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: How Art, Poetry & Educational Technology inspire language learning.
Image credit: Magdolna Terray ( art) and Rakesh Bhanot (poetry). One of the most powerful things about poetry is that its message takes us... The post How Art, Poetry & Educational Technology inspire language learning. appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Intrepid Learning Solutions Launches Independent SaaS Learning Technology Company by News Editor
Intrepid Learning to focus exclusively on its award-winning cloud-based technology business built around its flagship Learning Hub and Corporate MOOC solutions.
Udemy: Calling all SQL Newbs!
Two of our very own Udemites published a great new course over the weekend, SQL for Newbs: Beginner Data Analysis! Marketing Analyst Peter Sefton and Instructor Email Marketer David Kim joined Udemy with no experience in databases or querying languages. With a little curiosity, some trial and error, and a lot of each other’s support, [...]…
Khan Academy: The Metropolitan Museum of Art comes to Khan Academy
Photo: Steven Zucker In little more than a year, we’ve been very fortunate to collaborate with numerous institutions of incredible caliber and expertise, such as The British Museum, Tate, MoMA and The Getty. Their content on Khan Academy has gotten hundreds of thousands of views and we’re constantly hearing from our learners, whether they’re studying for a class or just nerding out on art and its history, how valuable the tutorials are; last year, there were 7 million visits to our art history content alone! Today we’re very excited to welcome The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Khan Academy. As life-long New Yorkers, we visit the Met at every chance we get. You could say without exaggerating that we learned how to look at art in the Met’s glorious galleries (and in fact we both wrote our very first respective museum papers on works in the Greek and Roman collection!). Today, the Met launches over 100 videos on Khan Academy featuring areas su…
Coursera: Learn from Coursera on your next JetBlue flight
Learners can continue to acquire knowledge and build skills from thirty-thousand feet in the air. With the busiest travel season right around the corner, JetBlue announced a new set of content providers for their new onboard in-flight entertainment, Fly-FI Hub. Among the options for travelers to select from is Coursera. Coursera will host 10 e-learning videos that include courses such as Introduction to Marketing from The Wharton School, also giving learners the ability to browse from a list of respected institutions like University of Edinburgh and Berklee School of Music. JetBlue’s new Fly-Fi Hub will be accessible to customers on any personal device on all aircraft by the end of 2014. So sit back, grab a snack and get ready to learn on your next JetBlue flight with Coursera. Enroll Today »…
Khan Academy: What do Bill Gates, a pop singer and a wrestler all have in common?!
Our friends in Brazil, the Lemann Foundation, recently asked some twenty celebrities about their favorite way to learn math, and they shared some really touching thoughts about Khan Academy and why they love using it. We thought it would be fun to share them with you, too. Bill Gates, for instance, stressed the fact that Khan Academy is a great tool for one`s learning adventure, saying that the “breath of stuff is incredible and the explanations are clear”. He also pointed out that he uses Khan Academy to remind himself about certain concepts and with his kids “when things are complicated for them” - which makes us feel better about forgetting things, too! This year, over two million Brazilians used Khan Academy to study and learn - we’re so excited that they’re enjoying the Portuguese site. Em diante! —————————————————- O que Bill Gates, Anitta e…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Hackathon! Design Gamified eLearning in Hours by Bill Brandon
Here is a different, creative way to kick off your eLearning design and development! Hackathons are events in which individuals with diverse backgrounds, from coding to graphic design to instructional design and management, can collaborate on a development project, including those involving games and gamification. Read the background in this article, and the story of a very recent example!
Coursera: Coursera Catalog: starting this week, 11/23/14
The best way to jumpstart your brain after a large Thanksgiving meal this week is with these courses: Data Science[Specialization] Johns Hopkins University: Formulate context-relevant questions and hypotheses to drive data scientific research. Starts 12/1 » Entrepreneurship: Launching an Innovative Business[Specialization] University of Maryland: Learners in this Specialization will understand how innovation plays a role in their business idea and w…
Udemy: Udemy + LinkedIn ‘Add to Profile for Certifications’
Yesterday LinkedIn announced a new feature, Add to Profile for Certifications to allow members to showcase their expertise by easily adding their professional certifications to their profile. According to LinkedIn, members with certifications receive 6 times more profile views. In support of this program, Udemy is a proud pilot partner and certification provider. How does [...]…
Udacity: Informational Interviews: How to Find Your Next Job Over Coffee
What's an informational interview? It's a conversation you have with someone in a career you're curious about. You ask them about their path, resources they find helpful in their work, and advice for people like yourself looking to break into that field. Informational interviews are fantastic ways to learn more about what a particular career looks like, and to discover new opportunities.
: WizIQ Featured Teacher – Larissa Albano
Does learning have to be boring? Do only books teach? Can I get a break from this monotony? Like me, at some point in... The post WizIQ Featured Teacher – Larissa Albano appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
: Average Children Around the World: Just how lucky are we? | International Children’s Day
Let’s celebrate International Children’s Day with a quick exploration of population statistics. After reading this great piece, comparing the writer’s kitchen to others around... The post Average Children Around the World: Just how lucky are we? | International Children’s Day appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Khan Academy: Learn how to make webpages with HTML & CSS on Khan Academy
I often get asked how I got into programming. Well, it all started with me forgetting to buy a gift for my mum. I was in 6th grade, and it was Mother’s Day. We lived a few hours walk from the shops in town, and I had to walk by a high-security penitentiary to get to those shops - given the recent surge in prison escapes, I didn’t feel like taking the risk. I’d been browsing the web a lot recently, checking out the fan websites for my favorite boy bands and hanging out in pet-themed chat rooms. I always liked the idea of making gifts instead of buying gifts, so I thought “hey, I’ll make my mum a webpage!” I searched on Yahoo! for instructions (this was even before the days of Google’ing), and made a webpage for my mum with a big cheesy “Happy Mother’s Day” GIF at the top (thanks, Microsoft Word Art!). My mum was happy that I’d taken the effort to learn something new; I was happy that I’d discovered how to get aw…
Coursera: Coursera tops Linkedin’s Certification Provider list
Coursera is at the top of Linkedin’s Top 100 Certification Providers list this year based on the number of certificates our learners have been listing on their LinkedIn profiles. Coursera stands next to Microsoft in helping learners market and brand themselves to potential employers for top occupations like software developers and business owners. Coursera helps learners stand out professionally and stay relevant in today’s workforce by providing credentials that have academic integrity and credibility for newly acquired skills. To keep equipping our learners with the ability to highlight and showcase expertise to the real world, Coursera is teaming up once again with LinkedIn to launch the Add to Profile program. On average, LinkedIn members with listed certifications receive 6x more views to their profile. Now with the Add to Profile program, learners have the opportunity to upload their Verified Certificates and credentials in just one-click to get recognized and…
Coursera: Coursera a leader on Linkedin’s Certification Provider list
Coursera is among the top of Linkedin’s Top 100 Certification Providers list this year based on the number of certificates our learners have been listing on their LinkedIn profiles. Coursera stands next to Microsoft in helping learners market and brand themselves to potential employers for top occupations like software developers and business owners. Coursera helps learners stand out professionally and stay relevant in today’s workforce by providing credentials that have academic integrity and credibility for newly acquired skills. To keep equipping our learners with the ability to highlight and showcase expertise to the real world, Coursera is teaming up once again with LinkedIn to launch the Add to Profile program. On average, LinkedIn members with listed certifications receive 6x more views to their profile. Now with the Add to Profile program, learners have the opportunity to upload their Verified Certificates and credentials in just one-click to get recognized a…
Udacity: Your Top 10 Swift Questions Answered
Swift is a new programming language developed by Apple for iOS and OS X. As we were preparing to create a course on how to use this new language, we asked you what questions you had about Swift, and you responded! 1. WHY IS THE LANGUAGE CALLED SWIFT? We could make the obvious popular culture joke, but in all seriousness, the language was designed with two goals in mind: swift…
: Why you should use videos in teaching in an online classroom
What started as perhaps a supplement to mainstream schooling/education, or a way for teachers to take a day off of teaching (Students, today we... The post Why you should use videos in teaching in an online classroom appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: EMEA Reporter: Ringing the Right Bells with eLearning by Nic Laycock
Can eLearning support development of complex physical skills? Is eLearning useful for hobby activities that support a balanced lifestyle and relieve stress? Consider how mLearning and eLearning contribute to success in campanology … or just enjoy the video clips in this musical, mathematical, holiday-themed article!
Coursera: President Obama supports free, two-year Coursera Verified Certificates to teachers for district professional development
The President of the United States, Barack Obama shared his support today to over 3 million teachers across the US with Coursera. In front of a packed house at the Superintendents’ Summit in DC today to promote the Future Ready Pledge as part of the ConnectEd Initiative, President Obama disclosed a new offering by Coursera and its partners to give teachers free Coursera Verified Certificates for district-approved professional development. Coursera’s university and nonprofit partners will provide 50 high-quality teacher professional development (TPD) courses to US teachers for free throughout a two-year partnership. For teachers to access their free Coursera Verified Certificates, district superintendents—or equivalent administrators with the authority to approve TPD courses for Continuing Education Units (CEU)—must complete this approval form. When approved, teachers in the applying district will receive access to free Coursera credentials starting January 1…
: Partners of Their Own Learning
If you want to learn something, teach it! Teaching motivates us to learn. Many teachers claim that teaching forces them to learn the material, so they can... The post Partners of Their Own Learning appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.