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Learning How to Code Has Never Been Easier. Programming isn’t just a niche specialization anymore, rather a necessity for tech-professionals regardless of the industry in which they work. Thankfully for them, it couldn’t be any easier.As such, there’s a big push lately to make coding literacy more widespread among the general populace. Even Mayor Bloomberg is getting in on the act, pledging to learn basic coding in 2012 as his New Year’s resolution. For those who want to learn to code, there are a number of online school coding programs that can guide them through the process. The main players are Codecademy, Team Tree House and Code Year, each with their own strengths, weaknesses and selling points—all who make it easy. Codecademy Probably the most popular website at the moment for those looking to learn coding is Codecademy, a platform that emphasizes doing while learning. Treehouse Though it doesn’t have the name recognition of Codecademy just yet, Team Tree House is nevertheless a powerful way to learn coding.

Code Year. Smarter learning. E-Learning Industry Market Research. Use this guide to e-learning articles for resources on best practices, analysis, consultants, user groups, tools, forecasts, standards, and more.

e-Learning Industry Market Research

Best Practices in e-Learning Brandon Hall Research. For over a decade, Dr. Hall and his team have published the e-learning equivalent of Consumer Reports. Free of advertising, Hall's reports and website take an objective view of e-learning best practices in the enterprise setting. E-Learning Analysis eLearnSpace. E-Learning Briefs and White Papers eLearningPost. E-Learning Tools. Super Memory. Free Audio Books. Sort by Titles Per Page 1 - 10 of 10068 Titles by Napoleon Hill Available on:Audio Download Inspired by an idea from Andrew Carnegie, Napoleon Hill devoted 25 years to what became his life's work and is now one of the most influential self development books of all time, Think and Grow Rich. by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Available on:Online Audio | Online Video "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. " by C.S. Available on:Audio Download | Podcast The entire Chronicles of Narnia read by Chrissi Hart for her Readings from Under the Grapevine podcast. by Dale Carnegie The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and Joseph B. By William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history. by Washington Irving by Valmiki The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. By Wallace D. 25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online - Virtual Education Websites. Just because you’re online doesn’t mean that you can’t experience the world first-hand — or as close to first-hand as possible.

25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online - Virtual Education Websites

Here are websites that feature virtual learning experiences, exposing online visitors to everything from history to geography, astronomy to anatomy, literature to government. 7 Wonders Panoramas – 360-degree views of the Seven Wonders of the World. Arounder Virtual Tour of the Moon – 360-degree panoramic views of the moon, courtesy of the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions. (Many other Earth locations also available on arounder.com.) Frissiras Museum – A virtual art gallery from Athens, Greece that allows you to explore paintings by clicking through their entire collection. Google Earth – Explore the geography of both land and sea (free download).

Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Vital Signs: Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases – A virtual gallery teaching about heart disease. Louvre Virtual Tour – Virtual tour of the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris.

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5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness. Learn More While You Sleep So say you haven't followed that first step up there and choose to continue sleeping like other mere mortals.

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness

A very minor change in your schedule can still let you use your sleep patterns to your advantage, by making you smarter. Holy Shit, How Can I Do It? No, we're not talking about those scams where they have you put a tape recorder under your pillow and let it teach you Spanish while you're asleep. What scientists have found out is if you need to remember a bunch of information (say, for a big exam), do NOT study right up until time for the exam. Note: "Sleep on it" is simply an expression.

They did a study at Harvard that proved this technique works. No, the participants who slept on it and had 24 hours for the information to fester in their brain did the best on the test, while those who only had 20 minutes did the worst. Wasting your time, nerds, go to sleep. How Does It Work? Believe Something Happened (That Totally Didn't) Memory is a funny thing.