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by Marissa Citro on May 21, 2013 in Courses, iTunes U Courses
Fiction: All managers are leaders, and all leaders are managers.
Fact: Management and leadership are two different concepts. BUT each is an essential part of your toolbox, as you near completion of the Saylor Business Administration major.
Another fact: BUS401: Management Leadership is now available on iTunes U, and it is our course o’ the week!
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by Sean Connor on May 21, 2013 in About, Courses
In keeping the buzz going, and in-case-you-missed-it, we’ve got some good things going on in K-12! Open Matters, the blog from MIT Open Courseware, picked up and re-shared a message that went out earlier today over our mailing list. We’re posting the message (penned by Rachel) down below, but first we’re going to give a shout-out to Open Matters (thanks for spreading the word) — add ‘em to your reading list — and suggest that, if you haven’t already, follow our blog and sign up for our mailing list! We’ll make it worth your while, and it’s super-easy; just look up above the post and click on these buttons:
Done? Cool. You can click on the other buttons, too (you know, if you want)…and read on for a recap of our K-12 release news…
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by Marissa Citro on May 20, 2013 in Monday Morning Digest, News & Events
Good morning and happy Monday! Today we are going to travel around the world – in way less than 80 days. Come with us in our hot-air balloon, bring your coffee too! Take a short a break from your Monday Morning routine and explore the world of ed. tech.
We begin in the U.K., England to be exact.
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by Marissa Citro on May 17, 2013 in Like-minded Organizations, Resources and Tools
Keep an eye out for our upcoming K-12 Statistics and ELA-10 courses, which make use of video from The Faculties.
Want to make your parents (children, friends) proud and catch up on some extra learning this summer? Excited about starting college but unsure of what to choose as your major? Curious about employment opportunities and job searching ideas for a specific major?
Explore some free videos and podcasts from the Faculties! (But, video or no, you might want to forget the popcorn…butter all over the computer, you know?)
This resource is jam-packed with high school and university-level videos under 6 subjects:
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by Sean Connor on May 15, 2013 in Courses, News & Events
You’ve probably seen this already, and we haven’t exactly gone to great lengths to hide it, but today it’s official:
Our first batch of K-12 courses, aligned to Common Core State Standards and built to be as open as possible, have been released.
None of us is happier than Angelyn Pinter, who’s been working non-stop on this since the middle of last year. We’ll be sharing more thoughts on the program this week and next, but here’s the quick version:
Let us know if how you plan to use these, what you’d like to see, and share with your parent/teacher/homeschool friends!
