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Udemy: Tips & Tricks for Creating a Home Recording Studio
Udemy instructor, Huw Collingbourne, has cracked the code on professional lighting, sound, and video- for next to nothing. Huw has sold nearly $90,000 worth of courses of Udemy and taught over 4,000 students since starting on the platform in 2011. Welcome, Huw; and thanks for sharing your great lessons on the journey to a high-quality studio! VIDEO: How to Build a Great Recording Studio for Online Courses Welcome to my home studio. I’m getting... Continue reading »…
Saylor.org: Monday Morning Digest: Creativity is the Word
Happy Monday! Good Morning, as we say good-bye to Open Ed. Week, we can happily say hello to the word of the week: creativity. Technology is being used creatively in order to further enhance the learning experience for students of all ages. From Legos for K-12, to textbook-free higher ed., to professional development for adults, [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2013: Maximizing Performance by Bill Brandon and Jennifer Neibert
The eLearning Guild's annual Learning Solutions Conference & Expo met in Orlando, Florida from March 13 to March 15, drawing a record number of participants. The Guild enhanced the program content and support in several innovative ways. Read the recap of the conference and expo here!
Khan Academy: Teachers can now create accounts for their under-13 students
Teachers now have the power to create Khan Academy accounts for their students who are under 13! We’re working to make it as simple as possible for teachers to get their classes started with Khan Academy, and this is just a first step. Before creating the accounts, make sure you have permission from your students’ parents. You can download our sample permission slip to send home with your students. Then, to add your students, visit Coach > Manage Students and click the green “Add new students” button. This opens the form for inviting students by their email addresses (if they’re over 13): If your students are under 13 and do not have email addresses through Google Apps for Education, choose “create Khan Academy accounts for them.” Here, you’ll create a username and password for your first student and enter their birthdate and their parent’s email address: You’ll receive a confirmation and then you can create your next…
Udemy: Challenges of Online Learning: 4 Ways to Keep Your Online Student Engaged
When I set out to take my Social Media Training Courses online, I realized early on that online courses only work if people actually consume the content. It’s one thing to sit through a live training. Sure, retention may be low, but at least you do learn something. But one of the main challenges of online learning is that unless the learner has the discipline and the motivation to focus and watch the lectures, they learn nothing at all.... Continue reading »…
Saylor.org: Great Philosophy Resources For the Educator, Student, or Just Simply Curious
What is the Good? What is a truly ethical solution to a certain problem? How does all that logic really make sense? Here are some great sources and tools that can help educators, students, or the simply curious think big. Resources Philosophy Pages (Garth Kemerling) This reference site has many great features to help you in [...]…
: Teaching about Literary Symbolism in the Online Classroom
Certainly you remember the Lit Professor in college who saw symbolism in everything? White was for purity and innocence. An owl referred to wisdom. The forest was “The human subconscious.” Sometimes, literary analysis is a bit silly. Sometimes, though, the symbolic representations are clear and obvious to an experienced reader.… Read the rest…
ALISON: Free Training and Certification Now Available On Smartphone & Tablet Helps Candidates Take Advantage Of Growing Job Market
ALISON launches a new and improved website with smarter design to help learners boost their chances of securing employment…
Saylor.org: Snapshot: Jenna Dawkins, Writer and Explorer
For our next edition of our series of Saylor.org staff interviews, we spoke with Jenna Dawkins, one of our awesome Research Assistants. Hello Jenna. Hi. So why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself? Well, I’m Jenna. I’m a 22 year old GW Masters student, and am living and working in the DC Metro [...]…
: Creating Videos for the Online Classroom
You can create simple tutorial videos in minutes on WizIQ. So you really want a simple video, explaining what the different parts of a cell are. You have looked for hours, and all of the videos you find have too much music, not enough detail, or they forget to mention the importance of the endoplasmic reticulum.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: eLearning Guild Research: Salaries 2013—Feeling Flat? You're Not Alone! by Patti Shank
The eLearning Guild’s Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report always attracts a lot of attention. Here is an overview guide to the report itself, which is a free download (linked in article). Take a look, see what the excitement is about, and use our official Guild Research Salary Calculator!
Saylor.org: Ninja skills: how do you manage your online learning?
I recently had the opportunity to go through (a lot) of old papers and notes from elementary school, secondary school, and college. I saw years of attempting to stay organized: three-ring binders, portfolios, spiral notebooks, bound notebooks, index cards, loose papers, and the odd floppy disk. After nineteen years of schooling, I was just starting to [...]…
: Flipped Class: Ideas on how to use WizIQ
Flipped Classes What is a flipped class? In a flipped class the teacher prepares the students, their parents, and other stakeholders for the lesson. Teachers create an assignment that will entice students to watch a video or connect with content and try to learn on their own the comfort of their homes.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2013 Opens in Orlando by Jennifer Neibert and Bill Brandon
From the opening session yesterday, the Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2013 is living up to the expectations that its tagline, “Maximizing Performance with Learning Technologies,” inspires. Over 1300 eLearning professionals are getting a comprehensive look at a broad range of topics and insightful presentations.
Learning Solutions Magazine: It's Time to Rethink Enterprise Video by News Editor
Panopto introduces a new release of its platform for video communication and social knowledge sharing.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Docebo Launches eLearning Ecosystem at Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2013 by News Editor
Docebo and American partners Dynamic Inventions and Mowerks unveil an eLearning ecosystem: LMS, apps, and Courses Marketplace. The new offering is integrated with WordPress, the most popular CMS in the world.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Book Review: Into the Heart of Meetings, by Mike van der Vijver and Eric de Groot by Jennifer Neibert
In their new book, Into the Heart of Meetings, Mike van der Vijver and Eric de Groot delve into processes defining the power of meetings as a means of communication. With case studies, practical ideas, and thoughtful suggestions for effective meeting design, the book can help us design successful meetings and ensure desired outcomes for our courses and learners.
Coursera: Instructor Profile: Larry Randles Lagerstrom, getting creative with Einstein!
Editor’s note: Dr. Larry Randles Lagerstrom from Stanford University will be teaching a new course on “Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity,” starting on April 8. We caught up with him and asked him a few questions about his background and his course. “Nearly everyone has heard of Einstein—he is the most recognizable scientist of all time, he was chosen as ‘Person of the Century’ by Time magazine and, if nothing else, his quotations seem to be all over the Internet (some of which are not actually by him, but that’s another story). They also may have heard that he came up with some of his revolutionary ideas, such as the special theory of relativity, while working as a lowly patent clerk. And they vaguely know that there’s some esoteric and mind-bending stuff involved. But they may not realize that the real story of his early troubles and triumphs is more interesting (and relevant) than the myths, and that it…
Khan Academy: khanacademy.org gets a makeover, bug fixes, and UX improvements
Khan Academy has come a long way from when I first joined waaaaay back in 2010. The company and product have both matured. The content and experience that we offer the world has grown and changed dramatically, but this is the slow steady change of iterative improvement. And even though we’ve added over 1,000 videos and hundreds of interactive exercises to the site, that change isn’t always obvious. It’s going to be hard to miss the changes we’re releasing today. Current: New: Today, we’re launching the first piece of what will eventually be a major redesign of Khan Academy. This first step is part visual refresh, part re-focusing of the interface that folks use every day, and part foundation for future changes. This change should help to clarify exactly how our content is organized and what order we recommend proceeding through tutorials while fixing a host of other small bugs (like progress indicators not showing up or not being properly aligned).
Udemy: Why the Udemy Affiliate Program is So Rewarding
If you want to find a great affiliate program, with a good payout & many other rewards, take a look at the Udemy Affiliate Program! Find important Udemy Affiliate and Instructor Resources at the end of this article. My Udemy Story I have been involved in affiliate marketing since 2008. I like being an affiliate because it allows me to share great resources with my website & social media contacts. Also, as an affiliate you are an intermediary between the... Continue reading »…