Accessible Reading and Writing Activities: Park Rangers, School Shortages and Life...
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to reflect on their relationship with their pets, learn about how National Park Service rangers who are Black are bringing history to life, make connections between national shortages…
How to Integrate Mastery Learning into Course Design
by Adam Hodges, Ph.D., Sr. Teaching & Learning Specialist A fundamental challenge for course design is how to improve learner performance on educational outcomes. The key to doing this in online education is to maximize the mastery learning principles built into the Coursera platform. The traditional model of education revolves around a fixed time frame…
Learn about the most valued skills in 2025 and how to...
Learn about the most valued skills in 2025 and how to develop them As professionals, we must constantly seek to improve and work on those soft skills that will distinguish us from the common denominator, above all, because in the face of so many advances in technology, it is in expertise and personality strengths that humans will…
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…
Make yourself in-demand in tech
In 2012, the Harvard Business Review named the humble data scientist as the sexiest job of the 21st century. 7 years on and reports on data science roles have shown, on average, around a 30% increase in demand for data scientists year on year. So, what’s so sexy about data? For companies, a data scientist’s…
Who Are the Ordinary Heroes of 2019?
In “Five Who Spread Hope in 2019,” Tina Rosenberg profiles five people who are changing the world for the better, despite it being a year of many dispiriting headlines. The article includes the story of Dr. Dixon Chibanda, who is transforming global mental health care:Depression occurs everywhere. By some measures, it’s the world’s most debilitating…
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New Year, New Opportunities for Learners in India!
By Anubhav Chopra, Lead Product Manager Coursera is privileged to support the learning journeys of more than 10 million learners in India, and today, we’re excited to announce new learning opportunities and services for this unstoppable learning community! We know that having a wider array of payment options is critical for Coursera learners in India,…
Explore the Tech Underlying the Metaverse and Web3 in our Intro...
It seems like every day the internet is buzzing with news and rumors about Web3, as the Metaverse, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs become more popular. But what exactly is Web3?Conceptually, Web3 is projected by many to be the next phase of the internet — a decentralized digital space based on blockchain technology that minimizes the need…
Fashion Fantasies
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.A special-edition pair of Crocs released in collaboration with the Latin pop star Bad Bunny went on sale last September. Within 16 minutes, they were sold out.If money were no object and you could obtain whatever fashion…
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…
Would You Want a Robot to Speak at Your Graduation?
In “An A.I. Robot Named Sophia Tells Graduates to Believe in Themselves,” Jesus Jiménez writes:When it comes to choosing a commencement speaker, colleges and universities take different approaches. Some go local, selecting well-known figures in the area. Others take a stately route, opting for a former or current politician. Actors or comedians are often asked…
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…
A Biologist, an Outlandish Stork and the Army of Women Trying...
Life can change in an instant, as I experienced when I first laid my eyes on a tall and bizarrely striking bird known as the greater adjutant.It was India in 2018, in the northeastern state of Assam. I’d ended up there partly because of absurd circumstances, which involved being filmed for a reality television pilot…
Word of the Day: vainglorious
The word vainglorious has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 25 in “Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer” by Teju Cole:… Smeulders co-curated “Slavery,” an epochal show held at the museum in 2021. It made use of artifacts from the Rijksmuseum’s own collections and a wide range…
Are You a Picky Eater?
A guest essayist argues that American children used to be curious and adventurous eaters. Would you be open to trying new foods and flavors?
Best Debt Relief Companies 2025: Your Guide to Financial Freedom
Debt can feel like a heavy chain around your financial life. With rising living costs and unexpected expenses, many Americans find themselves searching for the best debt relief companies to regain control over their money. But how do you choose wisely in 2025 when options abound? This guide will walk you through the top solutions,…
Word + Quiz: slovenly
slovenly ˈslə-vən-lē also ˈslä- adjective 1. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt 2. characterized by carelessness _________ The word slovenly has appeared in 15 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 19 in the obituary “Mark von Hagen, Critic of Times’s Stalin Coverage, Dies…