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Udemy: Udemy Announces Launch of Social Innovation Program
Udemy announced today the launch of Udemy Social Innovation, a program that helps nonprofits, social entrepreneurs and changemakers around the world create online courses to increase their organization’s impact. As part of the program, Udemy will give out 12 grants, totaling $30,000 over six months, to eligible applicants. Udemy will also provide affordable access to [...]…
Udacity: Awesome Student Projects from Web Performance Optimization
The sample portfolio you'll optimize in class. I’m Cameron Pittman and I love helping you make better websites. A few weeks ago I launched my first Udacity course, Website Performance Optimization, powered by the expertise of Ilya Grigorik from Google. Today, I want to celebrate my amazing students and the awesome portfolio projects they’ve been optimizing.I taught high school physics and chemistry for four years and I miss being a high school teacher. There’s an intimacy in the classroom that isn’t possible online. I loved watching my students’ faces light up when new ideas clicked, and I loved seeing their scrunched faces tilt sideways when concepts didn’t make sense. I miss the immediate feedback. If (or rather when) I screwed up a lesson, I had a chance to make changes and try again a few minutes later.Online? It’s not quite the same (yet!).But! This is why I love Website Performance Optimization. I purposefully inserted a few questi…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Voice Lessons for the Instructional Designer by Walter Murphy
Learners prefer facilitated training—the personal touch. Adopting a persona when writing content can help an instructional designer make self-directed eLearning more personable. Create a persona whose voice your learners will respond to, whether as colleague or as guide!
Udemy: 4 pasos para configurar tu embudo de ventas: Cómo automatizar tu marketing de los cursos Udemy
Has publicado tu curso en Udemy, y puede que hayas ejecutado la estrategia del siglo para el lanzamiento del curso; pero ahora te estarás preguntando, ¿Cómo los instructores Udemy siguen consiguiendo $500 y $5000 al mes mediante sus propias promociones (además de lo que Udemy atrae a sus cursos)? En otras palabras: ¿cómo automatizo mi marketing [...]…
Udemy: For Instructors: How to Setup and Use Google Analytics to Track Your Udemy Course
What is it? Google Analytics is a powerful tool where you can measure the traffic going to your online course, track visits to your marketing page, monitor your conversion funnel (how many people make it to checkout), and even monitor lecture views. Why use it? This tool will provide you with a better understanding of your visitors so [...]…
Coursera: Coursera Cup: Final Leaderboard
Imagine: if everyone that watched the World Cup took a course on Coursera…. During the World Cup, we prompted Courserians to imagine a world where everyone who watched the games also took a course on Coursera. Instead of dreaming, we want to make this a reality: behold the Coursera Cup! The Coursera Cup encourages our global community to represent their country or region via learning. Courseraians influenced their country/region’s ranking by inviting friends and watching lecture videos during the 2014 World Cup. Congrats to the Standouts! A Few Highlights: Worldwide, over 28 MILLION videos were watched! Worldwide, over 400K more learners signed up! Algeria broke the 10K learner mark to enter the Leaderboard in the last week Spain made sure to shine in the Cup by breaking through the top ten The USA was the biggest show off with the Top Ten Dance (6th, 5th, 4th, 7th) Taiwan started strong at 2nd place, but dropped to 15th in the final week To top it off, Singapor…
Udacity: New Course: Android Fundamentals by Google
The wait is over! After offering a sneak preview a couple of weeks ago, we’re now releasing the entire course on Developing Android Apps: Android Fundamentals that Google developed with us.Together with Google's Reto Meier, Katherine Kuan and Dan Galpin, you’ll learn the tools and best practices behind mobile and Android development, all while building your own Android app. The time for learning Android is now. Android is growing - one billion Android devices activated, and counting - and Android developers are in demand. We worked with Google to determine what successful Android developers should know and this course is their answer. Meet your instructors: Check out the weather app you’ll develop in the course, which will familiarize you with Android development in preparation for developing your own app as a final project: You’ll also learn Android history! Throughout the course, Reto tells you stories from the early days of Andr…
Udacity: Summer Special: 15% off our 2 most popular introductory Computer Science courses
Learn Python with your instructor Kunal in Programming Foundations with Python The FIFA World Cup is over (congrats Germany!) and Summer is in full swing, at least for the great majority of our students. For some, it means vacation time. For others, things may be a little slower at work. So this may be the perfect time to prep for a more tech-powered future and to learn the fundamentals of Computer Science. Here’s a discount* of 15% on 2 introductory courses, valid until Monday, July 21st: Intro to Computer Science Programming Foundations with Python Simply click on the links above to unlock the offer. Our free two-week trial still applies. Happy Learning! *Offer ends Monday, July 21st 2014, at 11:59pm, PDT. Spots are limited and offer is subject to availability. One offer per customer, while there are open spots. Not valid on previous purchases. No substitutions allowed, and cannot be combined with any other offer. Offer only applies to authorized purchase…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Mozilla Global “Maker Party” Supports Web Literacy by News Editor
Almost 2,000 Maker Party events will bring tens of thousands of web users worldwide together as part of the Mozilla Webmaker project. This effort is dedicated to teaching web literacy as the educational background needed for success anywhere. The annual Maker Party season kicks off today and runs through September 15. Learn about the Maker Parties and how to participate!
Learning Solutions Magazine: eLearning Guild Research: Basic Skills Gaps and Our Role by Patti Shank
The eLearning Guild’s newest research report says training ROI studies are flawed because they do not measure results. Executives told us one question interested them more than ROI: Do employees have the skills needed to do their jobs? A study on that issue by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has huge implications for education and training. Read about it here.
Learning Solutions Magazine: eLearning Brothers and Infuse Medical Launch Medical Stock-image Library by News Editor
eLearning Brothers and Infuse Medical announce the first library subscription of its kind of medical stock images. This library subscription is the first eLearning-specific library consisting of high resolution 3-D medical imagery.
Coursera: One Year and 500,000 Learners Later: Guokr’s MOOC Academy Turns 1!
A year ago, MOOCs were still relatively unknown in China. On Coursera, Chinese users made up a small fraction of the overall learner population, and our platform didn’t host a single Chinese-language course. What a difference a year makes. Over the past year, the number of Chinese learners on Coursera has quadrupled, and thanks to our wonderful partners in greater China — and to a volunteer-powered Chinese translation community — we now host nearly 60 courses taught natively in Chinese or accompanied by Chinese subtitles. While MOOCs have taken off in China for a number of reasons, Guokr.com’s MOOC Academy — which celebrated its one-year anniversary last week — has undoubtedly played a big role. MOOC Academy is a hub for Chinese MOOC enthusiasts, offering translated course description information, Chinese-language forums, and special content ranging from instructor interviews to MOOC studying tips. MOOC Academy began as a simple discussion th…
: How to Manage Your Time Better Online: Practical Advice for Online Teachers
You have ideas. They are good ideas that you are excited to share. They are ideas that have changed your life. They are ideas... The post How to Manage Your Time Better Online: Practical Advice for Online Teachers appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Udacity: Lifelong Learning - Or - How I Learned How to Code
Hi, I'm Cameron! I’m Cameron, a Udacity Course Developer and lifelong learner. I’m inspired every day by Udacity students who challenge themselves to learn programming, and I recently shared my own journey to becoming a coder - as well as some major revelations about how to learn - on my blog. Here’s how I learned to leverage projects and goals to become a programmer: I dabbled in code when I was in college working on my minor in astronomy. For my stellar astrophysics course, we had to simulate a star for the final project. Throughout the semester, we worked through assignments that required some kind of code to solve. I squeaked through class by pushing Excel and its ability to iterate formulas over rows to its limits. For the final project, I had a set of seven differential equations I needed to iterate over at least 100,000 times. I realized that learning a little bit of code might make solving the project way less frustrating. I’m not sure why, bu…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Designing Words That Work in eLearning by Lisa Russell
Words are a pillar of good design, and like any other part of the designer’s job, it takes work to make them effective. But the work need not be drudgery. You have an excellent laborsaving tool at your command, and in this article you will find great suggestions for using it!
: Email Marketing Simplified: Tips for Online Teachers
It took me a while to determine my online marketing strategy. I know. There is the standard method: Create community on Facebook and with... The post Email Marketing Simplified: Tips for Online Teachers appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Udemy: The Udemy Course Review Competition – John Purcell’s “Java for Complete Beginners”
The Udemy Course Review Competition John Purcell’s “Java for Complete Beginners” Enter to win $100 worth of free courses from Udemy. The Rules Are Simple: 1. Take John Purcell’s, “Java for Complete Beginners” course. 2. Write a review of the course (in full or in part) on your personal website, blog, or even your social media profile. [...]…
Coursera: Coursera ♡ NYC! Summer Courses from Our NYC Partners
This Spring, we announced our partnership with the New York Public Library as a Learning Hub host. Now it’s summertime in the City, so let’s do an homage on what’s hot on Coursera from NYC! Coursera ♡ Our New York Partners Featured Summer Courses from some of New York’s–and the world’s–top educational institutions… Genetics and Society: A Course for Educators American Museum of Natural History Integrate topics like cloning, genetic enhancement, and ownership of genetic information into the classroom. Starts this week! Join Now ►…
Udacity: New Downloadables: Videos & Resources at Your Fingertips
Go to class to download videos & transcripts! The Udacity classroom now has downloadable materials! Now you can download course videos, transcripts, and supplemental resources to keep at your fingertips while you’re learning on- or offline.Learn OfflineAway from wifi while you’re traveling this summer? Don’t have a great internet connection for streaming? Download videos and transcripts to watch lessons offline on your computer to keep learning.Supplemental ResourcesFor our paying students, we've created a few extra downloadable materials. Supplemental Resources: Check out supplemental resources that Udacity Coaches create to help you brush up on concepts we introduce in courses, or extend them to go deeper. Lesson Notes: You can also download Lesson Notes to get a summary of concepts from a lesson and select video screenshots. Head to class and get started today. Find downloadables in your course dashboard alongside your progress, or in the cl…
Udemy: YouTube Mania
Hi Bestsellers, I am proud to announce July’s topic: YouTube Mania! All of our discussions, Q&A sessions, challenge, etc. will revolve around the topic of promoting your course on YouTube. So are you ready to start the YouTube Mania challenge?! This challenge will walk you through converting your YouTube channel into a sales machine. It will [...]…