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Coursera: New Models of Education for Teachers: Blended Classrooms
Editor’s note: Brian Greenberg is the co-founder of Silicon Schools Fund and a former high school teacher, principal and administrator.If 2013 was the “Year of the MOOC”, my hope is that 2014 will be the “Year of the Blend.” Just as online courses are disrupting our assumptions about higher education, our K-12 education system is brimming with enthusiasm about blending the best of online learning with the best of traditional schools. Make no mistake, it is early in this movement and the going will be hard. Most of the online learning software is still mediocre, it can be tough to implement, and we have to figure out how to provide support and inspire the nation’s teachers to play a new role in the learning process. But if we can get this right, “blended learning” has tremendous potential to dramatically improve education for students and teachers. As a small step towards making this vision a reality, we are launc…
Learning Solutions Magazine: DevLearn Conference & Expo 2013: Shaping What's Next by Bill Brandon
The eLearning Guild’s DevLearn Conference & Expo is the largest eLearning-focused event in the world. Here’s an overview of why you really should be in Las Vegas October 21 – 25 this year!
Udemy: Instructor Field Report: Will Yang gets 800+ Students using Analytics, Testing, and Focus.
Will Yang had over 800 students enroll into his course within a month of publishing for the first time on Udemy. Whether your goal is to reach 1,000 students or earn $1,000, you can learn from his rigorous promo plan and apply it to help you with your goals. Will shared his detailed plan below. […]…
Udemy: Learn Guitar Online: A Fun, Comprehensive, and Personalized Approach
If you have a guitar and the desire to play, there is no reason you shouldn’t start today. Guitar lessons can be expensive, and you might not get the flexibility you want to work at your own pace and on the skills you want to know. So why not get started today online? You can […]…
Udemy: Business Development Manager Job Description: a Pillar of a Company
Everyone knows the basic responsibility of a sales executive. In pulling in new business for a company, these professionals take to the road and put a great face on the company for prospective buyers. But with their hectic schedule, these individuals cannot focus on day to day operations in the business development department. This leaves […]…
Udemy: Online Spanish Classes: How to Make Them Part of an Immersive Language Learning Experience
The internet keeps us connected to the world. So it only stands to reason that we should use it to learn each other’s languages. In the United States, Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language. Even if you are not planning to cross borders any time soon, being conversational in Spanish can be a […]…
Udemy: Effective business communication: Apply the five Cs of good style to your professional writing.
Your business ideas are only as good as your ability to communicate them. You may have a concept that could really change lives, but if you can’t convince an investor to back it, it may remain nothing more than an idea. Of course, that is an extreme example, but the concept should come through on […]…
Udemy: How to Take Good Photos with Any Camera
Most people have heard the saying “the best camera is the one you have with you.” With over 90% of Americans owning a smartphone, this tends to be the most common camera for everyday use. If it’s not a smartphone, maybe you use a digital camera that offers a few more features than a smartphone […]…
Saylor.org: You Need Skills for the
Formerly the purview of brand ambassadors, artists, and creatives, the contract/gig/freelance — or “eat what you kill” — economy is coming for you. Actually, it may already be here. According to the Intuit study “Twenty Trends that will Shape the Next Decade”, 40% of jobs will be freelance by 2020. Some feel contract work will [...]…
Udemy: Android Tutorial for Beginners
In the wake of the newest iPhone release, it’s easy to forget just how powerful the Android platform has become since its inception a few years ago. Not only do more people rely on Android devices than its Apple counterpart, but there is a lot more you can do from a developer standpoint thanks to […]…
Udemy: 5 Web Design Tools You Should Be Using
Web design is a popular service that continues to provide entrepreneurs with small business opportunities every day. The large number of web design companies (both large and small) worldwide, however, means competition can be fierce. How can you set yourself apart as a top-quality web designer in a sea of other capable designers? There are […]…
Coursera: ???! Guokr (??) joins the Coursera Translation Partners Program
Coursera is excited to welcome Guokr as our newest Chinese translations partner. A popular social networking site in China, Guokr currently has a community of 150 users (and growing) to help translate select courses into Chinese (and vice versa as we begin to launch more courses taught natively in Chinese!). Volunteers, who are often enrolled in the courses themselves, work together to translate and proofread lectures and course materials as they are released each week. For Guokr, this partnership is part of a MOOC initiative the site launched in 2012 with the mission to help spread the benefits of the MOOC movement to Chinese society. To date, Guokr has a MOOC self-study group with 43,000 members as well as a page on Weibo (one of China’s largest social networks) with over 1 million followers. Guokr shares our belief that knowledge should be easily accessible to people around the world regardless of financial means, country, or language spoken.
Udemy: How Do Websites Make Money (And How Your Website Can Too!)
Do you have a website or blog that you wish was making you money? Maybe you don’t have a website yet, but you have seen thousands of “bloggers” making money from websites. Wouldn’t it be nice to supplement your full-time income or even replace it with revenue generated from your own website? Although this idea […]…
Udemy: Top 5 Business Ideas for Beginners
If you are one of the adventurous few who has decided that starting your own business may be a better alternative than working for someone else for the rest of your life, you might be struggling to figure out what you can do. Believe it or not, many people want to start their own businesses […]…
Saylor.org: MMD: Skepticism in Education
Good Morning and Happy Monday! This week, take a look at skepticism in the world of education. Standardized tests, baby boomers and college rankings are among the top stories today. We begin this week with a look at standardized testing. Some parents have begun to question this method of ranking students, citing “unnecessary” stress and [...]…
Udacity: Ungravity: Unlocking a Career in Game Dev
David Udacity’s mission is to empower our students to advance not just their education opportunities, but also their tech careers through online education. Today we’d like to introduce David Curras, a Udacian who took HMTL5 Game Development and created a fantastic game called Ungravity. David is a busy software developer with a background in developing web applications. Between working full time and studying Information Systems Engineering in the evenings, David managed to fit in Udacity courses to supplement his learning, and he has discovered a new passion in game dev! Below, David shares his future plans and some great game development learnings. Why HTML5 Game Development? I’m interested in most of the Udacity courses, especially those related to Computer Science, but with the University classes and my job I don’t have enough time to take them all. For five years I have been developing web applications for various companies of Argentina and the USA, so…
: Empower with Wikis
“Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our commitment” (WikiMedia Foundation). Wiki Means Quick Wiki means quick in Hawaiian. The wiki was created by Ward Cunningham in 1994 and installed on the Internet in 1995.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: DevLearn Conference & Expo: How To Keep Your Eye on What's Next by David Kelly
In today’s fast-moving world, if you’re not moving forward, you’re falling behind. This is especially true in the learning profession right now. The eLearning Guild’s DevLearn Conference & Expo 2013 is the best way to follow the changing tides of our industry and to take control of your growth to keep your skills current.
Coursera: Coursera and Koc University Team Up to Provide Full Turkish Subtitles for Top Courses!
Today is an exciting day for all of our Turkish-speaking friends of Coursera. As you may remember, a few months back we announced that Istanbul-based Koc University has partnered with Coursera to offer translations in Turkish for a selection of our courses. Koc University’s fantastic translation team have been working hard to create subtitles for some of the most popular courses on our platform for Turkish-speaking regions of the world. Starting today, you can sign up for one of these three courses: 1.Hollywood’un Dili: Hikaye Anlatımı, Ses ve Renk - Wesleyan Üniversitesi Enroll Now! 2. İnsan Bilgisayar Etkileşimi - Stanford Üniversitesi Enroll Now! 3. Oyunlaştırma - Pennsylvania Üniversitesi Enroll Now! Meeting the nee…
: How to launch a MOOC on WizIQ
In my previous post, we talked about the general information available on MOOCs and contemplated the frequently asked questions. In nutshell, launching a MOOC requires the following: 1. A great idea for a course 2. A great plan 2. Lots of time for creating content 3.… Read the rest…