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Operations Management – You’re In Charge with These High-Powered Career Opportunities
While we might hear a lot about positions like CEO or CFO, it’s the Chief Operating Officer (COO) who really knows what’s going on when it comes to the running of a business. COOs are responsible for the overall organisation and functioning of a company and have to be up to speed with all aspects…
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…
Learning With: ‘What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All...
Before reading the article: What do you know about the relations between the Dutch settlers and Indigenous people in the 17th century? Where did you learn this information? In schools? Museums? Textbooks? Pop culture? Family and friends? How accurate do you think your knowledge and understanding is? Next, look closely at the photographs of this…
What Catchy Songs Get Stuck in Your Head?
What makes something an earworm — a song, jingle, beat or melody that loops in your brain for days?
Cool Job: I Use C++ To Build Concerts In The Metaverse...
Brenda Chen was pretty much clueless about the possibilities of virtual and augmented reality until she tried on a VR headset for the first time in college. “It changed my whole trajectory,” she says.As an immersive extended reality (aka XR) artist and designer, Brenda found her niche designing virtual concerts. “A virtual concert is kind…
See you in 2025!
Happy winter holidays! We’re taking a break to spend time with our families. We’ll return on Jan 16, 2025 with a new podcast episode.We all wish you a wonderful break and we look forward to continuing spreading the joys of the science of learning in 2025.The Learning Scientists
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Coursera and HEC Paris Introduce Stackable Degree Model With New Specialization...
This June, HEC Paris, one of Europe’s top business schools, will celebrate its first graduates of the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MSIE). The fully online program, launched on Coursera in September 2017, equips current and aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders with skills to develop business ideas, drive product innovation, or launch new ventures. On…
What Have Been Your Experiences With Substitute Teachers?
Across the country, schools are facing a shortage of substitute teachers. In Seattle, public schools were closed last Friday because there weren’t enough staff members to cover classes, while other school districts have been forced to return to remote learning temporarily. Is your school experiencing similar teacher shortages?Does this make you appreciate substitute teachers more…
What Does Kobe Bryant’s Death Mean to You?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here. Kobe Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball star who was one of the greatest to play the game, and his 13-year-old daughter were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday outside Los Angeles, rocking the sports world and generating an outpouring of grief and…
Resourceful Rodent
What story does this image inspire for you? Does it make you laugh — or perhaps it confuses or alarms you? What do you think led the critter in the picture to its current circumstance? Use your imagination to write the opening to a short story inspired by what you see. Post in the comments,…
Word + Quiz: pulchritudinous
pulchritudinous ˌpəl-krə-ˈtüd-nəs adjective : having great physical beauty (used only to describe people) _________ The word pulchritudinous has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past four years, including on March 30, 2017, in the theater review “Pathos Times Two: A Double Dose of Inge, in Close Quarters” by Elisabeth Vincentelli: In…
What is Network Address Translation (NAT)?
Many of the networks we access daily use network address translation (NAT) to preserve your privacy and help conserve the limited amount of IP addresses available. Understanding how NAT works comes in handy when you’re working in data science, cybersecurity, and systems or network administration. Ahead, we’ll go over how NAT works, the different types…
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Word of the Day: florid
This word has appeared in 30 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Vocabulary Quiz: Diving With Sharks
Professional free divers are a daring lot. The best of them can hold their breath for over 10 minutes at the surface, and plunge to depths of well over 300 feet on one breath. When they aren’t competing, they dive for fun, sometimes in extreme settings or alongside wildlife. Instagram is speckled with images of…
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…
Tips for Transitioning Into the Tech Industry
Making a career transition can be daunting, but it can also be an exciting time! If you’re considering entering the tech industry, we’ve got you covered. In this blog post, tech blogger Austin Chia will discuss 5 tips to help make your transition to tech easier and more successful. Keep reading for advice on networking,…