How Difficult is it to Make a Top 100 List?
Dan Meyer had a great post explaining how this “Top 100 Education Lists” are part of a scam for online college degrees. In short, these colleges want to be on top of the google rankings. To get a...
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CreativeLIVE Is a Free Online School for Artists and Entrepreneurs
Thanks to the rise of free, online classrooms, we have Khan Academy and Coursera to teach us academic subjects like math, science, and history. If you're looking for creative or entrepreneurial...
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Video: How Your Blender Uses Physics to Make a Smoothie
Every time you throw food into a blender, you’re doing science. This seemingly mundane appliance is actually a cavitation chamber. Watch how the rips and explosions inside your blender transform chunks...
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If Everything Is ‘In The Cloud’, Why Isn’t IT Education?
“The cloud” was, not so long ago, an abstract term just beginning to bud in the business world. At the time, many of us likely had no idea it would become the technology explosion it is today. These...
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Prepping for the Future: Modern Education, Old Problems
I had a teacher in high school who used to reference this quote, “A ‘smart’ person learns from their mistakes without having to make them over and over. An ‘educated’ person, however, learns from the...
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LinkedIn’s CEO Thinks His $1.5B Buy Will Make You Smarter
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner says the company's purchase of online training site Lynda is part of a bigger strategy to get the world skilled up. The post LinkedIn’s CEO Thinks His $1.5B Buy Will Make You...
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Clinton: Why Training for the New Economy is Key
To increase the number of available jobs, the former Secretary of State laid out a plan to offer businesses $1,500 in tax credits for every employee they hire and train. The post Clinton: Why Training...
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