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Why MOOCs are Perfect for Teacher Development 5 reasons why every teacher should know about MOOCs Being based in the UK, I am acutely aware of budget restraints within our state-run school system with schools struggling to afford to provide adequate training and development opportunities to their teaching staff. This is a major issue of concern given that developing and improving teacher subject knowledge and classroom teaching is core to improving overall pupil achievement. Parents want...

Online Courses to Improve your Career Prospects Are you doing the right things to move your career forward? There are lots of things you probably know you should be doing, but do you actually do them or even know HOW to do them? Building the right skills is more important than ever in today's job environment if you want to improve your employability or advance in your current workplace. With people increasingly regularly changing jobs and even careers several times in a lifetime, being...

8 Tips for note taking on online courses and MOOCs A question that often arises about online courses is whether you need to take notes or not. The simple answer is yes! Whether you are studying a traditional classroom based course or studying online, the benefits of taking notes are the same. The results of a study into memory and recall by Ebbinghaus showed that people forget 42% of what they’ve learnt after 20 minutes and after six days you lose up to 77% of newly learnt skills and...

7 Reasons to have a Study Buddy Studying in partnership with a Study buddy is a great way to share out the workload, save time, gain new perspectives and stay motivated. Much research has demonstrated that those who learn together in small groups tend to have a better success rate than those who study alone. And this is particularly true in the case of online learning. Mostly, best practices for studying effectively with someone else are the same whether you're meeting in person or...

Professional Certificate Programs are the latest initiative launched by non-profit MOOC platform, edX. These programs are designed to help develop the critical skills and knowledge that are most in-demand in today's jobs, such as digital marketing, virtual reality and data science. They are each made up of a series of career relevant courses created by industry leaders and top universities, and provide a flexible and affordable online learning format suitable for today's professionals...