Infographic: Workflow Learning
Charles Jennings recently challenged L&D to ‘start with the 70 and plan for the 100‘. This infographic explores that approach by focusing on workflow learning, starting with what’s happening in the workplace and drawing on pull resources and collaboration to support deep and continuous learning. If you’re interested in how to design such learning ecosystems, I highly recommend my previous post about…
GUEST POST: How and Why Teachers Should Use Graphic Organizers in...
After the lecture, students studied the display they were given (outline, text, etc.) for 15 minutes. They were told that there would be three tests:A test on facts. Question example: What is the size of the Brahmaputra basin?A test to check relationships based on categories. Question example: Which rivers merge with other rivers?A test to…
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…
Did you know? Learning Systems Vol 3
LMS aka Learning Management System. LXP – Learning Experience Platform. Learning Platform. Cohort-based learning platform. Employee Experience Platform (bad name for it). Employee Development Platform. There is a lot there for types of systems as I have noted before. I can’t forget the joke of micro-learning platforms, ignoring that micro-learning has been around since 2000,…
12 Docker Interview Questions That You Can Practice to Ace Your...
If you’re applying for jobs that involve managing and deploying applications, chances are you’ll be expected to know Docker, the platform that helps developers build, share, and run applications. Jobs like Software Developer, DevOps Engineer, Python Developer, Data Engineer, and many more all use Docker regularly.Since this will be an essential skill for you to…
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What Was the Best Art and Culture You Experienced in 2020?
For example, in the “Best Songs of 2020,” Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz featured Bad Bunny’s “Yo Perreo Sola,” Taylor Swift’s “Betty” and Jamila Woods’s “Sula (Paperback).” Ms. Zoladz’s first pick was the “Savage (Remix)” by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé:With all due respect to the other member of the Carters, there’s something…
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…
Tips for balancing work and school
Before we dive into this week’s topic, we must share: Coursera Plus is 30% off for a limited time. With this subscription, you’ll have unlimited access to thousands of courses from top universities and industry leaders like Vanderbilt University, Google, and IBM. This is a particularly good deal if you’re planning on pursuing a Professional…
Ask a Data Engineer: Warby Parker Edition 👓
Codecademy’s very own Nick Duckwiler (left) and Ryan Tuck from Warby Parker (right) in our office. (📷: Mitch Boyer) Last month, Codecademy and Warby Parker came together to work on a special Learn SQL from Scratch Capstone Project. It was during this time when I met Ryan Tuck, a Data Engineer at Warby, who played…
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…
Lesson of the Day: ‘What Happened When a State Made Food...
6. The article concludes:But the jobs are unstable and inconsistent — as in the Peytons’ case, paying too much to qualify for benefits one month, offering too few hours to qualify the next. That is the root of the problem, Mr. Comer said. But addressing it would be a lot more expensive than food stamps.“If…
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What Students Are Saying About Fact-Checking Facebook, Making Small Talk and...
Users should be responsible for vetting their sources … I think that Facebook shouldn’t fact-check political speech. The media is wrong all the time, and it’s the job of the people to choose what news to believe and what news to ignore. People should be allowed to form their own opinions and if they really…
What Does a Site Reliability Engineer Do?
When something goes wrong with a business' website, how does it get fixed? You may imagine IT staff scrambling into a server room, fumbling through wires, sparks flying and choice vocabulary filling the air. Today, this kind of chaos can be avoided with site reliability engineering (SRE).SRE is all about using technology to ensure organizations'…
Walking Away
Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration or, describe a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of.Tell us in the comments, then read the related Opinion essay to learn more. Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain,…
Learning With: ‘NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission’
Before reading the article: What do you know about Mars? Have you ever seen it through a telescope, or even with the naked eye? Last Wednesday, NASA announced that its rover Opportunity had concluded its mission on the Martian surface. Take a look at this visual interactive showing its 15-year journey. • What did you…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Sept. 29, 2021
3. Below the response box, there is an option to click on “Email me when my comment is published.” This sends the link to your response which you can share with your teacher.4. After you have posted, read what others have said, then respond to someone else by posting a comment. Use the “Reply” button…
What Things Remind You of Your Childhood?
Have you ever smelled something that reminded you of a meal your grandparent cooked when you were younger? Or seen the cover of a book that you used to read and suddenly missed being a little kid? Heard a song that reminded you of a lullaby someone would sing to you? These moments can give…