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…
Summer 2019 News Quiz | June 1-Aug. 28
This summer has produced dramatic headlines about events both national and global. Here are 49 questions to help you remember what happened and learn more. Can you answer them all without looking at the word bank at the bottom of this post? We have also created this printable version of the quiz (PDF), as well…
At the Fountain
Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration — or, tell us about a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of.Tell us in the comments, then read the related A to learn more.Want more Picture Prompts? Find them all in this…
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…
How Much Does a React Developer Make?
Anytime you’re using a website or an app of any kind, you’re likely benefiting from the work of a React Developer.React is a JavaScript front-end framework that was developed by Facebook and quickly became one of the most popular frameworks in use today. It’s used by React Developers to essentially design and implement user-facing features…
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The next step for an accomplished nurse
Perhaps it’s impossible to ‘have it all’, but Brenda Bruce is squeezing as much as she can out of life. She’s a Clinical Nurse Consultant for Safety and Quality at Alice Springs Hospital, a fitness instructor, a wife, and a doting mother of two. Not long ago, she was a postgraduate student too, fitting in…
Living with Covid
At the very start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world was panic-stricken and unsure of the future. Alison’s learning platform created the course, ‘Coronavirus: What You Need to Know‘, to help mitigate the hysteria and help individuals understand this disease. The course was a unique initiative based on the World Health Organisations guidelines, providing a…
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…
Word + Quiz: pastiche
pastiche pa-ˈstēsh , pä- noun1. a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work2. a musical composition, literary work or other artistic product made of pieces from various sources_________The word pastiche has appeared in 53 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 9 in “Central Park Birder…
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…
7 Tips to Help You Learn a New Programming Language Fast
Learning a new language takes time, dedication, and patience, and programming languages are no different. There are no tricks or shortcuts to get you to know everything in a matter of days.But, there are a few ways you can learn a new programming language faster and better retain the new knowledge. If you're just starting…
Past Stories
Word of the Day: hauteur
This word has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Word of the Day: efficiency
The word efficiency has appeared in 450 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 2 in “An Aggressive Passive Push for a Brooklyn Brownstone” by Stephen Wallis:The airtight walls are “vapor open,” Mr. Ingui said, “letting moisture out so the house can breathe.” Air is filtered and circulated through an energy recovery…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Jan. 27, 2021
4. After you have posted, read what others have said, then respond to someone else by posting a comment. Use the “Reply” button to address that student directly.On Wednesday, Jan. 27, teachers from our collaborator, the American Statistical Association, will facilitate this discussion from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time.5. By Friday morning, Jan.…
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…
Coursera Day, India: Recognizing Innovation in Learner-First Education and Talent Transformation
By Raghav Gupta, Managing Director, India and APAC, Coursera India stands as one of our fastest-growing markets, playing a pivotal role in our global strategy. Since the pandemic, the country has led the world in new learner registrations, surpassing 15 million, and enrollments exceeding 40 million. This growth is a powerful testament to the unwavering…
Word of the Day: disconsolate
The word disconsolate has appeared in 13 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 29 in “A Day of World Cup Drama Goes Down to the Last Kick” by Rory Smith:Thanks largely to the determination of its goalkeeper, Andre Onana, it seemed to have done enough to force penalties, only for Ahmed…