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Learning Solutions Magazine: eLearning Guild Research: Are You Better Off Than You Were a Year Ago? by Patti Shank
More eLearning professionals worldwide (5,923) took part in this year’s survey, meaning the validity of the data is greater and even more useful for improved benchmarking. The 2014 Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report is available to all Guild members, free and paid. Read about it here!
Khan Academy: Let’s level the playing field for SAT prep
From founder Sal Khan: I’m excited to share some very important news: The College Board just announced that they’re redesigning the SAT for 2016, and we’re partnering with them to make free, world-class prep materials. Our goal is nothing short of leveling the playing field, and we intend, with the deep expertise of the College Board behind us, to make the very best preparation for the SAT. This will be far more than just videos; it will be sophisticated, interactive software to give students deep practice and diagnose their gaps. This means that for the first time ever, all students who want to go to college can prepare for the SAT at their own pace, at absolutely no cost. Unlike other test prep, the resources on Khan Academy will be developed through a close collaboration with the authors of the SAT themselves. With this partnership, our goal is to ensure that students have a deep grasp of underlying fundamentals so they can succeed on the SAT, in college, and beyon…
Udacity: New Course: Exploratory Data Analysis
Udacity’s Data Science track is growing! On March 12, 2014, we’re bringing you Exploratory Data Analysis, a course where you’ll learn from an all-star team including Facebook Data Scientists Dean Eckles, Moira Burke and Solomon Messing. Facebook Data Scientists Moira Burke and Dean Eckles Exploratory Data Analysis, or EDA, is an approach and typically the first step to data analysis. EDA focuses on exploring data to: understand a data set’s underlying structure and variables; develop intuition about the data set; consider how that data set came into existence; and decide how it can be investigated with more formal statistical methods. Basically, EDA gives you the tools to quickly look at data and figure out whether there are big trends or patterns that are worth exploring before you pull out your bigger data analysis toolbox to spend time on in-depth analysis. http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
: The Decay Of Comedy as a Requirement for Teaching
The use of comedy in the classroom is an art long lost. However, the use of humor in classroom, intermixed with technology, can inspire... The post The Decay Of Comedy as a Requirement for Teaching appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: New eLearning Guild Academy Course: Advanced Blended Learning: Learning Environments by Design by Janet Clarey
Addressing employees’ learning needs in today’s organizations requires a flexible, comprehensive approach that addresses the entire learning ecosystem. The Guild Academy proudly announces a new course that delivers a learning environment design to help you select a powerful set of resources in support of learning in your organization!
Iversity: Surfing in India: Aakash, ASER and the Mobile Phone
by Tanuj Kalia In a country as big as India, numbers can survey the landscape under study with precision while telling a powerful story on the side. Here you go: The Moore’s Law India’s population is nearly 1.3 billion. World’s population is estimated at 7.2 billion. This means 1 in every 6 people is […] The post Surfing in India: Aakash, ASER and the Mobile Phone appeared first on iversity Blog.
: 5 Best Apps for Homeschool Planning
Technology can make Homeschooling easier Despite the fact that I teach online and blog about technology, I am an incorrigible technophobe. I continually expect... The post 5 Best Apps for Homeschool Planning appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Nuts and Bolts: Expectations by Jane Bozarth
How can you spark a conversation between 12,000 employees in 66 countries … simultaneously? Kimberly- Clark did it, and it worked because they recognized that if you want people to really connect via social tools you’ll allow room for human conversation. Just like in “real life.” Read about the experience, and the unexpected outcomes here!
Coursera: Why Dan Ariely is the Coolest
People agree that Dan Ariely is a pretty cool professor teaching a pretty rad class: “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior”. To review some of the reasons why we love Professor Dan Ariely: 1) He builds toy robots Robots are generally considered rational beings 2) He uses classy words like “Loins” (at 2:36) A Preview to “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior” from Advanced Hindsight on Vimeo. 3) He uses relatable daily scenarios to teach important lessons, like when you put on your hilarious “I’m-eating-birthday-cake” face The “what-the-hell” Effect from Advanced Hindsight on Vimeo. 4) Considering you just stuffed your face with cake, he reminds you to stick to your diet by using cash instead of credit cards. NO MUFFIN FOR YOU, SIR! The Pain of Paying from Advanced Hindsight on Vimeo. 5) He knows I only “borrowed” those colorful Post-Its from the office for…
Udacity: Scott: “I got my dream developer job because of Udacity”
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Scott's visit to the Udacity office! We love celebrating our students’ accomplishments! Meet Scott, a Udacity student and software developer at Prezi. Scott was a mathematics grad student when he discovered Udacity, took Intro to Computer Science, Web Development and Design of Computer Programs, and started his incredible journey towards becoming a developer. Scott wrote to us about his journey from graduate studies in mathematics to working as a developer: “You guys provided me with an entry point into the wonderful world of programming, where I can create things which up until now I thought of as black magic. I’m excited about my future, curious about how I’ll be using my programming skills in 10 years, and I’m just generally a happier guy. So thanks a million and long live Udacity!” Scott is continuing to learn while on the job as a developer at Prezi: “I feel very fortunate to have landed a job where they hired me despite the o…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Mobile eLearning Design: How to Survive Your First mLearning Project by J.P. Medved
Developing your first mLearning application is likely to present some new challenges, but planning ahead will smooth your path to success! Here is a step-by-step guide to managing the process and the project.
Coursera: Welcome David Liu to Coursera’s Leadership Team
We are tremendously excited to announce our newest Courserian: David Liu, formerly a Director of Legal at Google, joins us as our General Counsel. David Liu joins Coursera’s leadership team as a General Counsel to help Coursera navigate the legal complexities that come with growing a worldwide education platform. David is a seasoned veteran of business and law, and brings extensive entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded one of the leading product companies in the scrapbooking space and an e-commerce fundraising platform. David joins us from Causera, a startup focused on providing schools and other community organizations with innovative commerce and group management tools (any similarity in company name is purely coincidental, folks!) He previously served as an Associate and Director of Legal at Google. During his nine years there, David served as the lead attorney for a wide range of products, including AdSense, Google Earth, and Google Wallet, and as the knowledge lea…
Udacity: Now Available at Udacity: Courses from Georgia Tech Masters in CS
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Last month, Georgia Tech, AT&T, and Udacity launched the world’s first massive online degree program. One of the best parts about this degree program, and high-quality education on a massive scale, is that it gives you the flexibility of multiple learning options. In addition to applying for Georgia Tech’s online degree program, students can choose to pursue non-degree certification options through both Udacity and Georgia Tech. Starting today, you can pre-enroll for select individual courses from the Georgia Tech online Masters in Computer Science track. By enrolling in the course experience at Udacity, you’ll get personalized project feedback, individual tutoring, and a verified Udacity certificate upon completion. You can also sign-up to be notified for our free courseware, which includes the interactive lessons, project instructions, and quizzes from the course. We're excited that these high-quality courses are being used by companies like AT&T for t…
Iversity: The Brains Behind the iversity Platform: Meet the Product Development Team!
Underneath the surface of iversity’s website, there’s a lot of technical stuff that goes unseen by our users: databases, scripts, apps, applets and algorithms, and thousands of lines of cryptic code. New features are under construction all the time, so you can imagine how much work it takes to build and run such a complex […] The post The Brains Behind the iversity Platform: Meet the Product Development Team! appeared first on iversity Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: EMEA Reporter: Out of the Weak Came Forth Strength by Nic Laycock
Ireland has always had a proud academic tradition. This article showcases Enterprise Ireland, which identifies good business initiatives in their start-up phase and supports them with exposure, advice, and funding. Learn about innovation and creativity at the cutting edge of the learning industry, in places where hardship from the EU financial crisis required new approaches.
Udacity: Open Now: Data Wrangling with MongoDB!
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Data science, named the “sexiest job of the 21st century” by the Harvard Business Review, is a fast growing new field that allows us to examine data for insights that can inform countless business decisions. Udacity’s Data Science track will help you gain data literacy skills to excel in today’s data rich world! Whether your goal is to become a data scientist, or you want to work effectively with data scientists, our courses give you the tools to harness the power of data. We’re thrilled to launch Data Wrangling with MongoDB, a new Data Science course created with our friends at MongoDB! MongoDB is an open-source, cross-platform document database, and the leading NoSQL database. Data Wrangling with MongoDB will teach you how to wrangle data from diverse sources, shape it, and store it within MongoDB to enable data-driven applications. Here’s a sneak peek from our lesson on data quality, where we explore the question, “What…
: Creative Comic Interview with Bill Zimmerman of MakeBeliefsComix
It was a great pleasure to interview Bill Zimmerman for last week’s webinar on Creative Comic Collaboration For Fun Fluency development. Bill is the... The post Creative Comic Interview with Bill Zimmerman of MakeBeliefsComix appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: New eBook: 76 Tips for Turning Instructional Design Challenges into Successes by News Editor
Everybody hits a rough patch now and then; quick, effective reaction makes the difference between success and failure. If you’re looking for tips on turning problems into triumphs, download 76 Tips for Turning Instructional Design Challenges into Successes from The eLearning Guild—today!
: Top 5 Ed Tech blogs to help you integrate technology into your homeschool
Using Useful and Safe Technology to Homeschool Curious Children, YouTube and How Babies Are Made I am expecting a baby, and my daughter is,... The post Top 5 Ed Tech blogs to help you integrate technology into your homeschool appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Iversity: 4 Tools That Will Make You More Productive
… and the Secret Sauce to Getting Bigger, Better Results by Johnn Four The dirty secret of productivity apps is there's no feature that'll suddenly make you productive. Instead, it's how you use an app every day that makes the difference between feeling like the King of Getting Things Done versus another week gone […] The post 4 Tools That Will Make You More Productive appeared first on iversity Blog.