some of these resources and help you learn how to use the collections. This week you will find links to a graphic design technique, mobile learning strategy, professional competency insights, and gamification techniques.
edX: PhD Lifestyle: Are Most Academics Lonely at Work?
An unabridged version of this guest blog post was originally published on The Thesis Whisperer by Inger Mewburn, Instructor of “How to Survive Your PhD” on edX. Since announcing Australian National University’s latest MOOC, How to Survive Your PhD, I’ve been overwhelmed by the response, with more than 2600 people signing up in the first week alone– far more than I had expected! A few... Read More about PhD Lifestyle: Are Most Academics Lonely at Work? The post PhD Lifestyle: Are Most Academics Lonely at Work? appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Toolkit: Captivate 9 Has Arrived! by Joe Ganci
Last week, Adobe released Captivate version 9. With each new version, there have been some very welcome additions, and some new features that would first make us scratch our heads only to find eventually that we couldn’t live without them. In this review, you will get a comprehensive look at almost everything in Captivate 9, including those soon-to-be-indispensable features!