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: Authentic Learning via the WebQuest
The Last Spin WebQuest The image of a boy holding a gun to his head may horrify us, but do we choose reality? Should schools deal with such topics? The Last Spin is a short story written by Evan Hunter.… Read the rest…
Saylor.org: Is the Pell Grant in Trouble? Are We?
Heard this on the radio the other day: Study: More Adult Pell Grant Students, Not Enough Graduating (02:54 | transcript) The US federal government-funded Pell Grant is a need-based award for 9 million US students. In sum, it’s quite a bit of cash: $34.5 billion each year, but break those numbers down, and we’re looking at [...]…
Khan Academy: New coach and classroom resources are now available!
Check out our updated Coach Resources featuring classroom case studies, tips on getting started, and approaches to developing a personalized, mastery-based, and interactive classroom. Get more out of Khan Academy in your classroom! New to using Khan Academy in your classroom? If you’re just getting started, check out the Quick Start guide which provides the basics on using Khan Academy in the classroom. Join the conversation Connect with other teachers who are using Khan Academy in our community discussion online to find out more. Below each video and article in the Coach Resources section, you can engage with other coaches and the Khan Academy community about how to use Khan Academy. …
Udemy: How To Design a Website: Dramatically Improve Your User
With a good user experience now widely seen as the key attribute of websites and many high-tech products, it’s important to know how to design a website, system or product to give it that user experience edge. Here are 20 quick, simple and virtually free ideas you can apply right now. 1. Run a usability test I put this one first for those people who don’t scroll — because it’s the single most powerful weapon in the user experience arsenal. Nothing... Continue reading »…
Udemy: How to Become a DJ: What Very Successful DJs Have in Common
Britain’s late prime minister Benjamin Disraeli said “Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.” Close your eyes and imagine this, you are playing the hottest tunes in a stadium with a sea of raving fans. For a quick second you remember, “It wasn’t long ago when I was in my bedroom, practicing technique, downloading bootleg edits and experiencing approach anxiety before talking to club... Continue reading »…
Udemy: Youtube Marketing: You
I’ve got some bad news for you. No one wants to watch your youtube commercial. They’re on youtube to see free content, and if you’re not giving them that, they’re gone. There’s a free (lousier) versions of your course just three clicks away. No one wants to see your commercial. I’ve released 24 commercials on youtube for my Photoshop Crash Course, averaging over two thousand views a piece. I spent no more than 20 minutes creating each of them, and... Continue reading »…
Saylor.org: DigEdCon Digital Poster Session
If you can’t be with us here in DC for our first Digital Education Conference, you can get a strong taste of what’s going on in the Digital Poster Session, courtesy of some very smart, very innovative folks. http://www.saylor.org/digital-poster-session-live/…
Udemy: Market Your Udemy Course on YouTube (6 Easy Steps)
Why is it a good idea to include YouTube as part of your Udemy course promotion strategy? 1. Get discovered by people desperate to learn from you. If someone conducts a search for “How to become a comedian,” if you’re one of the few people with a YouTube video titled “How to Become a Comedian,” then you may show up as one of the first search results on Google. 2. Keep the leads comin’ months and years from now. Your... Continue reading »…
Saylor.org: Spirit of Innovation Challenge Innovation Summit 2013
On now! As a Champion Partner for the 2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge, we encourage, implore, and adjure you to virtually swing by the summit, through Saturday, April 13. It’s an opportunity to be amazed and show your support for the finalist teams of curious, inspired youth. What’s in it for the winner? The chance to [...]…
Udemy: Near-Death Experience Fuels Quest for Immortality: An Artist
To live or to die, that is the question. In 1979 at age 19, while living and working as a freelance artist in Toronto my health was dramatically imperiled by End-Stage Renal Failure. If the term ‘End-Stage’ sounds ominous, it’s because it was! Without emergency medical intervention I would’ve been a dead man. The toxins had accumulated to such lethal levels that the team of ER doctors was shocked that I had even managed to make it into Sunnybrooke Hospital... Continue reading »…
Udemy: Windows 8 New Features That Will Help You Make The Leap
With its fresh bold approach, Windows 8 has taken the technology world by storm as an innovative and genuinely different operating system. It captures the best of previous versions of Windows while offering new ways of working. This approach offers the best of both worlds. For those who like the Windows 7 style interface, you’ll be happy to discover that you can keep working in that familiar interface in Windows 8. And for those looking for what’s next in the... Continue reading »…
Saylor.org: It
We’re taking a hiatus from the usual schtick because today and tomorrow we’ll all be on our best behavior at the Saylor Foundation Digital Education Conference 2013, known more generally around the world as DigEdCon. We’ll put through a couple of posts, but they’ll be probably, oh, say a “6″ rather than our usual “10″ (that’s on [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: eLearning Guild Research: Thinking (Guild) Research at LSCon 2013 with Some Very Smart Folks by Patti Shank
Imagine a breakout session with five opinionated Guild Research writers at the 2013 Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando, jam-packed with questions and laughter from both panelists and audience members. Here’s some of the fun (and information) from that session.
Udemy: Brand Visibility: Build Your Galactic Brand Like Batman
When someone opens Google and searches for you or your company name, what comes up? If they search for your type of business or industry, or by a keyword or phrase, does YOUR company come up? Brand visibility is not just being the answer to your name, but being the answer for what you do, and maintaining that first-page spot consistently. How is this accomplished and how do we attract our exact targeted audience so that we’re gaining new clients... Continue reading »…
Coursera: Stay on Track with the Deadlines Calendar Feature!
Editor’s Note: Pamela Fox is Coursera’s Lead Student Team Engineer. Here is her post about a useful new Coursera feature called “Deadline Calendar”! I know it’s a matter of much debate, but I personally love that Coursera classes actually impose schedules and deadlines on students. I have a lot of things I want to get done in life, and if I don’t have a deadline for them, I don’t accomplish 99% of them. There’s always something else that needs to be done first, you know? But I hate the feeling of missing a deadline in a class, especially if I’ve been meeting all the deadlines for a few weeks and been feeling good about my steak of good-student-ness. It’s that sudden, sinking feeling of “Awww, man, why didn’t I remember that an hour ago?” that can throw off your motivation for the rest of the class. So we have been working on ways to make it easier for all of us to remember our deadlines, because…
edX: San Jose State University and edX Expand Course to CSU Campuses
By Ping Hsu Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering; San Jose State University In the fall of 2012, edX embarked on an experiment with San Jose State University (SJSU) and Professor Khosrow Ghadiri to test the impact the edX platform could have on traditional on-campus learning. Using MITx 6.002x Circuits and Electronics to supplement and enhance his EE98 Circuits Analysis course at SJSU, Professor Ghadiri saw pass rates in his class improve from 55% to 91%. Impressive and inspiring, these results drove our desire to expand the edX collaboration with SJSU and the California State University (CSU) system. Our expansion of the blended course offering to a second section will help to refine our approach, engage with students, and improve learning outcomes. I am also particularly excited that SJSU and edX will be offering the new blended course to 11 other CSU campuses, as well as establishing a Center for Excellence In Adaptive and Blended Learning to train interested facu…
Udacity: Brian Bonus: Video Editor to Software Engineer
Meet Brian Bonus, a Udacity student who is an inspiring example for others who are interested in learning new technical skills and discovering new career paths! Brian Bonus graduated from UCLA Film School and since graduation has worked as a video editor. After 6 years in the business, he knew it was time for a change. Brian sampled our CS101 course and was blown away by the experience. Prior to finding Udacity, Brian had taken a Java class but did not find it interesting. This time around, taking a journey with Dave Evans to build his own search engine was “the gateway drug that lead to my self-directed learning of Java, HTML/CSS, and Javascript.” -- Udacity courses “got me to see how fun and stimulating programming is.” Based on his new found passion and knowledge of programming, Brian created InstaMemory and as a result was invited to participate in his first ever hackathon, sponsored by YouTube and GoogleTV. In this 3 day hackathon, Brian and his te…
Saylor.org: What
Want to let us know how you came upon Saylor? About what keeps you motivated to spread the way of free education? About your tricks of the trade, that help you study and learn? We’d like to feature you and your story! If you need some ideas on where to start, take a look at [...]…
Udacity: HTML5: Last Study Group
This Monday was our final HTML5 Game Development study group session at Google’s San Francisco office. These eight weeks have taken our experience of the course to a whole new level. We laughed, we cried, we had dinner, we talked about HTML5. We’ll definitely have to do this again. Thank you to all of the amazing students who came out each week, both in person and through the livestream, to make this experience unforgettable! We were particularly touched when some surprise international visitors came to San Francisco to experience the study group in person. Our international guest list roster includes rock star students from Guatemala, South Korea, Vietnam and Finland! Jouni, from Finland, with Sean at Udacity! Friends from Korea at the study group! Dennis and Edwin, from Guatemala, at Udacity! For those of you who took this class with us during this first release period, make sure to stay in touch with your new study pals! Now that the San Francisco…
Saylor.org: Course o
Struggling to solve your engineering problems? Relax! ME 103 (Thermodynamics) has a solution, and it’s our iTunes U course o’ the week! That solution is energy analysis, in which you use the quintessential element of energy to help you solve your difficult problems — like how to create boilers that produce the most work. In this [...]…