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Udacity: Get Started with Open Source Projects on GitHub - Part II
Inspired to start contributing to open source projects on GitHub? Excellent! Here’s an overview and tutorial on how to get started with GitHub. GitHub is a hosting site for projects using the git distributed version control system. Software projects use version control systems (VCSs for short) so that people can quickly answer questions like: why was this change introduced? who would be the best person to ask about it? what changed between version X and version Y?Git is particularly modern and feature-rich VCS (trivia: git was created by Linus Torvalds, the original author of the Linux kernel) and forms the basis of GitHub. Some good resources to learn git and GitHub are the following: Set Up Git try.github.io How the Heck Do I Use GitHub? Version Control by Example You don’t need to know all ins-and-outs of git to contribute to a project on GitHub. In fact, you can contribute to it using the following quick steps (these suppose that you already have git installe…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Marc My Words: Don't Dismiss Level One Evaluation by Marc J. Rosenberg
”Smile sheets.” “Happy sheets.” We often hear level-one evaluation (the learner’s reaction to instruction) dismissed as trivial or unimportant. But maybe we’ve been asking the wrong questions. Here’s why level one is important—and how to do it in a way that provides insights that matter and that supports correct assessment of your work.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Lumesse Launches Accelerator: Speeds Up New Hire Productivity and Engagement by News Editor
Accelerator is ideal for HR, recruiters, and learning and development pros. It supports showcasing an organization’s values, culture, and knowledge early in the recruitment process, and maintaining a strong relationship over the period of time between acceptance of offer through notice period and well into the first months of employment.
Coursera: A new partnership to bring Coursera to the hundreds of millions of Chinese learners across the world
Today, we’d like to share news of an exciting partnership that will help make Coursera content accessible for hundreds of millions of Chinese-speaking learners throughout the world. Working with NetEase; one of China’s largest internet companies and a major distributor of open educational content — we’re embarking on an initiative to break down the language and technical barriers that have existed for our students in China. As part of this initiative, we’re proud to announce the launch of Coursera Zone, a Chinese-language portal to Coursera.org hosted on NetEase’s popular open education website open.163.com. To share a bit more about Coursera Zone — and some of the other ways in which we’re partnering with NetEase — we put a few questions to Eli Bildner, from Coursera’s Growth Team: How is Coursera working with NetEase to make course content more accessible in China? To start, Coursera and NetEase are working toget…
Udemy: Instructor Announcement
(Note: If you have already read our email announcement, please feel free to skip down to the Q&A below.) Udemy Instructors, As many of you know, Udemy’s journey began nearly 20 years ago in a remote village in Turkey. My parents’ gift of a computer opened the world to my sisters and me, giving us […]…
Iversity: iversity Makes a Great Impact in the Media
Students from all over the world love iversity. But not only them, journalists have also dedicated lots of their attention to us and the MOOC phenomenon as a whole. Since our recent announcement that two of iversity’s courses will award ECTS credits to their students, several major European and international online media have given us […] The post iversity Makes a Great Impact in the Media appeared first on iversity Blog.
Saylor.org: MMD: The US Federal Shutdown
Here in Georgetown, there’s no getting away from talk about the US federal government shutdown, but its effects (real and potential) go far beyond the borders of the federal district. As we coast into Day 7 on this rainy Monday, we thought we’d share some of the headlines on how the shutdown has, will, and [...]…
Udacity: Get Started with Open Source Projects on GitHub - Part I
Attila Hi! I’m Attila, and I am a Udacity engineer and an active open source contributor.For Udacity students who’ve started coding and are ready for the next step in their programming experience, I recommend dipping your toes in the water with open source contributions on GitHub. (Part II post on getting started on Github coming tomorrow!)You will improve rapidly, contribute to awesome projects, and start an online portfolio for potential employers. Let’s see what open source is and how to contribute.What is open source?Open source is the original way of creating software - in an open, transparent and collaborative manner. “What is free software?” and “What is open source?” ar good overviews of the subject.Open source means that you get the final executable for a software project, and also have access to the source code from which it was produced. Having access to the source code means that you can better understand how the program functions…
: Connecting Educators For Learning
Connecting for Learning (C4L) Many of us connect with other people for learning because it excites us to learn and share information. We may not label our interactions that way, but we engage in conversations because we are curious and want to learn.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: AGILE Instructional Design: Do You Have What It Takes? (Part 1 of 3) by Jennifer Neibert
Today’s instructional designers and eLearning developers are faced with an incredible amount of change. We work in a shifting business landscape, with new tools and processes, as we ensure our learners transfer knowledge and skills to competence. AGILE instructional design is one approach that may help us meet these demands more quickly and more effectively.
Learning Solutions Magazine: SumTotal Releases Talent Expansion Suite: Context-aware User Experience for HR by News Editor
SumTotal’s latest Talent Expansion Suite release helps employees filter out the noise and focus on information that is truly relevant and important at a given point in time. This release delivers more than 50 features and enhancements across the entire suite.
Coursera: Earn a College Credit Recommendation from ACE CREDIT with Pre-Calculus from University of California Irvine
We have great news for current or future college students! You can earn a College Credit Recommendation for 3.0 credits in mathematics for Precalculus, all for less than $45 per credit! Pre-Calculus begins October 7th. Signing up is easy: First, check with your school to see if they accept ACE CREDIT College Credit Recommendations (Over 2,000 schools will consider them!) Then, enroll in Pre-Calculus. Next, be sure to register for Signature Track by the end of the third week of the course Finally, at the end of the course, schedule your online proctored Credit Recommendation exam. You can visit the College Credit Recommendation Guidebook for a complete overview. ____________________________________________________________ Pre-Calculus - by Dr. Sarah Eichhorn, Dr. Rachel Cohen Lehman The course concentrates on the various functions that are important to the study of the calculus. Emphasis is placed on understanding the properties of linear, polynomial, piecewise, exponential, l…
Saylor.org: ICYMI
We have friends in high places. Really high, like NASA (yeah, that NASA). Check us out. NASA Interviews - Real “rocket scientists” talk about their experiences and what led them to a career in science. Check them out. PluggedInVA Training Program - PluggedInVA will incorporate Saylor.org course materials into its program, where adults who have not completed [...]…
: Welcome to The High Speed Vedic Math MOOC for All
Vedic Maths Forum India, in association with WizIQ, presents India’s first MOOC on Vedic Mathematics. The course will give the learners access to Live Classes,Videos,Notes, Tests and Online Tests. The MOOC is being instructed by Gaurav Tekriwal, the Founder and President of Vedic Math Forum India, noted educator and a TEDx speaker.… Read the rest…
Udemy: How to Write an eBook: Seven Steps to Writing and Publishing Your First eBook
It’s official: eBooks now outsell physical books on Amazon. In less than half a decade, eBooks have gone from a tiny fraction of the market patronized by a niche audience to a multi-billion dollar industry that’s changed the way we read and publish books. Gone are the days of waiting for months to write, edit, […]…
Udemy: How to Write a Good Song: A Beginner
Music, they say, is the only universal language, and songs are its words and alphabets. We’ve been writing songs since our ancestors first learned to speak and tap rhythmically on blocks of wood. Singing comes naturally to us as barking to a dog or meowing to a cat. Writing a good song, however, isn’t easy. […]…
Udemy: Programming Tutorials: How to Get Started With Programming for Beginners
Where most industries are struggling with slowdowns, the tech sector has been posting multi-billion dollar acquisitions and blockbuster IPOs. It’s the same story on the job side of things. Talented programmers are snatched up for six figure salaries straight out of college while other majors struggle in low-paying jobs. Software, indeed, is eating the world. […]…
Udemy: Servlets Tutorial for Beginners
As a Java programmer, there are many technologies you should become familiar with above and beyond standard Java programming. As corporations continue to move to a more technology driven business model, it’s your responsibility as an IT professional to provide them with solutions for any business needs that arise now or in the future. In […]…
Udemy: iPhone shortcuts: Top Time Savers Added (or On Their Way) to iOS 7
Everyone with an updated iPhone is getting used to a whole new look and feel. The design changes implemented to iOS 7 represent the biggest overhaul of the operating system’s interface ever. Apple has dropped the skeumorphic look that has characterized many of its native features and apps and that users were so familiar with. […]…
Udemy: Learn QuickBooks Fast!
If you are a small business owner, you have likely heard of QuickBooks before. You may have even tried it but given up because it seemed too difficult to understand. However, learning to do your own bookkeeping will save your business money and is extremely easy to do once you understand the basics of QuickBooks. […]…