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NovoED: Student Stories from Online Courses on Venture Lab
We love to see students succeed in our online courses. We love to see them create innovative ideas that rock the world. We love when they e-mail us and tell us about their business. Tommy Jams, a music website … Continue reading → The post Student Stories from Online Courses on Venture Lab appeared first on NovoED.
Saylor.org: 20th Century Art Now Available on iTunes U!
Calling all students and aspiring artists: Interested in Modern Art? Want to create a Futuristic or Cubist masterpiece? Curious about artistic celebrations of the Consumer Culture? Looking to travel to the MoMA in NY this summer? Then crack open your favorite Apple product! ARTH209 20th Century Art is now available on iTunes U! With the [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: New Guild Master and mLearning DemoFest Winners Announced by Bill Brandon
Recognition has always been part of eLearning Guild events. At mLearnCon Conference & Expo 2013, the latest Guild Master joined the previous honorees, and the conference attendees determined the winners of the first mLearning DemoFest Awards. Read all about it here!
Udacity: Sebastian Thrun: Thoughts and Financial Transparency on our Masters in Computer Science with Georgia Tech
It has now been six weeks since we announced our collaboration with Georgia Tech and AT&T on a new online Masters program, and we are well underway creating the content and technology necessary to bring an affordable online computer science education to the public.In December 2012, I participated in the development of a Student Bill of Rights. In it, a group of 12 scholars defined what we believed to be inalienable rights for students in the digital age. We postulated financial transparency for the students as a basic right.Even though we at Udacity knew we might be subjected to intense criticism and debate, we opened up access to the budget of our new degree, and we are committed to publishing actual financials as this degree is being rolled out. The OMS CS is truly a moon shot, and much of what we project are speculations at this point. But if this model stands, it could serve as a blueprint for making higher education more accessible in the 21st century.Up front, I believe that…
Saylor.org: Fishtree and Saylor partner to match OER and personalized learning
We’re quite pleased to announce a partnership with Fishtree, a cloud-based personalized learning platforms designed with both teachers and students in mind. We’ll support Fishtree’s work by contributing our open educational resources (OER) to the platform, for use in classrooms around the world…where you find Fishtree, there you’ll find us. This is a partnership that can [...]…
Saylor.org: MMD: Concerns About the Uses of Tech. in Ed.
Good morning and happy Monday! This week, we look at some recent concerns that have been popping up about the many uses of technology in education. Sometimes, certain innovations are built to aid in efficiency, or to replace classroom altogether, but is the objective really achieved? We begin with foreign language learning and a popular [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: mLearnCon 2013: Getting Results with Mobile Learning by Bill Brandon
This year’s mLearnCon Conference & Expo provided a complete package for attendees, whether they were just exploring mobile learning or were already involved. But the biggest message came from those who are already leading this learning revolution: Mobile learning is here, it is working in many places, and it is changing the way we think about supporting learning and performance.
Udacity: Coffee Break Ep. 8 [Video]: Importance of UX and Programming
Happy Friday and welcome to this week’s Coffee Break! Last weekend, Udacity hosted Girl Develop It in our office for a day-long workshop introducing concepts in User Experience Design, or UX. Girl Develop It empowers women of diverse backgrounds across the world to learn software development, and we had a great time talking with everyone about broadening access to education in UX and programming. Watch Coffee Break for interviews with Sheba Najmi, Girl Develop It instructor for UX programs, and Pamela Fox, Girl Develop It organizer and programming instructor. Sheba and Pamela weigh in on why it is important to learn UX as well as programming. Let us know in the comments why YOU think it's important to learn UX and programming! For more workshop opportunities from Girl Develop It, check out their Meetup page! http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
CourseSites: Announcing Blackboard xpLor and SP12/13
Open Educational Resources at Your Fingertips! We are excited to announce that we have upgraded to SP13 and will add a new solution to CourseSites — Blackboard xpLor. Blackboard xpLor is a global learning object repository that enables educators to … Continue reading →…
Udacity: Udacious 3D Graphics Gallery
Interactive 3D Graphics, taught by Eric Haines of “Real-Time Rendering” fame, has exciting 3D treasures popping up in the forums for Part II of the course contest. We already have great entries, like the slick chess game or drive through a city. And there are more amazing projects - a playable piano, Musical Turk, artistic style and animation, physics simulator, not to mention magical mushrooms and spaceships! Check them out! Physics simulator Mushrooms In Space Animation Style Chord crazy City Chess Musical Turk If you’re feeling inspired by these gems to create your own 3D graphics, sign up for Interactive 3D Graphics and get started today! http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Putting Out Fires, Part 2: What's In the Source Files? by Joe Ganci and Jennifer De Vries
In the first part of this series on picking up someone else’s project, Joe and Jennifer provided a checklist to use before accepting the job. Now they alert you to the things you should look for in the project files, especially when the tool that created them was either Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline. This article could save you a lot of work!
ALISON: Want to tell your Story to Millions on EURONEWS?
EURONEWS is seeking to interview current students of ALISON for an upcoming TV documentary special recording how millions of learners are using ALISON to promote their education and training worldwide.
Coursera: Yahoo! sponsors employees to earn Verified Certificates on Coursera
We’re excited to announce that Yahoo! is enabling its employees to earn Verified Certificates by sponsoring participation in Signature Track on Coursera. Here is a brief Q&A with Patricia Brogan, the Manager of Developer Academy at Yahoo!, to tell us more about this initiative: Hi Pat, can you tell us more about how Yahoo! decided to partner with Coursera on this initiative? In a recent internal survey of technical training needs, Coursera was identified as one of the best learning environments. Yahoo! has always been excited to encourage employees to participate in ways to continue to grow their technical skills, so this was a great opportunity for us to promote continued learning and development. Yahoo! allows employees to participate in the Signature Track program which verifies their identity and provides a certificate of completion. What is training like at Yahoo!? Yahoo! employs, trains and grows thousands of software engineers who are continually learning new sk…
Udacity: 12-Year-Old Udacity Student from Pakistan On MOOCs
Muhammad rocking a Udacity shirt! Muhammad, a 12-year-old Udacity student hailing from Pakistan, shared his MOOC journey in “After ‘Every Astronomy Book in Pakistan,’ A 12 Year Old Turns to MOOCs.” We’ve cheered Muhammad, one of our youngest students, from the start of his Udacity career, and are excited to hear from him again. Muhammad is currently taking our College Algebra course, and has shared this goal for the next step of his journey: “I would love to complete as many courses as I can before I turn 13!! (That’s 4 months in September.) I think College Algebra and Visualizing Algebra are the best courses after PH100, CS101 and ST101.” Way to go, Muhammad! Stay Udacious and happy learning! http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Pave the Way for mLearning with mSupport by Dr. Conrad Gottfredson
Workers today are on the move, and mobile untethers them. We are fascinated by mLearning, but mLearning barely taps the ability of mobile technology to deliver business benefit. Adding mSupport to your strategy delivers immediate and measurable business impact, paves the way for a more sustainable mobile learning strategy, and offers three critical outcomes to organizations.
Learning Solutions Magazine: mLearnCon 2013 Opens in San Jose by Bill Brandon
Almost 1000 participants came to San Jose to add to their skills and knowledge in mobile learning and to network with their colleagues at this year's mLearnCon Mobile Learning Conference & Expo. Find out some of the highlights from the conference's opening day here.
Saylor.org: Word Processing Course Now Available on iTunes U
Remember when people had to go to school to learn how to use a manual typewriter? Neither do we. That was a crazy long time ago. But we do remember taking classes in keyboarding. Now we think we’re soooo clever because we type with more than two fingers and only have to sneak a peek [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Claro Flow: Author Once, Deliver to Any Screen by News Editor
dominKnow Learning Systems Announces beta program for eLearning and mLearning software that allows authors to create content that responds to a user’s screen size…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Gamification Strategies for Developing Air Force Officers by Fil J. Arenas and Andrew G. Stricker
Developing a high degree of problem-solving skill is an important function of military training from the recruit level onward. The US Air Force Squadron Officer College engages students in collaborative, context-based problem-solving challenges in a virtual-world environment. This summary will be useful to any organization wishing to improve complex interpersonal skills in its leadership team.
Coursera: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Tel Aviv University Join Coursera
We are pleased to announce that the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have become members of Coursera’s network of educational partners, and will soon offer free online courses to anyone in the world. These two universities will join 80 universities and other educational institutions, including fellow Israeli institution and current partner Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to promote learning without limits through our platform. As of today, the Technion and TAU will develop an initial offering of four courses, which span the subjects of engineering, archaeology, biology and cultural studies. The Technion’s first course will be offered in English and Arabic: • Nanotechnology and Nanosensors, taught by Professor Hossam Haick of the Wolfson Department of Chemical EngineeringTAU’s initial course offerings will be in English, including: • The Rise and Fall of Jerusalem - Judah Under Babylonian Rule, taught by Professor Oded L…