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: Meet Queenie Kawabe, Online Chinese Language Instructor
Surely not many people would take the view that learning Chinese is all about FUN as it is considered the toughest language to master.... The post Meet Queenie Kawabe, Online Chinese Language Instructor appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
: WizIQ Featured Teacher-Queenie Kawabe
Surely not many people would take the view that learning Chinese is all about FUN as it is considered the toughest language to master.... The post WizIQ Featured Teacher-Queenie Kawabe appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
: WizIQ Featured Teacher: Queenie Kawabe
Surely not many people would take the view that learning Chinese is all about FUN as it is considered the toughest language to master.... The post WizIQ Featured Teacher: Queenie Kawabe appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Saylor.org: Access to Saylor Academy services for students in Cuba, Iran, and Sudan
Starting today, students visiting our site from Cuba, Iran, and Sudan will see the following message: You are receiving this message because your computer’s IP address indicates that you are connecting from a country that is under sanctions by the United States government. Due to these sanctions, we are currently unable to offer our education ... Read More ...
Saylor.org: volunteers
re: LO trial invite responses… Bolivia, Egypt, Australia, UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Greece etc. CTA — sign up, sign in, opt in, be ready.
Saylor.org: Community Insight: age and degree, geography
We recently compared our student demographics to those of a major MOOC. The results of this comparison intrigued us. So, we will pursue this topic in-depth today and hope you find this just as fascinating as we do. Some of the most interesting discoveries we made lie at the intersections of the categories. In this ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Marc My Words: Back to School—Technology Is Changing Learning, but Is It Changing Schooling? by Marc Rosenberg
Has technology in our schools come upon a significant barrier? Is it the schools themselves? Technology can improve learning, but we may never reach its full value if the context where it is used—the school—does not significantly change as well. There are efforts underway to change schools, but we still have to ask if they are enough. Read here about what it will take to change the game!
Khan Academy: An online helping hand to get you from here to college
As part of the White House Expanding College Access Initiative, we’ve created an in-depth college admissions resource for high school students and college counselors across the country. Our college admissions content covers the high school journey, providing college guidance whether you’re a senior or a freshman. It takes a holistic approach: from overcoming cultural barriers to step-by-step walkthroughs for the Common App and FAFSA forms. The site includes sections on considering college as an option, understanding how your high school record counts towards college, navigating different college options, writing college applications, and applying for financial aid. We’ve designed this site for students who’d like to access the site on their own, but it can be equally integrated into counsellor-student guidance sessions. This site is a collective effort from over nine months of research: it contains 100+ informational videos covering the college admissions proces…
Udacity: Not Just for Noobs: Refresh Your Programming Skills with Intro to Computer Science
Meet Pack! Meet Pack Heng, an Executive Search Consultant and a recent Udacity graduate from Intro to Computer Science. Pack has a Masters degree in Engineering in Electronics and Computer Science, as well as a Postdoc in the Architecture of Digital Systems. In his own words, Pack has had “an international journey as engineer, project manager and business development manager from France, the Netherlands to Australia.” Pack wanted a refresher on his computer programming skills and took Intro to Computer Science, where his final project impressed the Udacity Coaches so much that we want to share more of his story and study tips: Study Tip: Use Stack Overflow & Forums I would suggest that you first find your own way to solve all quizzes and problems. Be curious about how you can improve your code to find an efficient solution - sites such as Stack Overflow come in handy. Discussion forums in the Udacity classroom are active and you should participate in them; you can l…
Saylor.org: About Saylor Academy’s New Look
The website is sporting a very new, very different look — scroll down for a quick gallery of saylor.org over the years! One important note: we are not finished! There remain new features to be implemented, old features to be upgraded, and plenty of minor issues to go around; this is very much an iterative ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Adapting eLearning for Mobile: Learning from Wonderful Mistakes by Paul Clothier
For many companies, adapting eLearning content for use on smartphones is a first small step in providing learning content for mobile (mLearning). While redesign is always the best option, this article digs into deeper levels of adaptation and offers detailed guidance on ways to create effective mLearning from existing materials. And remember: Mistakes are your friends.
: Micro Teaching on WizIQ
Learn to Blend and Flip with Technology Many teachers feel alone when it comes to teaching with and without technology. They wish they could... The post Micro Teaching on WizIQ appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Khan Academy: Video tasks on the learning dashboard
Khan Academy is now introducing video tasks on the learning dashboard. Prior to this release, the mission dashboard consisted exclusively of practice and mastery tasks—problems to practice and interact with the skills. If a student didn’t know how to do a particular exercise, they would have to rely on the video in the specific skill or manually look up the video, and there was no way to know ahead of time which videos are particularly useful and which aren’t. With this in mind, we decided to research which videos on our site are most effective in helping people learn. We then wanted to explore how we could make sure students see these videos when trying to learn related skills. Many of our exercises are tagged with “curated related videos”—videos that are hand-selected as related to the exercise. Using this as a starting point, we looked at all the videos that were already tagged as related to any exercise. For each of these videos, we compared the…
Khan Academy: What do Michael Jordan, Yoda, and a kid who just learned how to ride a bike have in common?
The research shows that when you realize that you can build up your abilities through effort you actually learn more. So we wanted to share a few of our favorite videos that inspire this attitude and carry the message that we can all grow. Here are our current top 3: 3. Michael Jordan 2. Yoda 1. Kid who just learned how to ride a bike Know a cool video like these? We’d love to see the videos that most inspire you so please share them with us here on our Facebook page . Can’t wait to be inspired by what you share! …
: Letter to an Online Teacher: See Your Students
I see you. In her Ted Talk, Amanda Palmer, the alternative rock icon of the Dresden Dolls, talked about her time as a human... The post Letter to an Online Teacher: See Your Students appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Coursera: Response to Reported Vulnerability in Instructor Access to Learner Data
Courserians, we are writing about a topic we take very seriously – user privacy. As some of you may have seen, Stanford instructor and security expert Jonathan Mayer, who teaches a course on Coursera, recently uncovered some security vulnerabilities in the Coursera website. Before we go into any details, let us emphasize the most important points: Critical Information Kept Private - At no time were learner credit cards, personal information, or course performance data available to unauthorized personnel. Limited Information Available to Instructors - Learner email addresses from all courses were potentially visible to instructors at our partner institutions who are teaching a Coursera-hosted course. Risk of Third-Party Malware - Individual learner enrollment information (specifically, a list of the courses a learner is taking) was potentially available if the learner went to a site running malware. Malware running on a separate site poses a security risk for most on…
Coursera: 10 Things to Know When Representing a Professional Athlete
Written by Peter A. Carfagna, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, about the new course Representing the Professional Athlete starting Sep 16th 2014. 10. Stay on top of the field (pun intended): Obtain and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the current trends in the sports in which you want to represent a Professional Athlete — including a “deep dive” into the relevant rules and regulations of the sports in which you seek to represent Professional Athletes. 9. Know your clients better than they know themselves: Obtain and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the career paths of the Professional Athletes that you want to represent — “Know Your Client,” as well or better then he or she can know himself or herself. 8. Obtain necessary certifications: As you focus on your specialty sports, you should research and then satisfy the Certification-qualification requirements for each League, Team or…
Udacity: Why Should You Learn Artificial Intelligence?
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the term “artificial intelligence?” If you’re a sci-fi junkie like me, you might immediately jump to thoughts of Cyberdyne Technologies or Marvin, the paranoid Android. But in reality, artificial intelligence already plays an active role in our everyday lives.You may have already recognized it in phone assistants like Siri or Google Now. Or you may have identified AI when playing Chess against a virtual opponent, or when playing more sophisticated motion-tracking games with the Kinect™. But did you know that artificial intelligence is also present in Google Translate and spam blockers?Studying artificial intelligence opens a world of opportunities. At a basic level, you’ll better understand the systems and tools that you interact with on a daily basis. And if you stick with the subject and study more, you can help create cutting edge AI applications, like the Google Self Driving Car, or IBM&…
Iversity: Fall Semester brings new courses!
Fall semester is just around the corner and it’s time to think about what new things you want to learn. To help you out, let’s introduce you to 3 new courses. Did you miss any great courses this past year? Now’s your chance to enrol because 6 courses will re-run this October. You may also […] The post Fall Semester brings new courses! appeared first on iversity Blog.
Iversity: Fall Semester brings new courses!
Fall semester is just around the corner and it’s time to think about what new things you want to learn. To help you out, let’s introduce you to 3 new courses. Did you miss any great courses this past year? Now’s your chance to enrol because 6 courses will re-run this October. You may also […] The post Fall Semester brings new courses! appeared first on iversity Blog.