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Learning Solutions Magazine: Twenty-Five Years Later: Performance Support Adoption by Frank Nguyen
Timing is important. Even a brilliant idea, if launched at the wrong time, can take years to gain adoption and bear fruit. So it was with performance support. But now research is showing that the time is right, and here is a preview of some findings that the author will present at Performance Support Symposium 2013 (September 9 – 10 in Boston)…
Udemy: 5 MS Access Courses For Any Skill Level
Are you looking for the right Microsoft Access course to expand on your current skills, or one that can help you lay a great foundation for future learning? No matter what your skill level, there’s a course in this list for you. These courses have been arranged from the most introductory to the most advanced. […]…
Udemy: Top 5 Photography Courses
No matter whether you’re an avid photographer looking to advance to the next level or you’ve never picked up a camera in your life, a photography course could be just the right thing to help you meet your goals and learn more about taking pictures! Taking an online course is a simple and easy way […]…
Udemy: Learn C Programming: Get a Thorough Grounding in Programming in C
C is a fantastic first programming language to learn. Once you know C, you will find it easy to master languages that build on C, such as C++ and C#. In addition, C is one of the most well-established programming languages still in use today. Most operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and […]…
Saylor.org: New Testimonials Page
Good feedback always makes a rainy day bright. Lately, we’ve been getting more and more of it, so we made a testimonials page to share the wealth. If you’re feeling blue or you just want to recommend us to a friend (hint, hint), why not give the new page a glance? It’s got lots of [...]…
Udemy: Meeting Minutes Format
There are many different formats that can be used for meeting minutes. These can be broadly categorized into two groups, informal and formal. The informal meeting minutes are significantly less detailed and not much different from a basic set of notes from the meeting. On the other hand, formal minutes can be quite detailed and […]…
Udemy: How To Write A Testimonial
Whether you’re working testimonials into your own marketing material or you’re simply sharing your experience with the world, there are a few things you can do to reach more people. For starters, you must know your audience. Once you know who you’re talking to, you need to create great copy that will relay your message […]…
Udemy: The jQuery Ajax Success Callback Function: Keeping End Users on Track
Users navigating a web site inevitably make mistakes. What happens if an error happens, or the data cannot be found? You need a hook on your Ajax to create a function to alert that an error happened. Likewise, the success function delivers a message that they completed the procedure successfully. For example, let’s say you […]…
Udemy: Python vs Java: Key Differences
Python and Java are two very different programming languages, but both can be useful tools for modern developers. If you are thinking about learning to program for the first time, then you might find Python easier to master. Python’s syntax is designed to be intuitive and its relative simplicity allows newbies to quickly start writing […]…
Udemy: Learning C#: How to Master an Object Oriented Programming Language
C# was originally developed from the C programming language. It is similar to other object-oriented programming languages such as C++ or Java, but with a few key differences. If you can already program in an object-oriented programming language or in C, you should find learning C# quite straightforward. Although C# is not the easiest first […]…
Udacity: Coffee Break EP14 [VIDEO]: Don Norman Previews Upcoming Design Course
Happy Friday and welcome to Coffee Break! This week, Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things and instructor for Udacity’s Design of Everyday Things online course, previews some concepts that he will cover in the course. Tune in to preview what you can learn in the course about affordance, signifiers, and more! The Design of Everyday Things course will launch in Fall 2013, so sign up today to get more details and updates. http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
: Use Your Voice to Do Even More with Google Docs
[Image credits: CC Flickr by Opensource.com] So often, when correcting papers, you wish that you could call your student to your side and have a little chat with him about comma splices or using examples to support his ideas. You can explain an idea in a few spoken words, but it often takes much more writing to convey the same idea.… Read the rest…
Coursera: MOOC Physics with Lab via your Mobile Device? Yes!
We are SUPER stoked for this new Georgia Tech Course called “Intro Physics I with Lab" (starting August 19th, 6 weeks long) where you can explore motion in the real world using modern tools and techniques (video capture and analysis, computer modeling) guided by fundamental physics principles! The laboratories (which are done through recording actions via your mobile device) are the backbone of this course, providing opportunities (1) to observe and to analyze motion in our own surroundings, (2) to apply fundamental principles to build explanations of the motion (3) to evaluate, in a constructively critical way, our own measurements and scientific models, as well as the measurements and models of our course peers. Check out this awesome course intro video: Now, you may be wondering….what the heck is scientific modeling? Models describe all the bits and pieces of the world around us. While designing this course we realized there was no good definition! So what d…
Coursera: 30+ Coursera classes and a Google Internship
Feynman Liang is one of Coursera’s ‘top 50’ students by number of courses he has completed. To date, Feynman has taken 34 courses! We have asked him to share tips for the Coursera community on how to tackle taking multiple courses on Coursera At first, I was skeptical about taking classes online. Since I was already enrolled in a 5-year bachelor’s program between Amherst College and Dartmouth College, what reason was there for sacrificing my already scarce time to take classes online? With hesitation and the intention of dropping out when the class got hard, roughly a year and a half ago I enrolled in my first course on Coursera: “Machine Learning” with Professor Andrew Ng. What. A. Life-changer. As I worked through the course, I noticed overlap between Coursera’s lectures and my actual college classes. Pretty soon, I was walking into class only to find myself reviewing material already covered on Coursera. Likewise, often the quizzes and pr…
Udacity: Interactive 3D Graphics Class Second Contest Results
The summer in the Northern hemisphere is coming to an end, and something else has ended, too: our second contest for the Interactive 3D Graphics class. There were many awesome entries, and it was hard to pick the winners, but finally here they are: Most Entertaining category - Ulysse Carion from California, USA Best Animation category - Mauricio Humberto Poppe Humerez from Bolivia Best Style category - Akshay Harti from India Best Simulation category - Liav Koren from Canada People’s Choice category - Antonio Suazo from Chile Note - we replaced the 3D printing model category with Best Simulation category, since the former did not have any takers, and we had several simulation related entries instead.We had other wonderful submissions as well, such as the 3D Chess game by Yann Granjon, who was one of the winners of the first contest. See here for the complete list.As you can see, the submissions came from all over the world. If the first contest was hea…
Udemy: Investment Banking Interview Questions and Answers
So, you’re preparing for an interview for an investment banking or finance position and you want to study up – good thinking. One of the first things employers look for during an interview is the commitment to understand a task and see it through to its end. Beyond that, however, you’ll need to show off […]…
Khan Academy: 100,000 Practice Problems
We’re excited to announce that Khan Academy has created lots of new math practice problems for the start of the school year! We now have 100,000 problems. We built out this content because we wanted to offer deeper, richer practice problems to help students rigorously master concepts. Nice! Who’s writing these math problems?We’ve brought on a team of 15 math teachers, tutors, and professors to write creative problems that promote deep conceptual understanding of a range of math topics. To ensure our content is high-quality and always improving, all questions are peer reviewed, and we continuously refine our math problems based on feedback from the millions of students and teachers who use our site. And for teachers getting ready for Common Core, we’re excited to let you know that we’re creating new math problems that comprehensively and rigorously cover the Common Core State Standards. We’ve already written new questions for many of the 4th-8th grade…
Learning Solutions Magazine: EMEA Reporter: Seeking the Best for Those Who Have Little by Nic Laycock
Macs and iPhones in poverty-stricken, remote and deprived communities in Africa? You must be joking! But that is exactly what iSchool Africa is achieving—putting high-end hardware and all the associated apps into schools. Read this story and you will feel good the rest of the day.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Human Capital Management Advances: Tribridge Acquires Telladon by News Editor
Talent management systems and cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) are integrating the “Four Pillars” of Human Capital Management (HCM)—recruitment, performance management, learning and development, and compensation management. These changes are important to eLearning. This recent significant acquisition makes eLearning initiatives simpler, and indicates the direction HCM is going.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Human Capital Management Advances: Tribridge Acquires Intelladon by News Editor
Talent management systems and cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) are integrating the “Four Pillars” of Human Capital Management (HCM)—recruitment, performance management, learning and development, and compensation management. These changes are important to eLearning. This recent significant acquisition makes eLearning initiatives simpler, and indicates the direction HCM is going.