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: The Minimalist Guide To Running Your Own Massive Open Online Course.
The Minimalist Guide to Running Your Own Massive Open Online Course. Have you ever signed up for a MOOC course? An online course with... The post The Minimalist Guide To Running Your Own Massive Open Online Course. appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
: WizIQ wins ‘The Best Virtual Classroom Provider’ award three times in a row!
In 2011, WizIQ was awarded the World Education Public Choice Award in the ‘Best Innovation in Open and Distance Learning’ category at the World... The post WizIQ wins ‘The Best Virtual Classroom Provider’ award three times in a row! appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Four Tips: Building Trust and Credibility by Stacy Lindenberg
Teams and their leaders need trust and credibility within the larger organization if they are going to succeed. Here are some symptoms of low trust, and key tips for raising credibility.
: GET SMART, TEST SMART: Create custom online tests with WizIQ
“Okay class, time for the test!” The swell of groaning students reaches a thunderous crescendo within a matter of seconds, each pupil viewing the... The post GET SMART, TEST SMART: Create custom online tests with WizIQ appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
: Fall Blog Festival
Fall Blog Festival Webathon The Fall Blog Festival (FBF) is a free 12-hour webathon. According to Wiktionary, a webathon is “A fundraising event carried out by... The post Fall Blog Festival appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
: The importance Of Language Learning Through Play.
Introduction: I met Katie during the Teachers Teaching Online MOOC, followed by the iTDi MOOC. She was one of those vibrant participants who... The post The importance Of Language Learning Through Play. appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Saylor.org: Changes to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policies
Hello! We want to share some important changes that are taking place at the Saylor Academy. In the coming weeks, we will be updating our website, www.salyor.org. Although our website is changing, our core mission will remain the same: we believe that barriers of cost, time, and geography should not stand in the way of ... Read More ...
Udacity: Skip the MBA & Take How to Build a Startup
So it happens like this: you’re out with your friends one night and come up with the perfect product idea. You go home, don’t do anything to create the product, only to find your idea on the market months later! Can you relate? We can. The Udacity project manager for this class is still convinced that she thought of Yo first. Learn how to build a startup and take your idea to market! Don’t miss out on founding the next million dollar startup due to lack of entrepreneurial knowledge. Learn what it takes to bring your idea to market with Udacity. Today, we’re excited to announce a final project, coaching support and verified certificates for How to Build a Startup!Taught by serial entrepreneur Steve Blank, who founded eight startups, with four that have gone public, this class teaches you the key steps necessary to bring your product from concept to market. With the full course experience, you will talk to customers, build a Business Model Canvas, prototype…
Udacity: New! Applied Cryptography Available with Certificates and Coaching
Whether you’re aware of it or not, every time you conduct a Google search, buy something on Amazon, or even log in to your Udacity account you are transmitting private information. The only thing preventing someone from intercepting and using that information is cryptography. Bitcoin (the protocol) uses cryptography to securely transfer bitcoin (the currency) from one person to another In Applied Cryptography, you’ll learn the science of secrets. Specifically, you’ll learn how to securely send messages and manage accounts securely on websites. You’ll understand the difference between symmetric and asymmetric cryptography and their common applications. Today, we’re excited to announce Verified Certificates and Coaching support for Applied Cryptography. With the full course experience, you’ll have access to a personal Coach who will help you tailor your learning goals and offer their help if you get stuck on a problem. Plus, after solvin…
: Collect and Correct Students’ Written Work in the online classroom with Google Drive
Every classroom needs systems, and the online classroom is no different. I will show you how to set up a document collection system with Google Drive. Getting your systems in place in the beginning of the year will make your whole year easier. This system works as well in a brick and mortar classroom as it does in an online one. As you become more confident navigating Google Drive, you will tweak this system to make it your own. In the meantime, this is a great place to begin. Set Up Your Google Drive Account When you log&nb…
Coursera: Coursera for Your Career: 4 Tips to Prep for Course Success
In the last installment of Coursera for Your Career, “Find the Best Course for Your Professional Development and Advancement”, we walked you through the process of navigating Coursera’s course catalog to find a course that fit your professional goals. In this post, we focus on how to set yourself up for success when taking your chosen course. Once you choose the right course to develop the job skills you need, it’s time to focus on how to maximize your course efforts into influencing your career advancement. First, have a conversation with your boss about the course. Talk to him or her about Coursera, why you’re taking the course, its key features, and what you hope to gain from it. Describe how you choose the course, exactly what you will learn (via the posted syllabus), and how it will position you for professional advancement (e.g., a promotion, raise, or lateral move). Explain how the course ties into your professional development short and lon…
Udacity: Google Q&A on Android Fundamentals
Why should you learn Android? What are the best practices for mobile development in general, and Android in particular? Ask the experts! Next week, the Google Developers team behind Developing Android Apps is hosting “Ask the Experts,” a Q&A session where your two of your fearless instructors, Reto Meier and Dan Galpin, will take questions from you and your fellow Android developers! The session airs on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 9am PT. Submit your questions and vote for your favorites here. Ask your questions and cast your votes by Monday, August 25, 2014, to make sure that we get to them. Finally, make sure to tune in for the show on Tuesday! http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
Khan Academy: Now on Khan Academy: The American Museum of Natural History
Where do 200 of the world’s leading scientists work to advance our knowledge of anthropology, astrophysics, comparative genomics, computational sciences, evolutionary biology, herpetology, ichthyology, invertebrate zoology, microbiology, ornithology, and paleontology? The American Museum of Natural History in New York is not only a museum filled with towering dinosaurs, meteorites you can touch, and delighted, curious children; it is also a leading research institution with 32 million specimens and artifacts and an incredibly active field program that sends researchers on more than one hundred expeditions every year. The American Museum of Natural History is a first-rate educational institution that inspires learners of all ages and was the first Ph.D. degree-granting museum in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, we are absolutely delighted to announce a new partnership between this venerable institution and Khan Academy today. Where to begin? Maybe with an essay by Dr. Neil deGra…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Why You Should Subscribe to Learning Solutions Magazine Today! by Bill Brandon
Content—text, video, images, audio, links, blogs, websites—is everything on the web, including eLearning. This mass of content contains much that is useful to you professionally (when you can find it), and much that is frankly pretty sketchy. Learning Solutions Magazine is a free, organized island of useful professional information in this sea, and you should subscribe to it! Here’s why.
Udemy: Announcing our inaugural grantees: Parents for Public Schools San Francisco and the Four Block Foundation
We are excited today to announce the first winners of Udemy’s Social Innovation Grant program. Parents for Public Schools in San Francisco and the Four Block Foundation in New York will be creating online Udemy courses to make a social impact and further their work. Four Block Veteran Career Development is a nonprofit organization committed [...]…
Khan Academy: The Learning Myth: Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart
By: Salman Khan Join the #YouCanLearnAnything movement My 5-year-old son has just started reading. Every night, we lay on his bed and he reads a short book to me. Inevitably, he’ll hit a word that he has trouble with: last night the word was “gratefully.” He eventually got it after a fairly painful minute. He then said, “Dad, aren’t you glad how I struggled with that word? I think I could feel my brain growing.” I smiled: my son was now verbalizing the tell-tale signs of a ‘growth mindset.’ But this wasn’t by accident. Recently, I put into practice research I had been reading about for the past few years, and I decided to praise my son not when he succeeded at things he was already good at, but when he persevered with things that he found difficult. I stressed to him that by struggling, your brain grows. Between the deep body of research on the field of learning mindsets and this personal experience with m…
Khan Academy: The Learning Myth: Why I'm Cautious About Telling My Son He's Smart
By: Salman Khan Join the #YouCanLearnAnything movement My 5-year-old son has just started reading. Every night, we lie on his bed and he reads a short book to me. Inevitably, he’ll hit a word that he has trouble with: last night the word was “gratefully.” He eventually got it after a fairly painful minute. He then said, “Dad, aren’t you glad how I struggled with that word? I think I could feel my brain growing.” I smiled: my son was now verbalizing the tell-tale signs of a “growth mindset.” But this wasn’t by accident. Recently, I put into practice research I had been reading about for the past few years: I decided to praise my son not when he succeeded at things he was already good at, but when he persevered with things that he found difficult. I stressed to him that by struggling, your brain grows. Between the deep body of research on the field of learning mindsets and this personal experience with my so…
Iversity: 3 Key Learnings for an EdTech Start-up
There is a well-known Aesop’s fable called “The Father and His Sons” in which a father gives each of his sons a bundle of sticks and asks them to break the bundles in half. None of the sons are able to do so and resort to breaking one stick at a time. He then says […] The post 3 Key Learnings for an EdTech Start-up appeared first on iversity Blog.
Iversity: 3 Key Learnings for an EdTech Start-up
There is a well-known Aesop’s fable called “The Father and His Sons” in which a father gives each of his sons a bundle of sticks and asks them to break the bundles in half. None of the sons are able to do so and resort to breaking one stick at a time. He then says […] The post 3 Key Learnings for an EdTech Start-up appeared first on iversity Blog.
Saylor.org: Maximizing your learning through online tools: Strategic Planning – Part 2
Editor’s note: this guest post is the second in a short series by Ankit Khandelwal, a prolific student of online courses. This article covers free and inexpensive online resources for developing expertise in business strategy outside of a traditional degree program. Continuing from before In the previous post, I talked about some of the ways to ... Read More ...