Almost 500 Etchings by Rembrandt Now Free Online, Courtesy of the Morgan Library & Museum

Sev­en­teenth-cen­tu­ry Dutch painter Rem­brandt van Rijn may have more name recog­ni­tion than near­ly any oth­er Euro­pean artist, his pop­u­lar­i­ty due in large part to what art his­to­ri­an Ali­son McQueen iden­ti­fies in her book of the same name as “the rise of the cult of Rem­brandt.” Pop­u­lar Rem­brandt ven­er­a­tion brought us in the 20th cen­tu­ry such…

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Frank Herbert Explains the Origins of Dune (1969)

Dune: Part Two has been play­ing in the­aters for less than a week, but that’s more than enough time for its view­ers to joke about the apt­ness of its title. For while it comes, of course, as the sec­ond half of Denis Vil­leneu­ve’s adap­ta­tion of Frank Her­bert’s influ­en­tial sci-fi nov­el, it also con­tains a great many…

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What Training Works Best In 2024?

Discover Top Training Formats Based On The Latest Study Did you know that, despite the rise of online courses, many learners aren’t satisfied with them? Recent research by iSpring, titled The State of Online Corporate Training in 2024: Key Insights for Businesses and Organizations, reveals a large gap between what L&D professionals offer and what…

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How AI is Revolutionizing Elearning Solutions?

In the computerized age, schooling has gone through a significant change, with e-getting the hang of arising as a predominant power in the manner individuals obtain information and abilities.  Notwithstanding, various impediments, including customized learning, commitment, and assessment, have regularly hampered the proficiency and viability of e-learning stages.  Since the advent of Artificial Intelligence in…

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Coursera Launches Course Builder: Organizations Can Now Quickly Create and Launch Custom Courses at Scale

By Shravan Goli In a fast-changing market, organizations will need to create, update, and deploy learning resources that keep pace with the rate of change. We’re excited to launch Coursera Course Builder, an AI-assisted authoring tool that enables any business, government, or campus customer to easily and quickly produce custom private courses at scale.  Based…

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The Puzzle of Docudramas — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #167

https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_167_1-29–24.mp3   When we’ve already heard about someone’s per­son­al scan­dal in the news, do we need to also see it dra­ma­tized with A‑list actors? Your hosts Mark Lin­sen­may­er, Lawrence Ware, Sarahlyn Bruck, and Al Bak­er dis­cuss Todd Haynes’ 2023 film May Decem­ber fic­tion­al­iz­ing the long-after­math of the much pub­li­cized Mary Kay Letourneau sto­ry. The main…

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