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ALISON: The Online Revolution
In a recent interview Mike Feerick describes the rise of ALISON as the original MOOC…
: Downloading Now: Optimized Video Streaming With WizIQ
Better Video Streaming on WizIQ: Watching Course Videos Just Got Funner The use of videos in your asynchronous course (an online course without live... The post Downloading Now: Optimized Video Streaming With WizIQ appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Iversity: Great Educators in History (II): Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller
Being a great educator is not only about mastering the discipline of teaching but also about having the ability to adapt the craft according to the needs of the learner. This week in our series, Great Educators in History, we present Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller, two women who redefined the boundaries of both teaching […] The post Great Educators in History (II): Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller appeared first on iversity Blog.
Khan Academy: Share your bio and activity on your new profile
From Khan Academy software developer Stephanie H. Chang (www.stchangg.com): We recently redesigned user profiles on Khan Academy. Now you can share your bio, badge count, and activity with others. Visit your new Khan Academy profile! We are very sensitive about sharing learning information about our users, so we have chosen the most private defaults for these sections. You can use the privacy controls to manage who sees these sections: Child accounts are limited so that no one other than their parent/teacher coaches can see any learning activity information. We’ve also updated the profile pop-ups on posts and computer programs: Here’s a peek at our internal team leaderboard. As you can see, Sal has a… significant lead: Major credit goes to Tabitha Yong, Joel Burget, Ben Komalo, Marcia Lee, Ben Kamens, and many other team members who helped design, review, and try out this new feature over many iterations. Enjoy your new profile!
: What Do Men and Women Really Think About St Valentine’s Day?
He said…she said’ Quiz, Infographic & lesson ideas!! “All is not fair when it comes to love and Valentine’s Day. Our recent study shows... The post What Do Men and Women Really Think About St Valentine’s Day? appeared first on Official WizIQ Teach Blog.
Iversity: New Teach Portal: Ready to Make the Next Best MOOC?
We want even more great, high-quality courses! So, now it’s time to announce a new portal on iversity.org that gives professors and students who know great professors the chance to make a MOOC. It’s simple – in just a few clicks, you will be in contact with iversity, we will start a conversation about your […] The post New Teach Portal: Ready to Make the Next Best MOOC? appeared first on iversity Blog.
Coursera: Impress Any Valentine With These Lovely Coursera Classes
Album cover for Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World” single. (Copyrighted) Sam Cooke is the perfect musician for us to study this Valentine’s Day. During the 1950’s the world dubbed Cooke the “King of Soul” because of his smooth and melodic voice on romantic hits like “You Send Me” and “Cupid”, as well as sentimental blockbusters like “Chain Gang”, “Bring it on Home to Me”, “Saturday Night”, and the politically charged “A Change is Gonna Come”. The tenderness of his voice pulls at the heart strings! This Valentine’s Day, we reminisce on Cooke’s classic and catchy tune “Wonderful World”. At Coursera, we believe those that pursue knowledge and attempt “A student” status are the coolest Valentines of them all! Impress your romantic interest; learn from the King of Soul and master these topics–all on Coursera. This gift is way better than…
Coursera: Teach Computer Science to High Schoolers Using Coursera
High school students at the French American International School in San Francisco learned the computer program language Python via free course material on Coursera. A few months ago Seth Hubbert, the Director of Academic Technology for French American International School in San Francisco, got in touch with us with an interesting idea. Seth had an idea to form a club of students that would learn Computer Science by taking An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python from Rice University together. High Schools around the world often find it challenging to offer classes in the most recent computer science fields, despite high interest from students. Seth was creative in overcoming these limitations and preparing his students with cutting-edge skills for when they graduate. Hi Seth, can you please tell us a little more about yourself and the French American International School? What is your background in Computer Science? I’m a former chemistry and physics high sch…
ALISON: World's first MOOC Breaks 3 Million Registered Learners Worldwide
ALISON have reached 3 Million registered Learners.
Udacity: New Course: Data Wrangling With MongoDB
The emerging field of data science is growing rapidly, and data science is increasingly showing up in new or evolving job descriptions. So -- how do you want to incorporate data science into your education and career?! Udacity’s Data Science Track gives you the tools to learn data science with industry experts, and we’re thrilled to introduce a new course: Data Wrangling with MongoDB, which we developed together with the awesome folks at MongoDB. This track is for you if you’re interested in exploring data analyst careers, if you want to learn how to work with big data, or if you want basic data literacy for working with other data professionals. Data Wrangling with MongoDB teaches you how to wrangle data from diverse sources, and shape it to enable data-driven applications. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to: Programmatically extract data stored in common formats such as csv, Excel, JSON, XML and scrape web sites to parse dat…
Coursera: Learn More about Thomas Jefferson, Just in Time for President’s Day!
Below is a blog entry written by the staff at University of Virginia & Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello about their new, jointly taught course “Age of Jefferson”, starting February 17th on Coursera. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and a principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He also founded the University of Virginia and designed and lived in his famous mountain home, Monticello. These two staples in American history ─ named a joint World Heritage Site by UNESCO ─ have come together to present “Age of Jefferson,” a rich, six-week course that tells the story of Jefferson as no one else can. When can I get started? The course gets underway February 17th, U.S. President’s Day. You can learn from revered scholar Peter Onuf about Jefferson’s principle accomplishments in this, the first MOOC offered by U.Va. and Monticello. Onuf, U.Va.’s Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Profess…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Book Review: Immersive Learning, by Koreen Olbrish Pagano by Jennifer Neibert
Games, simulations, virtual worlds, alternate reality games (ARGs), and 3-D immersive environments… For anyone curious about the relationship between these mediums, or looking for commonsense guidance for designing such experiences, make a note to add Koreen Olbrish Pagano’s Immersive Learning to your reading list in 2014.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Kineo Announces Release of Version 1.0 of the Adapt Framework by News Editor
Kineo announces the release of version 1.0 of the Adapt framework. This framework was developed as a means of delivering responsive eLearning design on multiple devices.
Udacity: Visit Udacity at Developer Week in San Francisco
Udacity is proud to sponsor DeveloperWeek 2014 -- and we’re really excited to offer free keynote and expo passes to our students! The conference is being held in San Francisco from February 17 - 21, 2014, so if you’re in the Bay Area during that window, fill out this form and and we’ll email a pass to the first 200 Udacity students to request one. Check out the schedule here; the free pass will get you into the pink and green events. DeveloperWeek 2014, hosted by Data2.0, is a developer event series with a hackathon, conference, panels, guest speakers, and a hiring mixer. DeveloperWeek features events on full stack development, mobile development, HTML5, Python, big data and apps. Whether you’re a seasoned pro in these tracks or you’re just starting your journey in tech, DeveloperWeek has plenty of resources from top industry employers to help you find the next step in your education and your career. Interested in checking out careers in de…
ALISON: Schools in the Cloud - Learning without Teachers, It Couldn't Happen, Could it?
ALISON CEO & Founder Mike Feerick recently spoke at the - “Schools in the Cloud - Learning without Teachers, It Couldn't Happen, Could it?” seminar…
Khan Academy: Here are the NCLEX-RN competition winners!
Running competitions is always a ton of fun here at Khan Academy. The best part is looking through each submission to see the creative ideas used to teach a particular subject - a bit like opening gifts over the winter holidays. As the final day of the competition approaches, the gifts start appearing faster and faster, each one different from the next! The NCLEX-RN competition we recently held was no different. We received almost 100 submissions from folks all around the world, emerging from over 60 hospitals/ institutions. Submissions came from people in the disciplines of nursing, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, public health, and graduate studies in biological science. We were stunned with the fantastic quality of the submissions, and want to congratulate everyone who participated in our competition. The videos submitted to us explained topics in such creative and engaging ways, and the questions really reflected content a graduate nurse would see on the NCLEX-RN. Fabulous work!Toda…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Marc My Words: The Training to Competence Myth by Marc J. Rosenberg
There is an assumption that training provides enough learning and support to launch someone right to proficiency and competence the moment they leave the classroom. If the training is great and the learners learn, we are told, they ought to be able to perform competently from day one. This is hardly ever the case. Here’s why, and what to do about it.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Taking Blended Learning to the Next Level by Catherine Lombardozzi
The learning and development field is changing dramatically. There are new expectations about how we do our work and the contributions we make. Informal learning, social learning, narrating our work, and learning in the flow of work don’t necessarily need L&D support to flourish. Here are some guides for updating how we scaffold learning by using learning environments.
Saylor.org: Thoughts on the one-year bachelors degree, MOOCs, success, community, and nonprofit education
In the midst of the recent craze and controversy about free online learning, Jonathan Haber wanted to see things from the learner’s perspective. He undertook a daunting project: earn the equivalent of a four-year philosophy degree* in just a quarter of the time. He documented everything at Degree of Freedom, and recently recapped his experience ... Read More ...
Udacity: New Lesson, Final Project & Lesson Notes in Hadoop and MapReduce
We released Intro to Hadoop and MapReduce with Cloudera in November 2013 as one of the first courses in our Data Science track. Since then, we’ve received a lot of great feedback from students, and we’ve upgraded the course accordingly! We’ve added an additional lesson to the course which focuses on the patterns of MapReduce and gives multiple opportunities to try out the concepts taught in lesson 3. We’ve also added a final project at the end of the course for students to demonstrate and assess their skills with Hadoop and MapReduce. The final project is centered around real discussion forum data from this class. Last, we’ve also added lesson notes, a written resource to go along with the video content of the course so that you may download or print and follow along with the course to enhance your learning as well as give you a good resource for review. We’d love to hear your feedback about these additions! Do you like them? Think there a…