How Much Do You Know About the United Kingdom?
Can you find the United Kingdom on a map? What else do you know about this European nation with a population of about 67 million people?
Lesson of the Day: ‘The Uncertain Fate of a London Neighborhood’
This lesson is a part of our new Accessible Activities feature, which aims to welcome a wider variety of learners to our site and to The Times. Learn more and tell us what you think here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “The Uncertain Fate of a London Neighborhood” by Aina J. KhanAn East London neighborhood that has long…
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…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Dec. 8, 2021
Every ten years a new census is conducted to track changes in the population of the United States. States then redraw the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts as the population goes up or down. This past August the results of the 2020 census were released, and states are now in the process of…
Have You Forgotten Your Childhood?
By Yana Weinstein Imagine if I asked you this question: “Are there large parts of your childhood after age 5 that you cannot remember?”. How would you answer: Yes, or no? Are you sure? And what might influence your answer? (Note that the “after age 5” part is important, because most of us do not…
Certification Program Success via your Learning System
Certification Programs. Just the sound of the words “certification” can lead some folks to immediately think this is going to be challenging (it should) and equally worthwhile (it should). A certification program must benefit the person who is seeking to be certified. Whether it is for potential new job opportunities, financial rewards (current or next…
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2018 Turkey Awards for E-Learning
I have the most important shirt of the past four decades. The shirt that announced on that terrible day, the turkey drop of WKRP in Cincinnati. Who can forget the live feed of Les describing the ill-fated promotion. If you have forgotten, no worries – here it is While Ben Franklin was turning over…
Do You Experience Climate Anxiety?
Do you experience anxiety, grief or fear about climate change? What has that felt like? How have you coped with it?Do you think that this type of distress can be channeled into action?In “Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It,” Susan Shain writes about the formal and informal support networks that exist…
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…
Our Own Language
A recent article from the Style section reports: The word for a TV remote is marote; for chicken, it’s chimpken, and for the Aperol Spritz cocktail it’s app-a-ball spitz-ee. Shrimp is swimps, hair ties are hair gigglies and Starbucks is Starbonks.All of these are examples of so-called marriage language, the weird and oftentimes embarrassing dialects…
Capgemini Partners with Coursera to Upskill Employees and Promote a Culture...
By Anthony Tattersall, Senior Director of Enterprise, EMEA at Coursera We are excited to announce that Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology, and engineering services, has partnered with Coursera to offer high-quality learning to its employees. Starting today, Capgemini’s employees in nearly 50 countries will have access to 4,000 courses on Coursera…
Lesson of the Day: ‘We Are Saying It With Flowers. Loudly...
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “We Are Saying It With Flowers. Loudly and Repeatedly.” By Carly LewisThe Society of American Florists, 1-800-Flowers and individually operated flower shops have reported a significant increase in the number of flower sales since…
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How to Get a Database Administrator Job
No matter where you work, there’s a decent chance that the industry you’re in deals with vast amounts of data that keep operations running. In today’s economy, fields from retail to healthcare need to store and utilize essential information for product development, client marketing, and operational efficiency.So who makes sure all of this crucial data…
The ladder to leading quality care
Quality care and safety are two elements at the heart of every healthcare professional. But as many know all too well, investigations into adequate patient care remain frequent. That’s where the Master of Health Care Management from Murdoch University comes in. Designed with the health industry’s growing focus on safety in mind, it allows you…
Learn 10 Commonly Confused Words With TikTok and The Times
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1.Many of us, whether at school or in the workplace, puzzle over how to use commonly confused words like affect and effect, farther and further, and capitol and capital.We were excited to discover that Claudine James, an English…
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…
Weekly Digest #136: Optimizing Lecture Capture
Today’s weekly digest is motivated by a paper on lecture capture that I (Carolina) am currently co-writing (1). I thought it would be a good idea to put together a digest summarizing the evidence behind the benefits or pitfalls of recording university lectures. While students are eager to get their hands on lecture recordings, lecturers…