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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Three Principles Of Effective Online Pedagogy by Bill Pelz

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The three principles of effective online pedagogy:

Let the students do (most of) the work - Student led discussions, student find and discuss web resources, students help each other learn (Peer assistance), students grade their own homework assignments , and case study analysis.
Interactivity is the heart and soul of effective asynchronous learning - Collaborative research paper and research proposal team project.
Strive for presence - Discussion responses that add value to a discussion fall into one or more of three categories: Social Presence, Cognitive Presence, or Teaching Presence.

"There are two ways that the professor and the students can add teaching presence to a discussion:

By facilitating the discussion: a) Identifying areas of agreement and disagreement, b) Seeking to reach consensus / understanding, c) Encouraging, acknowledging and reinforcing student contributions, d) Setting a climate for learning, e) Drawing in participants / prompting discussion, f) Assessing the efficacy of the process
By direct instruction: a) Presenting content and questions, b) Focusing the discussion, c) Summarizing the discussion, d) Confirming understanding, e) Diagnosing misperceptions, f) Injecting knowledge from diverse sources, g) Responding to technical concerns "

An interesting and in-depth article showing many examples of effective online learning. If you are facilitator or lecturer involved in online learning, this paper will give you many ideas on how to improve the online teaching and learning environment. If you are not involved in online learning, then you should read it anyway . Students should also read it, so that they can enlighten their facilitator or lecturer with some juicy tips, if the class is boring and not enjoyable.

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Top 5 Programming Languages That Are In Demand By Employers

With the entire buzz about learning to code and how programming is the new superpower, it become imperative to know at least one of the programming languages so as to gain a leeway over others. Even if you are not a novice, and already have some knowledge of programming than also it is quite fruitful to know which language is having the maximum traction in the tech world.

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Are you a developer looking to polish your coding skills? Or you must be a novice caught in midst of the current wave of learn-to-code, looking for a language skill that can provide you reliable employment in the New Year. With so many programming languages out there it can be daunting task for even a seasoned professional to decide which one is the best for making a career. Here are listed 5 programming languages that will remain as a top employable skill for a long time to come.

Top 5 Programming Languages That Are In Demand By Employers

Java

Easily one of the most important programming languages of the modern computing era, Java is a higher level language that was designed by James Gosling of Sun Microsystems, and released in 1995. The biggest benefit of Java has been its “Write once, run anywhere,” (WORA), meaning that the code written once can be used multiple times on multiple platforms. This is the reason that Java is the first preference for developing most enterprise applications.

Today, Java is one of the most popular languages, having around 10 million developers, creating client-server web applications. Even after being around for more than 15 years, and emergence of many other languages, Java is yet to witness any decline in its popularity, a part of which can be credited to its secure features. Java also happens to be one of the most well paid programming skills, with a Java developer earning an average annual base salary of $95,000.

SQL

Structured Query Language is a specialized programming language that was designed for managing data in relational database management systems (RDBMS). It is a fourth generation language, originally developed by IBM in early 1970s and has since undergone multiple changes over the course of time. The average salary of a person trained in SQL is around $90,000 and the top employers include big names like Microsoft, Dell, Disney, Amazon, UnitedHealth Group, Amazon amongst others.

C

C is one of the oldest programming languages still in wide usage and still continues to remain the most popular, according to the Tiobe Programming Community Index. A number of other new languages such as C#, Java, Python, PHP and Perl have borrowed concepts from C. The powerful, stable and easy availability of its libraries make C a reliable choice to fall back upon.

It also serves as the introduction to the world of programming, as learning C makes it easier to learn other languages. The average salary of a candidate with expert skills in C is around $93,000. Most C programmers spend their time creating highly complex applications such as video games, and high-frequency trading apps.

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Python

Python is a high level language, created by Guide van Rossum as a successor to ABC language. It was designed keeping in mind the human readability limitations, which is the reason that it doesn’t take as much code to execute a particular function as it does in other programming languages. It is an object-oriented language that developers can put to use in many different ways.

The streamlined syntax makes it easier for newbie programmers to pick up the concepts, and also encourages them to take it up as a career. With internet explosion, use of Python has picked up pace for creation of web based apps. Currently it powers some of the most popular websites of the world, which includes names like Instagram.com, and Pinterest.com, amongst others. Python developers can expect to earn anything in the range of $83,000 annually.

PHP

PHP (Hypertext Processor) is a server side scripting language popular in web development. Easy to learn, PHP powers more than 244 million websites, including the top content management systems WordPress, Joomla, Drupal amongst others. The relatively young language has found favor owing to its ability of being easily embeddable within the codes of HTML. Learning PHP is indispensable for someone who is looking to make a full time career out of web development. There are a huge number of employment opportunities for individual with skills in PHP programming.

Learning to code in 2014 should be one of your resolutions for the New Year.

Author Bio:

Saurabh Tyagi took to writing at a tender age of ten, when he submitted his first essay for the school magazine. He is also a hobbyist programmer, going as far as pursuing multiple courses in the popular programming languages.

Flash 8 Frame by Frame Animation and Flash 8 Onion Skin Feature Video Tutorial Series

NOTE: If you are looking for a version of this tutorial for Flash CS5, then check out Creating a Frame by Frame Animation - Flash CS5 Video Tutorials for Beginners.

In this set of Macromedia Flash tutorial online video training clips, well show you the basics of creating a simple frame by frame animation in Macromedia Flash 8. In these tutorials, youll learn how to insert blank keyframes, draw using the brush tool, and youll also learn how to use the helpful Flash 8 onion skin feature, which is a very useful tool when doing frame by frame animation in Flash 8. Well also be explaining what the FLA and SWF file formats are.

Part 1: Flash 8 Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial - Introduction

Macromedia Flash 8 lets you easily create your own frame-by-frame animation. In this video, we explain how a frame by frame animation works and we show you a simple example of a Flash 8 stickman animation.
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Part 2: Flash 8 Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial - Drawing on the Stage

In part 2 of the Flash Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial for beginners series, we show you how to draw a simple stickman on the stage of your Flash document.
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Part 3: Flash 8 Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial - Adding Keyframes and the Onion Skin Feature

In Part 3 of this Flash 8 video training series, well teach you how to add keyframes and how to use the Flash 8 Onion Skin feature - a feature that lets you see a tracing guide based on the objects in previous or next keyframes.
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Part 4: Flash 8 Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial - Saving Your Document

Make it a habit to save your work often! It can save you from the frustration of losing all of your hard work.
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Part 5: Flash 8 Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial - Previewing Your Animation

In Part 5 of the Flash Frame-By-Frame Animation video tutorial series, well show you how to preview your animation. This video also explains what a SWF file is.
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Part 6: Flash 8 Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial - Adjusting the Frame Rate

In the final part of the Flash Frame-By-Frame Animation Tutorial series, well show you how you can adjust the frame rate of your animation.
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Iman Umeed Aur Mohabbat by Umera Ahmad

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The Story of Free PDF Book Iman Umeed Aur Mohabbat is very interesting like Hashim Nadeems novel Khuda Aur Mohabbat because you will find religious touch in Iman Umeed Aur Mohabbat.

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