Monday, July 13, 2015

Instructional Design Infographic


37 websites to learn something new...

→TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE



edX— Take online courses from the world’s best universities.
Coursera — Take the world’s best courses, online, for free.
Coursmos — Take a micro-course anytime you want, on any device.
Highbrow — Get bite-sized daily courses to your inbox.
Skillshare — Online classes and projects that unlock your creativity.
Curious — Grow your skills with online video lessons.
lynda.com — Learn technology, creative and business skills.
CreativeLive — Take free creative classes from the world’s top experts.
Udemy — Learn real world skills online.

→LEARN HOW TO CODE




Codecademy — Learn to code interactively, for free.
Stuk.io — Learn how to code from scratch.
Udacity — Earn a Nanodegree recognized by industry leaders.
Platzi — Live streaming classes on design, marketing and code.
Learnable — The best way to learn web development.
Code School — Learn to code by doing.
Thinkful — Advance your career with 1-on-1 mentorship.
Code.org — Start learning today with easy tutorials.
BaseRails — Master Ruby on Rails and other web technologies.
Treehouse — Learn HTML, CSS, iPhone apps & more.
One Month — Learn to code and build web applications in one month.
Dash — Learn to make awesome websites.

→LEARN TO WORK WITH DATA




DataCamp — Online R tutorials and data science courses.
DataQuest— Learn data science in your browser.
DataMonkey— Develop your analytical skills in a simple, yet fun way.

→LEARN NEW LANGUAGES




Duolingo — Learn a language for free.
Lingvist — Learn a language in 200 hours.
Busuu — The free language learning community.
Memrise — Use flashcards to learn vocabulary.

→EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE




TED-Ed — Find carefully curated educational videos
Khan Academy— Access an extensive library of interactive content.
Guides.co — Search the largest collection of online guides.
Squareknot — Browse beautiful, step-by-step guides.
Learnist — Learn from expertly curated web, print and video content.
Prismatic — Learn interesting things based on social recommendation.

→BONUS




Chesscademy — Learn how to play chess for free.
Pianu — A new way to learn piano online, interactively.
Yousician— Your personal guitar tutor for the digital age.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

The new Garageband for All: Soundtrap


Soundtrap is a new browser-based music creation program that harnesses the same simple but powerful approach and combines it with an HTML5 interface and video features that make it easy to collaborate with other musicians wherever they are.

Continuing Sweden’s track record for music startups – Spotify, SoundCloud and Tidal all started life there – the company is based in Stockholm. Its CEO Per Emanuelson explains:

Music has always been strong in Sweden, not just with startups but also bands. Abba, of course! We have a strong music education system. You play instruments from an early age, not just in school.

I think it’s also because Swedes are quite good at English which means our music can take off abroad. We’re such a small country, we have to go beyond our borders. thenextweb

Perfect Storm for Maker Education