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Learning Solutions Magazine: EMEA Reporter: Redesigning Performance on a Macro Scale by Nic Laycock
Nick Shackleton-Jones is BP’s director of online and informal learning. What are his strategic imperatives in an enterprise spanning every continent?
Udacity: Ask the Experts: Google Q&A on Web Performance, Android & Cloud Fundamentals
The Google Developer Advocate team - who brings you Website Performance Optimization, Android App Development, and Developing Scalable Apps - wants to answer your questions and share insights and best practices for their fields. We’re holding Q&A sessions in the last two weeks of August for you to meet your Android, Cloud and Web Performance instructors and to ask them your burning questions. Web Performance Optimization with Ilya Grigorik Q&A: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 9am PT. Ask & vote for your questions here. Tune in here for the show. Developing Android Apps with Reto Meier and Dan Galpin Q&A: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 9am PT. Ask & vote for your questions here. Tune in here for the show. Developing Scalable Apps with Magnus Hyttsten and Jocelyn Becker Q&A: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 9am PT. [Stay tuned for the Q&A link and show link, which are coming soon!] http://blog.udacity.com/fee…
: Why Professional Development Should Be like Child’s Play
Image credits: Designed by Shelly Terrell with photo credits embedded above. Why child’s play is more than ‘child’s play’ I’ve been thinking about child’s... The post Why Professional Development Should Be like Child’s Play appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: A Match Made in Heaven: Performance Support and Mobile by James Rasmussen
Even when the eLearning is well-designed, after completing it employees will need support at the moment they are actually trying to use what they learned. However, there may be no manager or coach or peer expert available in that moment to help them. Performance support, especially delivered on a mobile device, may be the ideal solution for this problem. Read about it here!
Coursera: Carlos Slim Foundation Features Coursera on New Site for U.S. Hispanic Community
The Carlos Slim Foundation, one of Mexico’s top philanthropic organizations, is Coursera’s major partner in the Spanish-speaking world. Our partnership aims to improve access to education among Spanish speaking learners, as well as support opportunities for career development and employment throughout Latin America. Earlier this week, August 12th, The Carlos Slim Foundation unveiled Acceso Latino, (taken from their Press Release): “a free website created to provide U.S. Latinos easy access to tools and content about education, healthcare, job training, culture and more. This site will serve as a valuable resource to help Latinos succeed in the United States. “We’re proud to launch Acceso Latino, a completely free website that can provide Latinos access to better opportunities through education, learning English, and job training,” said Carlos Slim Helú. “Acceso Latino will put valuable knowledge at the fingertips of everyone who…
Udacity: Learn Differential Equations in Action
I remember starting engineering school and dreading the differential equations course I’d eventually have to take. Upperclassmen loved to taunt us with horror stories about professors talking a million miles a minute in math jargon and coursework so abstract and complicated that problems felt meaningless. This is not that course. Differential Equations in Action will teach you to create solutions to systems of differential equations using numerical approximation methods, which we’ll code in Python. The methods you’ll learn in this class are the same ones that physicists, engineers, biologists, economists, social scientists, and professionals in many other fields rely on every day in their work. We’re very excited to now begin offering Coaching support and Verified Certificates for Differential Equations in Action. With the paid course, your personal Coach will be available to help you set learning goals and work through any problems you may be stuck o…
Iversity: And the Scholartrip winner is… Jesús from Mexico!
The iversity Scholartrip contest has come to an end! Congratulations to Jesús, whose raffle ticket was drawn out of 49,223 tickets submitted to the Scholartrip lottery. Jesús, age 27, left his home country of Mexico to study in Germany and currently lives in Ireland. Already before enrolling in “The DO School Startup Lab”, his dream […] The post And the Scholartrip winner is… Jesús from Mexico! appeared first on iversity Blog.
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Udacity: Why is Website Performance Optimization Critical?
What is the Critical Rendering Path?How can you boost your site performance with PageSpeed Insights and Google Chrome’s Developer Tools? Ask the experts! Ilya Grigorik and Cameron Pittman, instructors of Udacity and Google’s Website Performance Optimization mini course, will answer your questions in a Q&A on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 9am PT. Ask & vote for your questions here. Tune in here for the Q&A. Ilya Grigorik is a web performance engineer at Google, the author of High Performance Browser Networking (O’Reilly), and an instructor of Udacity’s Website Performance Optimization mini course. Cameron Pittman lives and breathes web development as he creates programming courses at Udacity. Website Performance Optimization teaches you to optimize any website for speed by diving into the details of how mobile and desktop browsers render pages. You’ll explore the Critical Rendering Path, PageSpeed Insights, an…
: Healthy and Sustainable Living MOOC on WizIQ
About Healthy and Sustainable Living MOOC Healthy and Sustainable Living MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is a 5 week free online course that seeks... The post Healthy and Sustainable Living MOOC on WizIQ appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Brain Science: The Visual System and Learning by Art Kohn
Neuroscience has learned a lot about the way that the brain processes visual information. This article provides insights into the two distinct visual systems that operate concurrently and independently. Understanding these systems and how they work will provide instructional designers with important information bearing on ways to increase comprehension, retention, and transfer.
ALISON: ALISON Breaks 5 Million Enrolments Worldwide
ALISON, the pioneering free online learning platform focusing on basic education and workplace skills training announced today that it had provided its 5 millionth free course. ALISON continues to grow strongly in its core markets of the United States and the UK, but also worldwide, with particular new interest from countries in South-East Asia, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Coursera: Imagine: If This Course Leads to Even One Person Escaping Victimization from Human Trafficking
Below is a blog entry written by Jacquelyn Meshelemiah, Associate Professor at the Ohio State University’s College of Social Work, about the new course Human Trafficking. The course starts on August 20th. No one wins when a modern world allows human trafficking to persist. Human trafficking is deplorable and rampant. Unfortunately, it is not well understood. Passive observers argue that the number of trafficking victims is “inflated” and “incalculable” due to its clandestine nature. My rebuttal is simply this: “Even ONE slave is too many!” Unrestrained, illegal, barbaric: human trafficking forces, frauds, coerces, exploits or induces children, women and even men into selling or relinquishing their skills, bodies or body parts. Trafficking dehumanizes and victimizes by making people into objects, currency, pleasurable gadgets or machines. In an effort to expose this violation of human rights, Ohio State University is proud to of…
Saylor.org: Two Saylor Academy Courses Recommended for College Credit by American Council on Education
The Saylor Academy is thrilled to announce that two of our STEM courses, Chemistry I and Molecular and Cellular Biology, have been recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®). Thanks to ACE CREDIT, Saylor Academy students can now earn recommended college credit for CHEM101 and BIO101b ... Read More ...
Udacity: New! Programming Languages Course Available with Full Udacity Goodness
Have you ever heard the term lexical? How about parsing? String patterns? These are common techniques used by programmers and if these words are new to you, we’ve got a course that can help! In Programming Languages, you’ll create the code structure for your own web browser. Along the way, you’ll learn the key fundamentals of programming languages. We’ll write our code in Python, but the concepts learned can be applied to any language. Today, we’re excited to announce verified certificates and Coaching support for Programming Languages. 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 solving some final problems, you’ll earn a certificate verifying your new programming skills. http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
Learning Solutions Magazine: gomo releases gomo 2.1 by News Editor
gomo learning has released gomo 2.1, the first major update to the multi-device authoring tool since its launch earlier this year.
Coursera: History began when humans invented gods, and will end when humans become gods...
Below is a blog entry written by The Hebrew University of Jersusalem’s Dr. Yuval Noah Harari about his course A Brief History of Humankind; started this week, August 10th. A human handprint made about 30,000 years ago, on the wall of the Chauvet Cave in southern France. Somebody tried to say “I was here!” A human footprint on the Moon, 1969. We were there too. Seventy thousand years ago, there were at least six different human species on earth. They were insignificant animals, whose ecological impact was no greater than that of jellyfish, zebras or chickens. Today, there is only one human species left: Us. Homo sapiens. But we rule this planet. The course, A Brief History of Humankind, takes us on a breath-taking ride through our entire human history, from its evolutionary roots to the age of…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Marc My Words: From Interactivity to Engagement by Marc Rosenberg
We hear a lot about giving the learner something to do through interactivity and we hear a lot about engaging the learner. They are not the same thing. Interactivity does not necessarily create engagement, and engagement does not necessarily require overt interactivity. Learn about the difference here, and about the “Four T’s of Engagement.”…
Udacity: The Difference Between Programming and Software Engineering
“When I graduated from my programming bootcamp, I had the skills to be a great programmer,” Lindsey starts. “But it wasn’t until I joined Udacity that I realized I still had a lot to learn about being a software engineer.” The terms Programmer and Software Engineer, contrary to popular belief, are not interchangeable. A programmer knows how to code and may have the technical skills needed to build meaningful products. A software engineer follows a systematic process of understanding requirements, working with stakeholders and developing a solution that fulfills their needs. A programmer tends to work alone. A software engineer is part of a larger team. Lindsey realized this difference when she graduated from a prestigious bootcamp in San Francisco and started working at a company (with us!). From learning GitHub workflows to more involved testing (“I always questioned the importance of testing,” Lindsey explains, “with individual p…
Iversity: Ensuring Inclusive Learning With Online Education
by Inclusive Learning Whether there be environmental, cultural, physical or mental constraints, everyone has their own way of learning best. If we do not adapt to the needs of learners, many will not have access to effective education. E-learning and online education offer many tools and possibilities for inclusive learning environments and can develop more […] The post Ensuring Inclusive Learning With Online Education appeared first on iversity Blog.