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: Online Interviews for Qualitative Research
Online Research Computers and the Internet are enabling a change in the ways we communicate, access and interact with information, and conduct research. Web technologies are facilitating the process of research by enabling researchers to reach a larger and more geographically diverse sample in a more economical way.… Read the rest…
Coursera: Happy New Year!!
Happy 2013 from all of us at Coursera! To help you set and proudly share your 2013 learning goals, we’ve created this nifty list maker. Browse our 2013 courses, select the ones that you want to take, and then share your list with friends and family. Perhaps you want to become more knowledgeable with your personal finances and investments, or maybe you want to improve your math skills, become a better musician, or become a data scientist, or maybe you want to learn more about food and nutrition. Here’s to 2013, may it be filled with love and learning! To create your own list, start here.
: Conferences with WizIQ
You can organize a conference Do you want to have a conference, without having to organize hotel rooms, meals and airport pick-ups? With WizIQ, you can. Perhaps you are planning a convention and want to bring the information to as many people as possible, even if they can’t actually make it to the physical place.… Read the rest…
: New Year Resolutions for 2013
New Year Resolutions It’s been a year since I last shared my new year resolutions for 2012 on WizIQ. I have been writing new year resolutions since I was in a kid. I find the process very empowering and fun. According to Wikipedia, the process of making promises and hoping to keep them in the year year has been going on since the Babylonian times.… Read the rest…
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: Candace Thille at UCLA for
OLI Director Candace Thille will be participating in a major event at UCLA in California on Tuesday, January 8. The event is titled “Rebooting Higher Education: Leveraging Innovations in Online Education to Improve Cost Effectiveness and Increase Quality,” and will ……
: English Weekly Workouts Fluency MC
English Weekly Workouts with Fluency MC I am passionate about teaching English as a second (ESL) and foreign language (EFL) because I learn so much. Being an English teacher provides me with opportunities to learn about people and help them communicate in English.… Read the rest…
Coursera: Getting the most out of your Coursera experience
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of guest posts from Laura Cushing, one of our amazing Coursera students. Laura is freelance writer and avid course taker (7 courses so far!). Welcome to the wonderful world of free education! When I started my first course at Coursera, I was so excited. I had no idea what it would be like! Would I be able to keep up? Would I be able to interact with my professor and my fellow students? I was a bundle of nerves waiting for the course to begin. And when that course opened - there was so much to do. So many things to discover, and keep straight. Now that I’m on my seventh or so class, I still feel that excitement of beginning a new learning experience - but a lot less anxiety. Now I know where everything is located, and how to use the Coursera system effectively. Here are some tips and tricks for how to get started on your education adventure! Choosing Classes There are so many classes to choose from! When I first saw the li…
Udacity: 2013 New Years Learning Resolutions
The New Year is around the corner! And here at Udacity, we’ve been talking resolutions and learning goals for 2013. As we challenged each other, we thought it would be fun to share some of our (wide ranging) learning goals with our fellow Udacians. Everything from becoming better cooks, learning to be more artistic, pick up new sports, new instruments, new programming languages, new foreign languages, and becoming better teachers has come up. Some excerpts from inside our company: “How to become a master baker” “Something artsy…like drawing or painting” “Memorize and apply the major system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic_major_system” “Even more cool dance moves” “I want to finally learn how to whistle (motivated by my son who thinks this is the coolest skill ever)” “I want to complete CS101!” “How to find true, inner peace.” “One new programming language (Sca…
Udacity: December Updates
Happy holidays, Udacians! For those who may have missed our December newsletter, we had a few quick announcements. We know many of you have been anticipating the start dates for some of our newest courses. Well, mark your calendars! Intro to Parallel Programming - Feb 4, 2013 HTML5 Game Development - Feb 4, 2013 Interactive Rendering - Mar 11, 2013 We had a great 2012 and are looking forward to the challenges that 2013 has to bring. We want to thank all of our students for taking courses, participating in the Udacity community and sharing stories. You’ve truly made it an exciting year for us. With January around the corner, it’s time for New Years resolutions. We want to encourage you to make Udacity and lifelong learning part of your 2013 resolutions. Enroll in a course and share your goals with us at #UdacityGoals. We’ve put together some tips to help you stay motivated. In 2013 we look forward to hearing more from our stude…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Research for Practitioners: How to Improve Knowledge Retention by Julie Dirksen
In academic approaches to teaching and learning that focus on knowledge rather than skill, the activities often involve traditional studying that involves repetition of the content. There are other methods that may also support learning. Do you know which one works best? One study attempted to find an answer to that question.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Toolkit: The Tumultuous Year in Review by Joe Ganci
What happened this year? Historians will see 2012 as the tipping point for eLearning tools. Joe reviews the past 366 days (goodbye, leap year) and the highlights in the world of design and development software.
: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Seasons Greetings! May your holiday season be joyful and may your new year be prosperous! 2012 has been an eventful year at WizIQ, with more than 2 million people using our platform for online education, instruction and communication . Reaching this milestone would not have been possible without the support, feedback, and encouragement of our amazing teachers.… Read the rest…
: Finding Content that Works Well in the Digital Classroom
How many nights do you spend thinking that the perfect article or video is just a click away? I find a sort of pathological- and perhaps pathetic- joy in the search for the perfect material. There is often some notion that I want to convey to my students.… Read the rest…
Udemy: 7 Steps to Launching Your Next Course on Twitter
Here’s a question: How can you use Twitter to launch your next course? Before we dive into the how to use Twitter for your next course launch, let’s make sure we’re on the same page about a couple things: Email is still, by far, the most effective marketing channel. If you are promoting your courses through your email list (assuming you have a list and are managing it the right way), you will see higher conversion rates than via Twitter.... Continue reading »…
Udemy: 7 Steps to Launching Your Next Course on Twitter
Here’s a question: How can you use Twitter to launch your next course? Before we dive into the how to use Twitter for your next course launch, let’s make sure we’re on the same page about a couple things: Email is still, by far, the most effective marketing channel. If you are promoting your courses through your email list (assuming you have a list and are managing it the right way), you will see higher conversion rates than via Twitter.... Continue reading »…
Udacity: 5 Tips To Be a Motivated Learner in 2013
With 2012 coming to a close and 2013 just around the corner, a lot of us here at Udacity are starting to think about things we want to learn in the next year. I have to (sheepishly) admit that I set a few learning goals for 2012 that I didn’t quite finish. So I have been polling friends, reading books, and browsing the web for ways to learn more in 2013. I’ve picked up some great tips: Make Learning Personal Make a formal commitment to yourself. Write your learning goals down and set a timeline for accomplishing them. Whether its finishing Udacity’s CS101 or learning to play the harmonica -- set a specific goal, make a deadline, and measure your progress regularly. Each week, assess how you are doing on those milestones and keep yourself accountable. Public Accountability Tell the world what you plan to learn. Write a blog post about it, tweet it, share it on Facebook, or YouTube … there are plenty of ways to let a…
: Course Feed on WizIQ
With Course Feed, your students can share ideas, work collaboratively and extend each other’s thinking in written dialog whenever it is convenient for them. Asynchronous group based learning will be simple to facilitate and participate in with this remarkable new tool from WizIQ.… Read the rest…
Learning Solutions Magazine: The Most Impactful Learning Content Comes From Data by Tina Woita
How are you using data to set strategy and guide development and deployment of your learning programs? Collecting and analyzing data makes it possible to understand the resources needed in order to move forward, and to differentiate the needs by organizational unit and location, and by tenure. Here are some tips for using real-time data to create effective learning content.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Brainshark's HTML5-based Mobile Player: Interactive Mobile Video by News Editor
Brainshark, Inc., the leader in online and mobile video presentations, has unveiled the Brainshark Mobile Player. This new HTML5-based player gives iOS and Android users a more interactive experience when they view Brainshark video presentations on their smartphones and tablets— without the need to download an app.
Learning Solutions Magazine: What's Your Strategy for 2013? by Bill Brandon
While 2012 went by quickly, it didn’t seem too complicated. We can’t count on being so lucky with 2013–it’s likely to present tricky challenges. It will be a good year to craft a mixed learning and support strategy for your organization.