What’s Going On in This Graph? | Sept. 28, 2022
Over the past decade, how has the population of the ten largest counties changed compared with the rest of the country?
Hitting The Road
Scores of families took to the road this summer, taking their first “normal” vacations in ages. Did you and your loved ones take a memorable road trip this year? Have you ever been on a road trip? If not, have you ever wanted to embark on one? Or do you prefer flying to far-off destinations?…
Web3, a website made by and for creators and users
Every day we come across new terms and digital trends, so many that we lose count, but we must not get lost in one that is gaining strength, the Web3. According to the New York Times article, What is Web3?: “Web3 is the name that some technologists have given to the idea of a…
How To Set Yourself Up For A Promotion In Tech
After landing your first entry-level position and spending a few months adjusting to your new role, you might start turning your eyes to the next level. But promotions can be hard to navigate. Every company has its own way of doing things, and you might be unsure of how to proceed.Still, there are some best…
What Amazes You Most About Animals?
Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land; they can also stop and start with extraordinary agility. Dogs are really good at reading our emotions, and they have a keen sense of smell. Bats can produce echolocation calls at a rapid rate — up to 190 calls per second — to help them fly in the…
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…
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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…
Film Club: ‘It’s Quitting Season’
In a five-minute Opinion video “It’s Quitting Season,” Lindsay Crouse and Kirby Ferguson argue that despite what many of us were taught in childhood — that quitters are losers — sometimes the bravest thing you can do is quit. “I’m not saying quit everything. Lots of great things require perseverance — our relationships, our health,…
Learn About Environmental Impact and Take Action
Green Team, Coursera’s new environmental impact Employee Resource Group (ERG), is excited to share resources that educate and promote awareness, increase sustainability, build resilience for communities and solidarity among colleagues, and provide the skills needed to address urgent environmental concerns within our communities and on a global scale. Green Team launched in April of 2021…
How Has the Threat of Gun Violence Affected You?
How often is gun violence on your mind? How has it affected your mental health, quality of life or daily behavior?
Powering Down
Even before the events of the last year and a half, many struggled to tear themselves away from their computers, phones and other screens — and simply relax.How often are you able to “unplug?” Do you think the bombardment of modern technology makes it difficult to relax? Or has technology actually helped you de-stress? Are…
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…
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Retrieval Mapping
While concept mapping is popular, some research has shown that creating concept maps, when students have the material in front of them, is not as effective as retrieval practice (1). Other scholars have noted that it takes time to teach students to make concept maps in order for their use to be effective at enhancing…
Eight Years at Coursera, Always a Courserian
Hi! I’m Currin Berdine, one of Coursera’s longest-tenured employees, and I’m thrilled to celebrate our 10th birthday with you. Since 2014, I have witnessed our team’s incredible accomplishments: from offering hundreds of courses to thousands, expanding our partners to include industry giants and Historically Black Colleges, winning prestigious awards, passing 194 million enrollments, and growing…
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 Do You Think About Prince Harry and Meghan ‘Stepping Back’?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.Do you typically follow what happens in the British royal family? What have you read, watched or heard about Prince Harry and Meghan, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex? What is your initial reaction to the news of their announcement that they will be “stepping back”…
Hooking the Reader Right From the Start: The Times Trilobites Column
Now let’s look at how the professionals do it. Here are those same four strategies, as used in first paragraphs by various science journalists who write for The Times’s Trilobites column, Science News and Science News for Students.Paint a picture: Start with a vivid description that will pique a reader’s interest.Via Trilobites:From “Swimming With the…
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…