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NovoED: DT Action Lab
Each week, Instructor Leticia Britos Cavagnaro has invited select members of her 40,000+ Design Action Thinking Lab Course to chat around design thinking for live stream and on demand viewing. The weekly Hangout is meant to further drive interaction through … Continue reading → The post DT Action Lab “Hangout” Joined by Two Special Guests appeared first on NovoED.
Udacity: Sebastian Thrun: Update on our SJSU Plus Summer Pilot
We have some exciting news to share on our SJSU Plus Pilot. To remind everyone, with the encouragement of California Governor Brown, Udacity teamed up with SJSU to deliver for-credit college classes online. A key objective for this partnership has been to bring college education to students who are presently under-served and left out of higher education. This summer, we ran the second instance of our pilot. While in the Spring, we actively sought out underserved high schools from low-income areas in California, this time we simply opened up enrollment to anyone. As predicted, with 2,091 students who enrolled, we mainly reached students who would not ordinarily attend college. Only 11% of the summer students who took the for-credit courses from SJSU were matriculated students in one of the California State Universities. 71% of our students came from out of state or foreign countries. And while the total number of high school students went up, their proportion in the total st…
Udemy: MySQL Tutorial
SQL stands for Structured Query Language, the type of language that people use to run databases, and MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) based on SQL. If you want to understand MySQL, you will need to begin by installing the program itself. So, let’s jump right in to what you’ll need to do. […]…
Udemy: How To: Photoshop
Photoshop is the industry standard for image editing and manipulation. Released in 1990 for Apple Macintosh, it has slowly grown to its current global dominance. It is part of the popular Adobe family of programs like Illustrator and After Effects. Learn Photoshop Secrets & Dirty Tricks in this course from Udemy! The latest version is […]…
Udemy: CSS Hacks: Manipulating Modern Browsers
The evolution of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) made the web much more attractive. Before CSS became popular, ugly HTML sites littered the Internet. CSS is much more elegant and flexible. Unfortunately, each browser is broken in some unique way, and you may need a CSS hack to make it render properly. Learn CSS3 in this […]…
Udemy: Ruby Tutorial: Why You Should Learn Ruby
If you are considering learning a new programming language, Ruby on Rails should be at the top of your list. It has grown in influence and popularity in recent years. As a computer language, it puts together many of the top features of other languages, and wraps them in an object-oriented approach. There is more […]…
Udemy: Android Hacks: How To Get More Out Of Your Android Device
One of the benefits of the Android mobile platform is that it’s much more customizable than the Apple iOS. Many Android hacks require you to root the phone. The Android operating system is based on Linux, an open-source operating system. In Linux, the main user is known as root. Root is a “superuser” with total […]…
Saylor.org: Remembering the March on Washington, 50 Years Later
Today we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. We’ve included some links to more resources below. This event is seared into Americans’ collective memory and has permeated even international consciousness. Those four words — “I have a dream…” — immediately evoke the crowds on the National Mall and [...]…
: 20 Steps on How to Create an Online Conference
4th Annual MoodleMoot for 2014 (MMVC14) MMVC13 3rd annual conference on WizIQ has ended (August 23-25), but you’re invited to watch the recordings and enrol in MMVC14 the conference course area to get updates, content and participate in ongoing discussions. MMVC14 conference course area has opened for participants on learn about socially engaging learning activities and collaborative learning.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Schoology Best for Managing Classrooms: American Association of School Librarians by News Editor
Schoology apps best for mobile 1:1 learning, says AASL.
Udemy: Double Up! 25 Ways to get 25 Students (Part IV)
If you’ve been following this entire series, we asked key instructors to share how they got 25+ students into their courses in 30 days. The result is a resource we’ve rolled out this month in parts: 25 Ways to Get 25 Students. Below is Part IV, the final segment, of this series. Looking for Parts I-III? Read […]…
Udemy: Linux vs Mac: Choosing The Best Alternative To Windows
Are you fed up with viruses, security holes and unfinished products of the Windows platform? You may be ready for a Mac or Linux computer. What does each offer, and which is right for you? Discover How To Run Linux Servers From Scratch! Macintosh Cool In the Windows world, hardware is made by a variety […]…
Udemy: Design Basics: Learning The Language of Effective Graphic Design
Combining and coordinating graphics and text to create a powerful message is the art and science of graphic design. There are five parts to basic graphic design–lines, mass, shapes, color and texture. Learn graphic design for video editing in this course! Lines Lines give direction to the reader’s eye, and work to anchor various sections […]…
Coursera: How Facebook Groups Can Improve Your Experience With Coursera (And 6 Tips For Starting Your Own Group!)
Editor’s note: Ziko, Michael and their friends live in Israel and they are sharing with us 6 tips on how to utilizing Facebook study groups has helped them stay accountable when studying for a course. If you have creative ways that you are studying, please feel free to share with us in the comments!Thanks, Ziko & Michael, for your story! When we heard that Dan Ariely was going to teach A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior on Coursera, we knew we’d sign up immediately. As many students taking MOOCs discover, we knew that we’d have a lot of freedom — studying when we wanted and at our own pace. But many students need more structure and support when it comes to taking online courses. That’s why we decided to open an Israeli Facebook group for close friends who were interested in the course, a place where we could learn together and exchange experiences. After all, it’s much harder to ignore impending deadlines when your frie…
Coursera: New Support Tools for New Courses!
If you’ve recently started a new Coursera course, you might have noticed a small “Help” link in in the corners of your course pages and on course resources such as videos and quizzes. This link is part of a new set of support features that we’ve been rolling out to new courses over the past month. We’d like to tell you a little bit more about these features and how you can use them to get help with any problems in your course!Feature 1: “Help” links You can use the “Help” links to get troubleshooting tips and answers to common questions about our platform and policies. Clicking on “Help” will open our course Help Center in a new tab. You’ll be taken straight to the section of the Help Center related to the page you’re on - for example, if you’re on a video page, you’ll immediately see help topics (along with tips and support documentation) related to video lectures. You’ll then be able…
Coursera: Learn About Our Universe From Big Bang to Dark Energy
Starting September 3, the University of Tokyo together with Coursera bring you “From the Big Bang to Dark Energy” taught, in English, by Professor Hitoshi Murayama, a world leading researcher into the nature of our Universe. Starting from basic concepts and utilizing everything from human intuition to the most recent research advances, Professor Murayama will address the following fundamental questions that all of us have asked at some point: • How did the Universe begin? • What is its fate? • What is it made of? • What are its fundamental laws? • Where do we come from? The last 20 years have seen huge progress in understanding the nature of our Universe and it is an exciting era to live in and ponder such deep questions! In this course you will learn how new research and findings such as the Higgs boson, dark matter, anti-matter, and dark energy help answer and provide clues to the above questions. You may be afraid of a physics course with…
Udacity: How to Advance Your Career in Tech as an Online Student
A Udacity student's online portfolio Udacity is firmly committed to empowering students to advance their careers in tech by offering free, self-paced and project-based online computer science courses. As an ed tech startup, we’re familiar with the challenges of educating and hiring savvy tech talent (we’re hiring!), and were inspired by the students and tech recruiters who attended our job-readiness-themed Global Meetup this year. We heard solid advice from many tech recruiters for job seekers getting started with their careers in tech, and we want to share what we’ve learned from folks sitting on other side of the interview table.Cat Hernandez, Head of Talent at real-time analytics startup Chartbeat, has four suggestions for online learners who may not have a formal technical background, and who want to get ahead in their careers. 1. Stay Curious I think all great tech candidates share an unparalleled passion for technology and general curiosi…
: 10 Points You Must Highlight About Your Online Course
Here’s the thing about HIGHLIGHTS, they display the distinct features of your course, make it stand out from others and give a perfect place to accentuate the uniqueness of your course. Previously, through a series of blog posts, I have shared some vital points which you might want to go through : 4 tips to get your course title right and How to make your course page more effective with a good subtitle.… Read the rest…
Udemy: Excel Basics: Getting Started With Excel
Excel is not just the most popular spreadsheet program, it is one of the most popular programs of any kind. Originally released by Microsoft in 1985, it has become the default spreadsheet software in most industries. Over its nearly 30 year development period, Excel has evolved into a powerful, robust and flexible spreadsheet program capable […]…
Udemy: NoSQL vs SQL
SQL (Structured Query Language) was created in the 1970′s to give relational databases a way to store data and communicate, and is very popular worldwide. NoSQL, in contrast, refers to a newer type of non-relational databases which do not use SQL and are gaining popularity. Get a solid introduction to SQL server databases with this online […]…