Download or read book Unlocking the Gates written by Taylor Walsh and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How elite universities are entering the world of online education Over the past decade, a small revolution has taken place at some of the world's leading universities, as they have started to provide free access to undergraduate course materials—including syllabi, assignments, and lectures—to anyone with an Internet connection. Yale offers high-quality audio and video recordings of a careful selection of popular lectures, MIT supplies digital materials for nearly all of its courses, Carnegie Mellon boasts a purpose-built interactive learning environment, and some of the most selective universities in India have created a vast body of online content in order to reach more of the country's exploding student population. Although they don't offer online credit or degrees, efforts like these are beginning to open up elite institutions—and may foreshadow significant changes in the way all universities approach teaching and learning. Unlocking the Gates is one of the first books to examine this important development. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including extensive interviews with university leaders, Taylor Walsh traces the evolution of these online courseware projects and considers the impact they may have, both inside elite universities and beyond. As economic constraints and concerns over access demand more efficient and creative teaching models, these early initiatives may lead to more substantial innovations in how education is delivered and consumed—even at the best institutions. Unlocking the Gates tells an important story about this form of online learning—and what it might mean for the future of higher education.
Download or read book The Moment of Lift written by Melinda Gates and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she’s met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attention—from child marriage to gender inequity in the workplace.” — President Barack Obama “The Moment of Lift is an urgent call to courage. It changed how I think about myself, my family, my work, and what’s possible in the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling data to make this one of those rare books that you carry in your heart and mind long after the last page.” — Brené Brown, Ph.D., author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Dare to Lead “Melinda Gates has spent many years working with women around the world. This book is an urgent manifesto for an equal society where women are valued and recognized in all spheres of life. Most of all, it is a call for unity, inclusion and connection. We need this message more than ever.” — Malala Yousafzai "Melinda Gates's book is a lesson in listening. A powerful, poignant, and ultimately humble call to arms." — Tara Westover, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Educated A debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment. “How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings – and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity.” For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world. As she writes in the introduction, “That is why I had to write this book—to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.” Melinda’s unforgettable narrative is backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention—from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace. And, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and the road to equality in her own marriage. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world—and ourselves. Writing with emotion, candor, and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another. When we lift others up, they lift us up, too.
Download or read book Why We Sleep written by Matthew Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by USA Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 2442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Your Keys to Heaven written by Gary June Spivey and published by Your Keys to Heaven. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quiet Determination written by MR Kory Livingstone and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quiet Determination" is the (not-so-fictional) story of young man who incidentally discovers the secret mindset to success in life, through his weekly piano lessons. In the development of his mindset for success our hero learns about such subjects as: Why dreams fail Sustained Accountability...the foundation of all success Why People Avoid Personal Accountability How to make hard decisions easily Accepting challenge Personal power Success is only a mental game Creativity What World Leaders Say About Sacrifice Coaching in the Work Place Music and Success: How are these 2 elements connected? Nutrition: Carbohydrates friend or foe ? 7 Tools to Stimulate Your Imagination Building baby's brain through music Deliberate Practice... what is this ? Does music really make you smarter? Musical Intervention for health Susceptibility to the Negative Influence of Other People Dale Carnegie's view on success Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) Fear of Failure: What are the Causes Recognizing The Positive And Negative Influences On Your Life A Tribute to Our Coaches: The talent whisperers Coaching Styles The Science behind Adult Education Examining our 7 Intelligences? What Condolezza Rice ( the 66th Secretary of State, U.S.A.) & Steven Harper(The 22nd Prime Minister of Canada) have in common"
Download or read book From Prison Gates to a Gates Estate written by Robert W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS, ROBERT DIXON made his living and sustained his methamphetamine addiction by robbing drug dealers. The dealers and the police of the San Francisco Bay Area all wanted him. He wasn't always able to allude them--over 50 arrests, eight prison stints, and two bullets in his body all testify to how dangerous an existence he had chosen. From Prison Gates to A Gated Estate is an adventure documentary of a life that seemed out of control and destined to be pitifully short lived. As retired Roseville police officer (Street Crimes Unit and Drug Enforcement) Scott Jetter wrote, "Bobby Dixon should be dead several times over. We in law enforcement consider individuals like him as hopeless. Rather than the risks and dangers associated with his lifestyle reforming him, he continued to perfect his 'craft' as a criminal, raising the likelihood that he would one day come to a violent end or life in prison." Here are Dixon's opinions of prison and how the system works (or, doesn't work) and his early life of crime, drugs, and run-ins with law enforcement. Later he recounts his highly successful and unorthodox rise in business, and his most recent activism and successes through picketing unjust lawyers, banks, and businesses. Though uneducated, he possesses an uncanny sense of human nature when dealing with the street and while incarcerated, and, obviously, as an entrepreneur. A true life-story with a compelling inspirational/motivational twist for people who need to understand that much of what makes a person successful is attitude, a strong self-image, and the ability to endlessly rebound. The author's story shows that no matter how old a person is, it's never too late to change directions. From Prison Gates to A Gated Estate should be especially useful to families and friends of people who are caught up in a destructive lifestyle--it proves that there is hope.
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Download or read book Behind the Gates written by Setha Low and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Unlocking the Potential of Puzzle based Learning written by Scott Nicholson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the educational power of puzzle-based learning. Understand the principles of effective game design, the power of well-crafted narratives and how different game mechanics can support varied learning objectives. Applying escape room concepts to the classroom, this book offers practical advice on how to create immersive, collaborative learning experiences for your students without the need for expensive resources and tools. Packed with examples, including a full sample puzzle game for you to use with your students, this book is a primer for classroom teachers on designing robust learning activities using problem-solving principles.
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Very Short Reflections for Advent and Christmas Lent and Easter Ordinary Time and Saints through the Liturgical Year written by Mark G. Boyer and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book, Very Short Reflections--for Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter, Ordinary Time and Saints--through the Liturgical Year, accurately describes its contents. Chapter 1 presents a short reflection for every day of the Advent Season. Chapter 2 does the same for every day of the Christmas season. Lent is covered in chapter 3, the Sacred Paschal Triduum in chapter 4, and the fifty days of the Easter season in chapter 5. Chapter 6 covers Ordinary Time. And chapter 7 presents a short reflection for every solemnity, feast, and memorial of saints, whose special day falls during the liturgical year. The short reflections are based on sets of Mass texts--Entrance Antiphon, Collect, Prayer over the Offerings, Preface, Communion Antiphon, Prayer after Communion, and Prayer over the People--presented for every day of Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter, Ordinary Time and saints in The Roman Missal. The reflection identifies the theme of the day and presents how it is manifested in the Mass texts. These very short reflections are designed to expose to the reader the liturgical spirituality that emanates from the Mass texts.
Download or read book The Mither Mages Trilogy written by Orson Scott Card and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discounted ebundle from New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card includes: The Lost Gate, The Gate Thief, Gatefather The mage-families of Westil are in exile on Earth. The magical gates have been closed, and for good reason. Unfortunately, Danny North’s magically-inclined family has been keeping secrets from him, secrets that may lead to disaster for them all. The Lost Gate — Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show a talent, never form an outself. Gate Thief — Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they can't control him...and they can't control him. Danny will come to understand just why Loki closed the gates all those centuries ago. Gatefather — Danny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly 2000 years, or at least the first to survive to claim his power. What he didn't know at the time was that the Gate Thief had a very good reason for closing the Great Gates, and Danny has now fallen into the power of that great enemy of both Earth and Westil. Tor books by Orson Scott Card Ender Universe Ender Quintet Ender’s Game Ender in Exile Speaker for the Dead Xenodice Children of the Mind Ender’s Shadow Quintet Ender’s Shadow Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow Puppets Shadow of the Giant Shadows in Flight The Second Formic War (With Aaron Johnston) The Swarm Other Books in the Ender Universe Children of the Fleet Ender Novellas A War of Gifts First Meetings Other Tor Books Series The Mither Mages The Tales of Alvin Maker Homecoming Women of Genesis At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Witness at the Gates written by Claudia Morrison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told through multiple narrators, The Witness At The Gates is both a political thriller and a family romance. Walter Abbott, thirty-six, works on chemical weapons at a U.S. government weapons facility; his pacifist brother, Henry, holds a daily non-violent protest vigil outside the facility gates. Walter's Canadian-born wife, Elizabeth, whose conscience is increasingly disturbed by the work her husband does, begins to wonder if she has married the wrong brother. Set mostly in the year l986, the novel is an exploration of recent history we would do well to remember. Claudia Morrison, now a Canadian citizen, was born and educated in the United States. She has been a politically involved, American-watching ex-patriate since l970. Her works include an acclaimed novel, a collection of stories, and a prize-winning collection of poems.
Download or read book Subject matter Index of Applications for Letters Patent for the Year written by Great Britain. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
