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EdX launches “Positive Behavior Support for Young Children” course by UWashingtonX for free!
EdX launches the “Positive Behavior Support for Young Children” course by UWashingtonX. Registrations for the courses are open and the course will start on 10th of June, 2014. It will be of 9 weeks in length. And in just 3-4 hours per week you will learn evidence-based practices to support the social and emotional development of infants and young children. Read more about thisweekbangalore.com | EdX launches “Positive Behavior Support for Young Children” course by UWashingtonX for free!
Take Me Out to the MOOC Game With online baseball class, BU enters a new era
Baseball’s opening day is behind us, but if you can’t get enough of this spring ritual, you can savor another opening day of sorts May 29, when a baseball-centered class debuts as BU’s first MOOC.
Read more about BU Today | Take Me Out to the MOOC Game With online baseball class, BU enters a new era
Linux Foundation Event to Highlight Docker, 3D Printing, MOOCs
Docker container virtualization, massive open online courses, 3D printing and running open source software in your car are among the featured topics at the upcoming LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America event. Each of those subjects appears on the list of keynotes for the conference, which the Linux Foundation just announced. Read more about The VAR Guy | Linux Foundation Event to Highlight Docker, 3D Printing, MOOCs
The Student Becomes the Teacher 1.3k 366 5 What MIT learned from a Mongolian teenager who aced a MOOC.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Over the past year, a boy genius from Mongolia has been schooling MIT on how to improve the elite institution’s free online courses.
When he was just 15, the Mongolian wunderkind Battushig Myanganbayar earned a perfect score in MIT’s first massive open online course, or MOOC. Read more about Slate | The Student Becomes the Teacher 1.3k 366 5 What MIT learned from a Mongolian teenager who aced a MOOC.
Are College Campuses Obsolete?
On one recent night, the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series put forth a motion on Columbia University’s campus: “More Clicks, Fewer Bricks: The Lecture Hall Is Obsolete.” This is heavily contested territory, as both the setting and the style of the debate reflected.
Read more about The New Yorker | Are College Campuses Obsolete?
Harvard is teaching the Chinese their own history
Two middle-aged professors sit at a table surrounded by shelves full of books. Both a little shy, they urge each other to sing “that song.” Then they agree to sing it together.
Read more about Quartz | Harvard is teaching the Chinese their own history
Learning to give away money the Buffett way
For the second consecutive year, Warren Buffett's sister, Doris, is offering a free online course on getting good value for the money you give away to charities.
Her Learning By Giving Foundation and Northwestern University are teaming up to present "Giving With Purpose: How to get the most out of your charitable giving" on EdX's MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platform. EdX is a nonprofit initiative created by Harvard and MIT. Read more about CNBC | Learning to give away money the Buffett way
Ed School Launches Self-Help Course on HarvardX
The Graduate School of Education launched its first course through the online education platform HarvardX on Tuesday.
The new course—GSE1x: “Unlocking the Immunity to Change: A New Approach to Personal Improvement”—will focus on helping people achieve their personal goals through online videos, interactive elements, and forums. Read more about The Harvard Crimson | Ed School Launches Self-Help Course on HarvardX
Anant Agarwal on the future of EdX and a key new hire
EdX has hired ex-Vistaprint executive Wendy Cebula as its president and COO. The nonprofit online learning platform has grown tremendously in two years and it's time to beef up the management team, according to Anant Agarwal, who has been serving as EdX's president and now will become its CEO.
Read more about Boston Business Journal | Anant Agarwal on the future of EdX and a key new hire
EdX Appoints Wendy Cebula as President and COO
Former Vistaprint executive brings proven ability to drive and manage high-growth enterprises from early stage to significant global scale
Cambridge, MA – March 24, 2014 – EdX, the nonprofit online learning initiative, today announced the appointment of Wendy Cebula as the company’s president and chief operating officer. Ms. Cebula will assume the day-to-day management and oversight of the nonprofit’s operations, while current president Anant Agarwal will become edX’s CEO, focusing on its strategic direction, growth and partnerships. Read more about edX | EdX Appoints Wendy Cebula as President and COO
