Can MOOCs Really Benefit Your Career?
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Can MOOCs Really Benefit Your Career?
As MOOCs witness a new surge in popularity, Anne Trumbore of Darden School of Business explains what taking free online courses can, and can’t, do for your career
Anne Trumbore of Darden School of Business reveals evidence that MOOCs can help in a professional setting
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) providers like Coursera and FutureLearn have been riding a wave of job security fears caused by automation and digital disruption, increasing their reach and revenue.
Coursera is valued at around $2.5 billion after raising another $130 million venture capital in July 2020. And in a global higher education market worth $2 trillion, the coronavirus pandemic has also given a boost to MOOC providers.
“The research completed in the first term was valuable in that it created an innovative framework to support improving co-operative governance,” said Sharon Alford, FCL’s president/chair of the board. “There have always been governance challenges across different sectors, but modern pressures on the co-operative sector underscore the continued need to be accountable to members and maintain our relevance for future generations. This is crucial not only for the CRS, but all co-operatives in Canada and around the world.” According to Dr. Murray Fulton (PhD), inaugural CRS Chair and director of the JSGS USask campus, governance is critical because it is a key determinant of organizational success.
Teaming up with Facebook to fight misinformation
Posted on 26 February 2021 by John Cook
Some of you may remember our blog post A conundrum: our continued presence on Facebook in which we detailed our misgivings about and decision to stick with Facebook for the time being. So these latest developments - reposted from the Cranky Uncle homepage - might come as a bit of a surprise!
Over the past few months, I’ve been working with Facebook, in collaboration with Sander van der Linden (Cambridge University) and Tony Leiserowitz (Yale University), to debunk climate misinformation. This new project, titled “Facts About Climate Change“, launched on Facebook’s Climate Science Information Center last week.
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As developers, we’re constantly learning new languages and frameworks. But how can you structure this learning to ensure maximum benefit while still progressing? Here’s how you can devise your own curriculum to keep moving in the right direction.
After completing a bootcamp in March 2019, I was overwhelmed by the choice of frameworks, libraries, languages, and courses I had to choose from to continue independent learning and hopefully score myself one of those elusive junior developer jobs. Almost everyone I spoke with had a different opinion on what was important and worth pursuing, but most of them agreed that learning ‘the fundamentals’ was important, while never really specifying what they were.