Day: August 10, 2023

Why External Education Programs Are A Must Truly effective training strategies take a big-picture approach. Employees expect ongoing training to keep up with industry trends, fill gaps, and achieve their full potential. On the other hand, customers are more loyal to your brand if you provide them with ongoing support, such as training resources that…

At Codecademy, we’re committed to making sure that all the work we do is ethically sound. It’s a responsibility we take seriously, particularly now, as AI profoundly transforms our world. There’s a lot at stake, and we want the next gen of developers and people learning to code to understand what it means to be…

Boosting Instructional Design Projects With Agile Methodologies There is a growing recognition of the need for project management methodologies to effectively address educational projects’ dynamic nature in Instructional Design. Traditional project management approaches often need help to keep pace with Instructional Design projects’ changing requirements and expectations. However, Agile methodologies have emerged as promising solutions…

Yesterday Robbie Robertson, the Canadian songwriter and guitarist for The Band, passed away at age 80 after a long illness. As a tribute, we’re bringing back a video that pays homage to “The Weight,” a song Robertson wrote for The Band’s influential 1968 album, “Music from Big Pink.” The video features cameos of Robertson himself,…

At Codecademy, we like to think of ChatGPT as an overconfident study buddy. The AI chatbot will answer your prompts with ease and speed, but it’s also known to get facts wrong or blatantly make things up. That’s why ChatGPT alone can’t teach you how to code — you need tutorials, hands-on practice, and insight…

Short, Sharp Learning Instances Have you ever found yourself nodding off in the middle of a training session? We’ve all been there. No matter how well-crafted and relevant the content is, sometimes it can feel like you’re wading through a never-ending sea of information. In today’s fast-paced world, time is more valuable than ever. That’s…

It isn’t easy to say which book is the oldest in the world, because the answer depends on what, exactly qualifies as a book. Dating from the year 868, the Chinese Diamond Sūtra is known as “the world’s earliest dated, printed book,” the words used on the web site of the British Library, which owns…

The technology industry is a whirlwind. Things change at a breakneck pace; what was cool yesterday is passé by next week. Competition is fierce—there’s no such thing as resting on your laurels, even when you’re at the top of your industry. You need to keep pushing and innovating, or risk being sidelined by a competitor….

Presenting The “State Of Employee Experience 2023” Report eLearning Industry has published a thorough employee experience report that sought to explore employee expectations for their professional development throughout their employment. The “State Of Employee Experience 2023” report uncovered discrepancies between the types of learning experiences employees seek out and what they end up receiving from…