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Geography is the study of the physical features of the Earth and its atmosphere including landscape development, weather and climate, and geologic concepts as well as the influence of human activity including cultural, economic, and political activity on those physical features.  Geography students, as they study the many aspects of our physically and culturally diverse world, tend to become more adept at tasks that require both spatial and critical thinking skills. World Regional Geography covers the basic elements noted above but within a regional context.  Ultimately, World Regional Geography is concerned with the physical and human characteristics that make the regions of our world distinctive.  As you progress through the course, the units will discuss each major world region in detail, placing particular emphasis on cultural and societal structures.  Regions will be discussed within a global framework in the hope that you will gain a better comprehension of how the world map is being defined a…

Learn how Khan Academy is used outside of schools. Community programs ranging from summer and afterschool programs to jails have found benefit in Khan Academy. Take a tour of the Khan Academy site. Afterschool, community, and summer programs. Prisons, jails and correctional facilities. International usage. Offline programs. Take a tour of the Khan Academy site. Afterschool, community, and summer programs. Prisons, jails and correctional facilities. International usage. Offline programs.

Khan Academy Vision. 60 minutes: Khan Academy's "world-changing" plan for schools. 60 minutes: School of the future. 60 minutes: Google's Eric Schmidt on Khan Academy. Salman Khan Describes Future Classrooms with Blended Learning. Sal Khan on Digital and Physical Learning. Khan Academy's Discovery Lab Offers Hands-On Learning. Year 2060: Education Predictions. The Gates Notes: Sal on Khan Academy. Khan Academy Computer Science Launch. Khan Academy Vision. 60 minutes: Khan Academy's "world-changing" plan for schools. 60 minutes: School of the future. 60 minutes: Google's Eric Schmidt on Khan Academy. Salman Khan Describes Future Classrooms with Blended Learning. Sal Khan on Digital and Physical Learning. Khan Academy's Discovery Lab Offers Hands-On Learning. Year 2060: Education Predictions. The Gates Notes: Sal on Khan Academy. Khan Academy Computer Science Launch.

The SAT is a timed standardized test, taken by most students in their junior or senior year of high school, often required for college admission.  In the increasingly competitive college admission process, students today are looking for any and all ways to improve their candidacy.  One element of your college application that can definitely be improved on to help your chances of admission is your SAT score. The test is made up of 10 sections, drawn from three subjects: reading, mathematics, and writing.  All of these subjects review topics you have already learned in school: critical reading skills, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, grammar, and essay writing.  You already have basic knowledge on these subjects.  However, you can gain an extra edge and improve your score by reviewing the specific material that will be covered on the test and by becoming familiar with the rules and strategies specific to correctly answering SAT questions. Doing well on the test provides important information about you as…

Take charge of your own improvement as a teacher by collecting and acting upon feedback.

Ready to explore web-based tools to ignite student engagement in your K-12 classroom? This course examines various web tools and teaches the basics for integrating them into the classroom. Each week we will explore different instructional methods and utilize emerging technology tools to develop presentations, posters, binders, stories, and scavenger hunts. We will investigate the uses and good practices for both teacher-led and student-driven activities through the use of free web-based tools like Prezi, Animoto, Glogster, and many more.

The STEM Readiness course provides a refresher of core skills related to STEM careers. The core skills covered are Mathematics from arithmetic to beginning algebra, Workplace Communications and Professionalism. The topics of the course are presented through workplace scenarios to show learners how these skills apply to their potential careers. In reviewing these core skills students will be better prepared to be successful in post-secondary STEM related technical programs and ultimately in STEM related careers.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are useful for evidence-based clinical and public health practice. The widespread and growing application of systematic review methods for the synthesis of evidence on important or pressing research and clinical questions underscore the need for health-care professionals to understand and critique this research design. This course will provide a detailed description of the systematic review process, discuss the strengths and limitations of the method, and provide step-by-step guidance on how to actually perform a systematic review and meta-analysis. Specific topics to be covered include: formulation of the review question, searching of literature, quality assessment of studies, data extraction, meta-analytic methods, assessment of heterogeneity and report writing. The course will also cover statistical issues such as selection of statistical models for meta-analysis, practical examples of fixed and random effects models, best evidence syntheses (qualitative systematic reviews) as well as examples of methods to evaluate heterogeneity and publication bias. STATA statistical software will be used to perform meta-analysis during the computer lab, along with tutorials on how to effectively use tools such as PubMed for conducting reviews. Course Level: Graduate This Work, EPID 757 - Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, by Joel Gagnier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

The New York Times said 2012 was "the year of the MOOC" and EDUCAUSE said MOOCs have �the potential to alter the relationship between learner and instructor and between academe and the wider community.� Many elite universities are offering Massive Open Online Courses, but most colleges and educators are unsure about what MOOCs are and if they are worthwhile. Can an "open" course offered at no cost to a very large number of participants who receive no institutional credit be a worthwhile venture for a college? And can a course be effective if participants and course materials are distributed across the Web? In this class, we will briefly cover the history and development of MOOCs. Participants will engage in discussions about why institutions offer these courses, and the possible benefits to both schools and students. This four-week course will examine MOOCs from four perspectives: as a designer building a course, as an instructor, as a student, and as an institution offering and supporting a course.

Learn about Khan Academy's vision of a classroom of the future and get an overview of KA resources, including our interactive exercises and coach reports. An intro to Khan Academy. Why use Khan Academy?. Khan Academy Vision. The biggest misconceptions about Khan Academy. Take a tour of the Khan Academy site. Take a tour of our data reports. Take a tour of KA exercises. Take a tour of KA's Computer Science in the classroom. Try it out!. An intro to Khan Academy. Why use Khan Academy?. Khan Academy Vision. The biggest misconceptions about Khan Academy. Take a tour of the Khan Academy site. Take a tour of our data reports. Take a tour of KA exercises. Take a tour of KA's Computer Science in the classroom. Try it out!.

A Conversation with Elon Musk. MIT 2012 Commencement Address. Salman Khan at Rice University's 2012 commencement. Microsoft CEO Summit Innovation in Education. 2011 Roundtable at Stanford: Education Nation 2.0. 21st Century Challenges (Royal Geographic Society). Sal Khan (with a severe cold!) on Future Talk. A Conversation with Elon Musk. MIT 2012 Commencement Address. Salman Khan at Rice University's 2012 commencement. Microsoft CEO Summit Innovation in Education. 2011 Roundtable at Stanford: Education Nation 2.0. 21st Century Challenges (Royal Geographic Society). Sal Khan (with a severe cold!) on Future Talk.

Do you have a dream for an online course you have been meaning to develop? If you can dream it, you can build it! The goal of this course is help you look at the course design process from a different perspective using a backwards design approach to address your specific disciplinary needs. This 8-week course is designed for instructors, graduate students, and instructional designers regardless of their level of online teaching experience. Students will be guided through a practical process of designing online instruction or redesigning current instruction. You will design the structure of an online course, build active and engaging teaching and learning activities, and learn strategies for developing online community. The content of this course will include learning how to write measurable objectives, designing teaching and learning activities, and facilitating online community and evaluating your online course.

Are you an educator? Double your impact by taking advantage of both the classroom and online environments. Explore methods to effectively combine the two formats and build a class community that engages students and supports active learning in any subject area. For educators both new and experienced. To receive a certificate of completion from the instructor the students must complete one of two options for the final project.

Watch fun, educational videos on all sorts of Materials, how they're created and what they can do. Whats all the matter? Atoms and Molecules. What is Soap?. Flocculation: Making Clean Water. Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off. Whats all the matter? Atoms and Molecules. What is Soap?. Flocculation: Making Clean Water. Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off.

Everything in the universe can be measured. Under Pressure. Earth's Tilt 1: The Reason for the Seasons. Earth's Tilt 2: Land of the Midnight Sun. 2D Equilibrium -- Balancing Games. Under Pressure. Earth's Tilt 1: The Reason for the Seasons. Earth's Tilt 2: Land of the Midnight Sun. 2D Equilibrium -- Balancing Games.

What makes living (and nonliving) things tick?. Homeostasis. Bread Mold Kills Bacteria. Glaciers With Chocolate. Rock Cycle. Homeostasis. Bread Mold Kills Bacteria. Glaciers With Chocolate. Rock Cycle.

This course will help new Courserans learn the names and faces of other employees.

Gamification is the integration of game elements into a non-game setting

How do you transfer a face-to-face course to online without turning it into a correspondence course? Participants will explore online teaching in the very environment that their future students will be experiencing. Participants will understand online learning processes, how to promote interactive work and critical thinking, re-design learning activities, effectively manage the online classroom, and assess the online student

This course is designed for educators who wish to learn the fundamentals of being a quality online teacher using a pre-built online course. Ideally, participants will already have access to online course content via a course management system of their choosing (e.g., Blackboard, Canvas, Edmodo, Moodle, etc.). However, for those who don