Word of the Day: behoove
The word behoove has appeared in 78 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Nov. 25 in “When Your Workouts Turn Into a Work of Art,” by Scott Cacciola. The article is about a runner, Duncan McCabe, and his quest to use the maps of his daily runs on the exercise-tracking platform Stava…
9 Zoom interview tips to help you land the job
Many companies have decided to stay remote for the long term. In the United States, around 22% of the American workforce is expected to be working remotely by 2025. This means Zoom interviews will more than likely be a part of the hiring process. To help you prepare, we've cultivated this list of 9 tips…
Announcing 1 degree pathway, 8 Professional Certificates, and 20 new and...
Welcoming 4 new university partners and 5 industry partners, including Saïd Business School – University of Oxford, Amazon, and Xbox By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today, we are excited to announce several new partnerships and a major expansion of our content catalog at Coursera Connect 2024, our annual flagship conference. This expansion…
GUEST POST: Learning Styles and Differentiated Instruction
References: (1) Kirschner, P. (2017). Stop propagating the learning styles myth. Computers and Education, 106, 166-171.(2) Macdonald, K., Germine, L., Anderson, A., Christodoulou, J., and McGrath, L. (2017). Dispelling the myth: Training in education or neuroscience decreases but does not eliminate beliefs in neuromyths. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. (3) Willingham, D., Hughes, E., and Dobolyi, D. (2015).…
Hanging Out
What do you like to do with your friends? Where do you tend to hang out? Do you sometimes wish there were more places to go? If you could magically create a new spot where you and your friends would have fun and, perhaps, meet like-minded people, what would it be? A new park? A…
How Are You Feeling About Winter This Year?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Although winter doesn’t officially begin until Dec. 21, it’s already cold in many places — and with the coronavirus pandemic still raging, many are dreading a season when we very likely won’t be able to gather safely…
Must Read
Alison Publisher Spotlight: Jawad Chand
When you leave home for work every morning, you expect to perform your duties and arrive back home at the end of the day in the same way you left. However, accidents do happen in the workplace. Workplace injuries and illnesses can have a wide-ranging impact on workers and their families. But there are individuals…
Word + Quiz: frippery
frippery ˈfri-p(ə-)rē noun: something of little value or significance_________The word frippery has appeared in nine articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on June 7 in “When Dickens Died, America Mourned. Our Archives Tell the Story” by Tina Jordan:After his death, Dickens’s body had been sent to London on a special train…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
The Alison iOS App is Here. Here’s What You Need to...
You’ve asked and we’ve listened! We are thrilled to announce that the Alison iOS App is finally here. In December 2020, we proudly launched our much anticipated online learning app for Android. The app proved a huge hit (nearly 700 000 downloads in just over six months!) and introduced thousands of new students to the…
Free August 2023 Wallpaper & Instagram quote
August 1, 2023 Free August 2023 wallpaper is here! Extend your summer days with August wallpaper and bask in the warmth a little while longer. It showcases the most stunning elements of summer – from the soft sand to the crystal-clear waters, the waves gently crashing against the shore, and the endless expanse of the…
Past Stories
The 11th Annual New York Times Summer Reading Contest
Contest Dates: June 12-Aug. 21, 2019 Every year since 2010 The Learning Network has invited teenagers around the world to add The New York Times to their summer reading lists and, so far, over 60,000 have. At a time when teachers are looking for ways to offer students more “voice and choice,” we hope our…
Uncovering True Innovation in LMS, LXP, and Learning Platforms
Innovate? An LMS? LXP? Learning Platform? Employee Dev Platform? Are you saying that any of these platform types are innovative? Wait, LMS? Oh, that is so traditional; there isn’t any innovation there. LXP? That’s where innovation comes in (hint- it doesn’t). A Learning Platform driven by brain-centric modalities? That must be innovative. AI-first platforms. Ok,…
Learn From Home Day: Guest Speaker Schedule
Here at Codecademy, we believe that learning new skills can offer a fun and empowering way to find focus during these difficult times. That’s why we’ve teamed up with some of our favorite brands to bring you a full day of learning new skills on Wednesday May 13 at 10:45am ET.Take a break from your…
What To Include In A Junior Developer Portfolio — & Why...
If you’re just starting out in your career as a developer, you may not have a lot of relevant job experience to list on your resume. Maybe you did an internship or have some freelance experience, but you don’t have that solid one to two years of full-time experience yet.While this is a hurdle in…
April Events
April past events: On 22 April, Justin Cooke, Chief Content & Partnerships Officer, FutureLearn spoke on a panel, How do we move pedagogy online? at the Jisc / Emerge Higher Education Horizon Group virtual event. The event focused on assessment and other opportunities and challenges that have arisen due to COVID-19. You can watch the…
Lesson of the Day: ‘How Maps Reshape American Politics’
Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Maps Reshape American Politics” by Nick Corasaniti, Reid J. Epstein, Taylor Johnston, Rebecca Lieberman and Eden WeingartEvery 10 years in the United States, after the census, the boundaries of voting districts are redrawn to reflect the changes in population. This process is called “redistricting” and it is happening this year. While…














