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Coursera: "It is never too late to start again" - A Syrian Doctor's 25 Courses
Editor’s note: Mahmud Angrini is a Syrian Medical Doctor. He originally wrote to us to say “thank you" — Mahmud’s story was not only touching but so inspiring that we asked him to share it with the community. Thank you Mahmud, for living Coursera’s mission to create a world where people can learn without limits. Just before the beginning of the Syrian crises, I got a Master’s degree in Laboratory Medicine from Aleppo University. I started my private laboratory for medical analyses, and I was preparing a doctorate thesis in the faculty of Medicine at Aleppo University. I also won the scholarship of the Syrian Ministry of Higher Education to study a PhD in Molecular Biology in France. I was trying to make progress in a developing country, and I was doing well. However, by the beginning of the civil war in Syria, I lost everything. About one year ago, I lost my house and my lab, and my scholarship was suspended. Once a successful physician, my famil…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Video Compression Secrets: Smaller Files, Better Quality by Stephen Haskin
Video is a great resource for delivering content for learning, but it requires a lot of storage, and producing video that doesn’t have huge bandwidth requirements is another challenge. The combinations of ways to render video can be daunting. This article covers what you need to know about video compression, whether you are already using video or are just getting started!
Udacity: Coffee Break EP10 [VIDEO]: Self-Taught Programmer Advice
Happy Friday and Happy Coffee Break! Tune in this week to hear insights from Udacity software engineer Chris Chew, who majored in Philosophy and is a self-taught programmer. Chris shares his story and gives some advice to aspiring programmers! At Udacity, we hear from many students who do not have formal computer science education, and are teaching themselves to program using our courses. Get started today with Intro to Computer Science and Intro to Programming. Stay Udacious, and happy Learning! http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
Saylor.org: Summer School Survey Results
We’re wrapping up week three of our Saylor Summer School experiment. We surveyed our three student cohorts to learn a bit more about them and why they signed up for the torture pleasure of ten weeks of online learning. We share some of the results (pictures! world map!) below. If you’d like to sign up [...]…
Udacity: Broadening Access to Education
Hi, Udacians -- my name is Gundega, and as you can see from my business card, I do a little bit of everything here at Udacity. You can read about my background in an earlier blog post about me, but today I want to tell you about some of the projects I’m working on and why they are important. I joined the team to contribute full time to improving education, and I’m incredibly happy to be here because broadening access to high quality education is very close to my heart. I grew up in Latvia when it was still part of Soviet Union, and my parents weren't well situated, so I did not have a lot of things considered "normal" today in "first world" countries. Maybe that is why I find it easy to relate to people who are in a similar situation now. With Internet-connected devices being part of our everyday lives, it is easy to forget that computers, Internet and even electricity can still be scarce in some places in the world. In addition to internet access, language access is in…
NovoED: Venture Lab is Music to TommyJams Ears
The Venture Lab platform powered by NovoED helped jump-start TommyJams, a successful music start-up based in India. The team relied on peer review, a crucial part of the Technology Entrepreneurship course, which gave the team exposure and feedback. The team … Continue reading → The post Venture Lab is Music to TommyJams Ears appeared first on NovoED.
Udemy: Flexibility matters: 3 skills every 21st century employee should have
Fixed work hours and detailed job descriptions are relics of the past. Today, companies are often looking for fewer yet more productive workers. The 21st century employee needs to be flexible and talented enough in not one but many areas. Mr. or Ms. Elastic is hardly going to come out of college or their previous [...]…
Udemy: Interview Tips: How To Ace Your Interviews
Going into a job interview can be a little bit daunting. The more you want to make a good impression and convey an accurate representation of yourself, the more nerve-wracking the situation can be! You want to come off as relaxed, cool and collected and also professional, friendly and intelligent all in one sit-down meeting. [...]…
Saylor.org: Taking K-12 and affordable credit to the Open Ed 2013 Conference!
Save the date! We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be presenting a double-feature at the celebrated 2013 OpenEd Conference in Park City, Utah. We’ll be showing off our shiny new K-12 full-curriculum OER initiative and teaming up with Marc Singer of Thomas Edison State College to talk about using OER aligned to exams to connect students to college credit. [...]…
Udacity: Udacity Global Meetup: Get Ready for Your Career in Tech
We’re starting our countdown to the Second Annual Udacity Global Meetup (RSVP here!) -- we cannot wait to get together with Udacians all over the world on Saturday, July 20th for a great afternoon of community and job readiness. You can optimize your job readiness experience at the Global Meetup by doing some prep work today.Take some time to update your Udacity profile and your professional resume so that you are able to put your best foot forward while networking. Follow these steps to fill out and update your Udacity profile: Log in to your Udacity account: From here, select Profile from the drop down menu in the top right-hand corner of the screen On your Profile page: You can fill in your Nickname, Occupation, Location, LinkedIn Profile, Personal Website, and Bio. Let us know what you’re learning, and what your career goals are. Very important: Upload your resume by clicking on the Upload Resume button under your profile photo! Last step: Make your…
: WizIQ wins
When you register at WizIQ as a teacher, you are not simply registering at just another site. You are helping in giving a shape to a movement! Somewhere in the world, a child is being educated right now, thanks to you.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: EMEA Reporter: New Pedagogies in Our Connected World by Nic Laycock
Change has not only brought us new technologies, it is also making possible new ways of supporting learning. In this interview with Steve Wheeler, you will hear his thoughts on aligning “the reality that our future visions are rapidly becoming our present” with new approaches to learning strategies.
Saylor.org: Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Now Available on iTunes U!
Trivia Question (No Cheating!): Why is July 1st such an important day in the history of evolutionary biology? The answer is at the end of this post, but if you would rather figure it out the hard way — while learning more about how species and populations develop and interact with each other and their [...]…
Udemy: Project Management Life Cycle: The Basics
Project management is often, and unfortunately, an overlooked part of setting and completing goals. Having a project manager or being able to manage a project effectively on your own can mean the difference between achieving the full potential of a project and stifling or leaving a project uncompleted. Strategy is the key to any important [...]…
Udemy: Graphic Design Inspiration and How to Find It
Whether you’re a new graphic designer, or you have been at it for awhile, at some point it may seem like the inspiration wells have all but dried up. For the beginning designer, this is less of a problem. If you’re not as busy as you’d like to be, you have some time to gather some new [...]…
Udemy: Best Business to Start in 2013
Software is eating the world. There are few industries that haven’t been touched by the software revolution. Some of the fastest growing businesses in the last five years, from Facebook and LinkedIn to Zynga and Groupon, emerged online. With that in mind, we take a look at six of the best business ideas in 2013: Are [...]…
Udemy: Books to Read in the 21st Century
It’s hard to grapple with life’s challenges if you don’t tap into the wisdom that we have accumulated throughout our history. This treasury of knowledge and insight is stored between the covers of the world’s books, and an acquaintance with some of the most important of these is necessary if one wishes to live a [...]…
Udacity: Udacity Stories: Learn. Think. Do.
At Udacity, we are constantly impressed with our many students who embody our philosophy of “Learn. Think. Do.” Whether you’re exploring Python and Java for the first time with Intro to Computer Science and Intro to Programming, or building on an existing foundation with courses like Sebastian’s Artificial Intelligence for Robotics, you knock our socks off when you go the extra mile by applying your new skills in awesome projects. We want to hear from you! Have you taken your career in a new direction? What about taking your education in a new direction? Have you built an app to improve public transportation planning? Have you launched a start-up? Participated in a hackathon? Have you coded a game or created any interactive 3D art lately? When you learn, think, and do, you are being truly Udacious, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll do next! Share your story and add your voice to the Udacity community! Inspire your classmates to emb…
: 5 Useful Tips for Good Time Management for Online Teachers
Sometimes you just need to sit down and watch the sunset, or make a video of your cat. I confess. I’ve always had a problem with time management. I’ve found it hard to avoid getting completely immersed in online teaching to the exclusion of all else.… Read the rest…
Udemy: 24 Excel Keyboard Shortcuts to Help You Work Faster, Better
Spreadsheets are the lifeblood of finance departments everywhere. Whether you are an analyst with a Wall Street firm or an entrepreneur doing cost project analysis, you’ll have to use Microsoft Excel. Beginners, meanwhile, will benefit greatly from this free course on Excel. Make working with spreadsheets a little easier with these Excel keyboard shortcuts that [...]…