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Learning Solutions Magazine: Hatsize 4.0 Launched: Next-generation Training Labs by News Editor
A new, state-of-the-art interface in Hatsize 4.0 makes lab-based learning easier and more interactive.
Learning Solutions Magazine: New eBook: 68 Tips for eLearning Engagement and Interactivity by Jennifer Neibert
Engagement is a critical element of learning. For eLearning and mLearning engagement is arguably even more important, but it requires additional planning, monitoring, and creativity to do it well. If you’re looking for clever ideas to drive engagement in your learning initiatives, download 68 Tips for eLearning Engagement and Interactivity—free from The eLearning Guild—today!
Udemy: What to do after college?
You had worked hard to finish school, which you didn’t like most of the time. Then you might have gotten some further education. Maybe you have even graduated from university. And then? Well, you want to leave home and have meaningful, paid work! You want to make a living for yourself. And build up your future. But that looks like an increasingly distant dream, doesn’t it? It’s hard to find any job and you didn’t finish college to flip hamburgers... Continue reading »…
Udemy: What to do after college?
You had worked hard to finish school, which you didn’t like most of the time. Then you might have gotten some further education. Maybe you have even graduated from university. And then? Well, you want to leave home and have meaningful, paid work! You want to make a living for yourself. And build up your [...]…
ALISON: Improve Your Business Accounting Practices With Alison's Latest Free Course
Ensure your business thrives in challenging times with ALISON’s free course ‘Recording of Business Transactions in Accounting’. ALISON is a world leader in online education and workplace skills training with 2 million registered learners worldwide.
ALISON: Improve Your Business Accounting Practices With Alison's Latest Free Course
Ensure your business thrives in challenging times with ALISON’s free course ‘Recording of Business Transactions in Accounting’. ALISON is a world leader in online education and workplace skills training with 2 million registered learners worldwide.
Udemy: Why Teach Online? 12 Reasons and Counting!
Need a nudge to create your online class? Here are a few reasons why instructors, teachers, trainers, adjunct and tenure-track professors, authors, speakers, and so many others build courses on Udemy: 1) Reach a new audience teaching online. How else can you reach thousands of thousands of students all around the world? 2) Make money teaching online. If you want to charge for your course (you don’t have to), you can earn real money and passive income teaching online. (For... Continue reading »…
Udemy: Why Teach Online? 12 Reasons and Counting!
Need a nudge to create your online class? Here are a few reasons why instructors, teachers, trainers, adjunct and tenure-track professors, authors, speakers, and so many others build courses on Udemy: 1) Reach a new audience teaching online. How else can you reach thousands of thousands of students all around the world? 2) Make money [...]…
Saylor.org: MMD: Around World of Ed. Tech.- in Just a Few Minutes
Good morning and happy Monday! Today we are going to travel around the world.-in less than 80 days. Come with us in our hot-aired balloon, bring your coffee too! Take a short a break from your Monday Morning routine and explore the world of ed. tech. We begin in the U.K., England to be exact. [...]…
Saylor.org: MMD: Around World of EdTech
Good morning and happy Monday! Today we are going to travel around the world – in way less than 80 days. Come with us in our hot-air balloon, bring your coffee too! Take a short a break from your Monday Morning routine and explore the world of ed. tech. We begin in the U.K., England [...]…
: 10 Online Tools to Master Language Teaching
You can’t have fun teaching online without getting your hands dirty!! As an online teacher, a great part of my work involves utilizing the best educational tools for my content creation, content delivery, or to encourage active learning with students. I will describe them based on the needs of online teachers and/or classroom teachers who wish to integrate what they do with online technologies.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: mLearnCon 2013: Support Accomplishment with Mobile Technology! by Bill Brandon
Widespread media attention is raising expectations for the use of mobile technology in learning and performance support. The next steps are to consider the strategies and the specifics of application that will benefit your organization and to make practical plans. The eLearning Guild’s mLearnCon Conference & Expo 2013 will help you as you chart your course—here’s how!
Coursera: What's Your Study Strategy?
Editor’s Note: Pamela Fox is Coursera’s Lead Student Team Engineer. Last week, thanks to the course calendar, I realized that my final exam for Ariely’s class on Irrational Behavior was due the night before a Google I/O talk that I would be giving the next day about Coursera - frankly, I was a little stressed. I’d never made it so far in a Coursera class, and I was determined to make it to the end! I freaked out: how was I going to study for the exam? I love learning new things, but I forget them quickly when I move onto the next cool new thing to learn, and I didn’t have the time or patience to rewatch every lecture. I needed to review the materials somehow, but I never took any notes. Fortunately, I have tens of thousands of classmates, and a number of them *did* take notes, and they shared them in our forums. Our always-helpful TA wrote up a post with links to all the student-sourced resources to make them easy to find, so I opened them up…
ALISON: Learn To Capture Life
Snap up new Digital Photography skills with ALISON’s latest free online course offering, Introduction to Digital Photography. ALISON is a UNESCO award-winning educator with two million registered learners worldwide.
ALISON: Learn To Capture Life
Snap up new Digital Photography skills with ALISON’s latest free online course offering, Introduction to Digital Photography. ALISON is a UNESCO award-winning educator with two million registered learners worldwide.
Udemy: How to Make an Android App
1. Why make Android apps? One of the first things to consider when starting a technology project is the platform it will run on. What are the advantages of creating an Android app? Are there a lot of people using these devices today? The answer in this case is yes. According to Forbes.com, the use of Android smartphones rose 88% during 2012, accounting for 70% of all smartphones sold during the year. Another feature of the Android market is its... Continue reading »…
Udemy: How to Make an Android App
1. Why make Android apps? One of the first things to consider when starting a technology project is the platform it will run on. What are the advantages of creating an Android app? Are there a lot of people using these devices today? The answer in this case is yes. According to Forbes.com, the use [...]…
Udacity: Sebastian Thrun Takes Coffee Break to Discuss Online Masters Degree
Welcome to this week’s Coffee Break! It’s been a big week for us at Udacity, what with our HTML5 Game Development certificate program launch, announcing our collaboration with Georgia Tech and AT&T to offer an Online Masters Degree in Computer Science, and debuting our I/O course.Whew, that’s a full week! The buzz around these new developments has been tremendously encouraging -- thank you for all of your support in these new adventures.For this week’s Coffee Break installment, Sebastian talks with fellow Udacian, Clarissa, about the Online Masters Degree, as well as course certificate alternatives for students who aren’t interested in the entire degree. For more thoughts from Sebastian, be sure to read his blog post reflecting on MOOCs, empowerment and education. Happy Friday and Happy Coffee Break! http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
Udacity: 10 Reasons to Take Your Education Online
Happy Friday, Udacity! Millions of people are getting inspired by a new era of online education, and we here at Udacity are absolutely thrilled to watch empowered students advance their education and their careers with our free, online courses. Virtual classrooms are filling up all over the interwebs! We are so jazzed about online learning that we decided to make a list for everyone who needs a few extra reasons to take their education online. We polled the office and this is what we came up with! Here’s one of the reasons: There’s no such thing as being late to your laptop. This man has never been late in his life. Only early. We care deeply about the future of education and believe that higher education is a basic human right -- Udacity’s mission is to bring accessible, affordable, engaging and highly effective education to the world. We also believe in having fun, so stay tuned for more lists. http://blog.udacity.com/feeds/posts/default…
Saylor.org: We Love Resources: Scores of video and podcast lessons from The Faculties
Keep an eye out for our upcoming K-12 Statistics and ELA-10 courses, which make use of video from The Faculties. Want to make your parents (children, friends) proud and catch up on some extra learning this summer? Excited about starting college but unsure of what to choose as your major? Curious about employment opportunities and [...]…