A short online course that changes students’ beliefs about learning can improve their grades in core subjects, new research finds. High school students who took a 50-minute online course to help them cultivate a growth mindset—the belief that intellectual abilities are not fixed but can be developed—earned significantly higher grades, according to new research by […]
If you’ve ever seen a Masterclass advert and wished you could do that for your actual degree, then it’s a great day to be you. Company co-founder Aaron Rasmussen is launching Outlier, a Masterclass-style site that covers academic subjects you’d cover in real degrees. So, instead of Deadmau5 lecturing you on EDM, you get lessons on Calculus […]
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The National Pension System (NPS) is considered to be one of the best investment tools for retirement planning in India. The National Pension System (NPS) is considered to be one of the best investment tools for retirement planning in India. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has undertaken various measures to make NPS […]
Online courses are becoming a preferred method of education for more and more students at Bakersfield College. The number of students taking online courses at the college has significantly risen over the past couple years. The number of course section offerings has tripled since Fall 2015, jumping from 75 to 258 this spring, with around […]
There’s a reason people are turning to online learning en masse. Students can learn on their own schedule, save money on commuting, boarding, and a host of other expenses, and can often download course lectures for convenient offline reading. What’s more, some options let you can keep classes forever once you’ve paid for them. Some […]
Classes will be led by two Publix Aprons Cooking School chefs and are free to watch. During each class’s premiere, viewers participate in a live chat by submitting comments and questions for the chefs to answer. Recipes and a shopping list are available ahead of time on publix.com/onlineclasses. The January episode is titled “Get Cooking in […]
The CES trade show is powering up again in Vegas. Most of the biggest names in tech and stacks of start-ups you’ve never heard of will compete for attention over the next week. Some products may launch new categories – past events presented a first look at video cassette recorders (VCRs), organic light-emitting diode (OLED) […]
