Online Learning ... Online Working

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Thanks to hurricane Sandy, we’re all test driving a little “working from home” scenario. If online working is anything like online learning, sign me up!

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Simon Baron-Cohen on Autism and Asperger Syndrome

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The head of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University tells us about myths surrounding autism and Asperger’s, and what inspired his own research into the subject…

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Understanding Fiscal and Monetary Policies Online Course

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This free ALISON online economics course will be of great interest to all economics and finance professionals who would like to learn more about the role fiscal and monetary policies play in shaping a country’s economy, and to all learners who would like to learn more about economic policies that can have a direct effect on their lives.

Understanding Fiscal and Monetary Policies is originally from and published by Khan Academy and has a duration of 1-2 Hours for the average learner.

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MBA In International Business

An MBA in international business program for the global economy - this page provides more details and shows you where you can study these degrees…

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Education Management Online Degrees

This page provides information on what is studied in education management online degrees, where you can study them, prospects, and more …

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Clinical Psychology Online Degrees

Find out about clinical psychology online and on campus programs, the location of suitable university degree programs, the career prospects, and more …

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Autism Society - Sensory Friendly Films

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AMC Theatres (AMC) and the Autism Society have teamed up to bring families affected by autism and other disabilities a special opportunity to enjoy their favorite films in a safe and accepting environment on a monthly basis with the “Sensory Friendly Films” program.

In order to provide a more accepting and comfortable setting for this unique audience, the movie auditoriums will have their lights brought up and the sound turned down, families will be able to bring in their own gluten-free, casein-free snacks, and no previews or advertisements will be shown before the movie. Additionally, audience members are welcome to get up and dance, walk, shout or sing.

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Health Unit Coordinator Certification

This page gives you information about obtaining health unit coordinator certification, where you can study it online, the job and salary prospects, and more …

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Oct 27 - Small Business Weekend News is out

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An online newspaper that collects together news for small business owners, entrepreneurs and students, in this weekend edition of “Small Business News”.



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Dementia in the General Hospital: Raising Awareness [Video]

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A short film to raise awareness of the needs of patients with dementia in the general hospital setting. Roy Fleet was the inspiration for the film and his daughters Trish Barnes and Kath Kearns share his experiences.

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Startup Udacity Builds Bankroll for Online Learning

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Pessimism about education is easy to find. Sebastian Thrun is a pretty persuasive antidote, and the funding seems to be following.

On Thursday, Udacity is announcing a $15 million venture-capital round led by the ubiquitous Andreessen Horowitz. The new infusion brings its total raised to date to $21.5 million.
Udacity, which is frequently mentioned along with other new-wave education startups like Coursera, is pursuing a vision that has some fresh elements.
First, the company is out to reach hundreds of thousands of students at a time around the world, a goal that really wasn’t technically or financially feasible until recently.
Second, the courses are free, at least for now. (Udacity gets some of its revenue by finding employees for tech companies, Thrun says).
Third, as Thrun stresses, Udacity is bringing a different style of pedagogy. It is not simply putting boring, linear lectures on the Internet. Students learn by solving problems and getting instant feedback on how they performed–by doing, rather than listening, Thrun says.

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Kids With Electronic Devices in the Bedroom Are More Likely to Be Obese

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Researchers find out that children with access to electronic devices are more likely to be obese or overweight.

In what might be the first study that connects the dots between sleep, diet and physical activity among kids, Canadian researchers have found that adding just one hour of extra sleep decreases the chances of being overweight or obese by around 30%.

“If you want your kids to sleep better and live a healthier lifestyle, get the technology out of the bedroom,” said Paul Veugelers, a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta in Canada, and a co-author of the paper.

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Pet Therapy Dogs Help Patients Recover Faster

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New study shows that patients recovering from joint replacement surgery need 50% less pain medication when they engage in pet therapy.

Animal assisted therapy, also called pet therapy, has a long history of helping children and adults through physical, emotional and mental problems. New evidence even suggests it can lessen the need for pain medications after joint replacement surgery. Recovering from surgery can be difficult, but new research shows that patients who engage with animals in pet therapy or with pet therapy dogs need 50% less pain medication than other patients.

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On Campus and Online Health Promotion Degree Programs

A health promotion degree provides the skills and knowledge increasingly required for the health sector today.  This page gives you more information about what is involved in a health promotion program, where you can study it online, and the health promotion careers and salary prospects after completion.
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PhD in Counseling Psychology Programs

Counseling psychology is the application of psychology to the solving of the problems of everyday stresses, including career planning, learning difficulties, marriage guidance and family difficulties. This page will help you if you want to take a counseling doctorate.

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Open Source and Open Educationa Resources

Open source software (OSS) and open educational resources (OER) share a common heritage and philosophy - they are both about giving everyone access and permission to use, change and re-use material. This page helps you find out more about OSS and OER, so that you can use them in your teaching and learning.

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Learnist: Teaching and Learning Updates

Find out about the latest events, news, ideas and innovations happening in the teaching and learning arena.

Masters Teaching Programs

This page provides details of online masters teaching programs, where they can be found, what the career and salary prospects are, and more …

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On Campus and Online Health Care Management Programs

An online health care management degree provides the skills and knowledge required for a rewarding career in the health sector.  This page gives you more information about what is involved in studying health care management, where you can study it, and the job and salary prospects after completion.
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Gather all your social network addresses together in XeeMe

My XeeMe helps you find all my social networks and groups on one page http://xeeme.com/Stewart_Marshall. If you would like your own go to:

http://xeeme.com/?r=GqzAqEE3f0kp

It’s free. Plus you get a powerful social address book and much more.

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Folic acid cuts brain tumour risk

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Mothers who take folic acid pre-pregnancy can cut the risk of their baby developing a childhood brain tumour by almost half, a new study suggests.

This is the result of a five year study by the Australian Childhood Brain Tumour Consortium (Aus-CBT), led by Professor Elizabeth Milne at WA’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.

Published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, the study stands out as the largest and most comprehensive national research performed so far on this topic.



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Selecting an On Campus or Online Technology Management Program

A technology management program will provide you with the skills and knowledge that you require to enter an exciting and rewarding field at the forefront of organizational change.  This page provides more details and has links to selected schools offering these programs.
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A Town Turned Classroom: How a Focus on Farming...

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A Town Turned Classroom: How a Focus on Farming Saved a Rural Kansas School

Educational achievement in rural America is one of the country’s great overlooked challenges. Rural students achieve below the U.S. average on national tests, and high school dropout rates are higher and college attendance lower than they are in cities and suburbs. When the U.S. Department of Education asks low-achieving schools to be turned around, rural educators usually say they lack options: schools in many communities can’t be closed because there are no other choices, and populations are too thin to support charter schools. But the Walton Rural Life Center, serving a population that has many of these problems, shows that there is genuine promise for rural charter schools – if, like Walton, they have the will and the imagination to try new approaches and to take advantage of the unique strengths of their communities.

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Two Nutritional Supplements Could Be Effective Treatments for Autism

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Two promising new treatments for autism have shown effectiveness in pilot studies. Several studies indicate that children with autism often have abnormalities in critical biochemical functions that help maintain health – specifically methylation, glutathione, and mitochondrial functions.

But “these therapies appear to be safe and effective supportive therapies for restoring methylation, glutathione and ATP to near-normal levels in the body, and are likely to help children with autism who experience problems maintaining normal functions,” he says.

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Health Care Administration Degree Programs

A health care administration degree provides the skills and knowledge that you require to help ensure that your organization has strong management and administration. This page gives you more information about what is involved in studying online masters and PhDs in health care administration, where you can study them, and the job and salary prospects after completion.

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Education in Adult Education

Education in adult education programs can lead to rewarding careers tackling the challenges of teaching adults. This page provides information on what is studied and where you can study them.

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Resources for the Classroom

A Pinterest board with ideas, tips, news, innovations, professional development courses and other resources for teachers in the classroom.

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Google struggles to boost profit as advertising goes mobile

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Google Inc.’s profit and sales are under pressure as the operator of the largest search engine struggles to wring advertising dollars from the growing number of people who surf the Web on tablets and smartphones.

The company yesterday reported third-quarter revenue, minus some items, of $11.3 billion, short of the average estimate for $11.8 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Third- quarter profit excluding some items was $9.03 a share, below estimated profit of $10.65 a share. The stock tumbled 8 percent after the results were inadvertently released early.

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Education Administration PhD Programs

An education administration PhD will help you to progress your career in school or college management and administration. This page provides information on what is studied in these education degrees and where you can study them.

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Graduate Psychology Programs

Find out more about graduate psychology programs and the jobs they can lead to. Locate schools offering suitable university online graduate psychology degrees.

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Individualized education model optimizes chances of success for children with autism

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Students with autism have the best chances of success in school through an individualized education model that involves teachers, service providers and parents, according to a new book co-authored by John McGrew, Ph.D., and a psychology professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

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Patient Care Technician Certification

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4 Simple Ways to Get More Mileage Out of Your Press Release

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Did you know that just 14% of releases posted on major wire services have been optimized for search? Or that press releases including an image or a video get shared three times more than text-only releases -– and viewers spend up to 30 seconds more time with this content -– but nearly half of marketers do not routinely add images to their press releases?

Many marketers are missing out on opportunities to get their news more widely viewed and shared. So before you issue your next press release, consider these four simple tactics to amplify the reach of your news…

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Understanding Dyslexia Online Course

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This free ALISON online dyslexia course will be of great interest to all professionals in the areas of education, child development, and adult literacy who would like to learn more about the causes of and treatment for dyslexia, and to all learners who would like a greater understanding of this common condition.

Understanding Dyslexia is originally from and published by OpenLearn and has a duration of 2-3 Hours for the average learner.

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Executive Online MBA

Find out more about executive online MBA programs, which provide a self-paced, flexible, and convenient way for you to qualify for a prestigious career.

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Science is for everyone, kids included

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TED Talks What do science and play have in common?

Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change perceptions. He’s seconded by 12-year-old Amy O’Toole, who, along with 25 of her classmates, published the first peer-reviewed article by schoolchildren, about the Blackawton bees project. It starts: “Once upon a time … “

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Top Tech Innovators Star in New Obama Ad [VIDEO]

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Which presidential candidate would be better for promoting technological innovation? The entrepreneurs and innovators in this new ad argue it would be Barack Obama.

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Elementary Education Online Degrees

This page provides information on elementary education online degrees, what is studied in them, where you can study them, the prospects, and more …

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9 Surefire Strategies That Don’t Work for Kids with ADHD

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) impacts a person’s ability to focus on work or a project in order to get things done. Instead, a person with ADHD’s attention is divided, resulting in many people feeling like they’re just spinning their wheels.

The other month we looked at unsuccessful strategies for adults with ADHD.

This month experts reveal fruitless tactics for kids with ADHD. Some of these approaches aren’t just ineffective; they can exacerbate symptoms or impede progress.

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Studying a Masters in Marketing

A masters in marketing program provides the knowledge and skills that allow an individual to be successful in the business marketing community. This page gives more details …

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Forensic Psychology Masters Degree Programs

Find out more about studying a masters of forensic psychology program, where to study it, what the prospects are, and more …

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Low calcium diet linked to higher risk of hormone condition in women

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A low calcium diet is associated with a higher risk of developing a common hormone condition in women, known as primary hyperparathyroidism, suggests a study published on BMJ website today.

Primary hyperparathyroidism or PHPT is caused by overactive parathyroid glands secreting too much parathyroid hormone, which can result in weak bones, fractures and kidney stones. In recent years, several studies have also suggested a link between untreated PHPT and an increased risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.

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Studying Education Graduate Programs

Education graduate programs prepare you for careers beyond teaching. Find information on the programs, where they can be taken, the prospects, and more ….

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Health Care Reimbursement Training

This page is about health care reimbursement training needed to cope with the complexities of medical billing and coding and where you can obtain it …

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First Social Network for Women With Breast Cancer

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MyBreastCancerTeam is the first social network for women with breast cancer.

Throughout the stages of cancer, users can connect to women who are in the same situation as them: those undergoing treatment, those recently diagnosed, or those who have been out of treatment for many years.

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The Perks of Working From Home [INFOGRAPHIC]

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If you’re part of the 86% who drive to work every day, you can devise ways to lower your gas costs, save time and improve your health — by telecommuting.

If all workers who wish to telecommute were able to at least 50% of the time, the oil saved would amount to one-third of America’s Persian Gulf imports.

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Online universities keep growing

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The race to develop online university courses is continuing to gather pace, with one of the biggest in the US, University of Texas, joining the edX project.

The alliance, which already includes MIT, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, currently has more than 200,000 students, 19,000 academic staff and an annual operating budget of $13bn (£8bn).

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FBI Warns of Malware Targeting Android Phones

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The Internet Crime Complaint Center is warning smartphone users of malware that targets Android operating systems.

“Loozon” and “FinFisher” are the latest known versions of this type of malware, according to the IC3, which investigates Internet-related criminal complaints. The organization is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Nation White Collar Crime Center.

The malware lures victims in different ways. One advertises itself as a “work at home” opportunity that promises a lucrative payday just for sending out email; an attached link then leads to a website that spreads Loozon to its target.

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Elementary Education Masters Degree Program

Elementary education in the US incorporates at least the first five grades of compulsory education. Find out about elementary education masters degrees. This page provides information on what is studied and where you can study these programs.

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Best iOS Apps for Mobile Learning

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Learning doesn’t have to come out of a textbook. Take a look at some of the best mobile apps for iPhone-based education.

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Disrupting Autism with Courage and Technology

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Carly Fleischmann was nervous. Carly was scheduled to speak on a panel at The Nantucket Project, a high profile event with many powerful and influential people in attendance. Carly was diagnosed with severe autism at age two and has an oral motor condition that prevents her from speaking. And yet, Carly has defied the odds.

Watch Carly participate on this panel along with moderator Tom Ashbrook, Autism Speak’s Bob Wright, Marc Sirkin, her aide Howard Dalal and Senator Kerry in the video here:

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