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“Technology Tools for Online Education” Mini Book and Udemy Course Released

eSchool News

“Technology Tools for Online Education,” a mini book focused on teaching education leaders how to harness their smartphone, leverage the cloud, and connect with students using online communications, is now available. The book is part of a blended learning environment and has an accompanying four-hour, on-demand Udemy course.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Udemy, Tynker Raise Funds; PeopleAdmin Acquires TeacherMatch

Marketplace K-12

A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.

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Must-have Resources for Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

She makes some great points about first, why blended learning is becoming so popular, and second, how to make that happen in your life: Blended learning is becoming increasingly popular as institutions transition from classroom style learning to mixed media and online learning. Online Classes.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

Edsurge

As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models.

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The Professor Who Quit His Tenured Job to Make Podcasts and Lecture Videos

Edsurge

I was thinking about cool ways of communicating these interesting philosophical and scientific ideas in a way that was accessible to the public and went beyond just writing books. The first year I put my courses [on Udemy, an online course market], I had about 12 hours worth of content. The vision was partly to be mobile.

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Seven Ways Teachers Can Earn Extra Income By Building Their EDU Brands Online

TeacherCast

Many years ago, I created my first online course on Udemy (pronounced YOU-da-ME) and I couldn't believe how easy it was. Boasting more than 100,000 online courses with over 30 million users, it is free to create an account and get started with your course building. Web Development.

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Self-Study with Video-Assisted Learning

myViewBoard

Therefore, it probably means that self-learners will want to limit the length of their videos to around six minutes, and in fact, many online learning sites limit video presentations to around this amount of time. Rather than a replacement for books – or charts, graphs, spreadsheets, etc.

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