Adult Learners’ Week runs from 9th to 15th May this year and NCS is doing its bit to support it. You can try some course snippets and a complete free course over at the NCS ALW page. Try a course on Archaeology, Health Care or Herbology. It’s all free for Adult Learners’ Week.
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Adult Learners’ Week
May 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Adult Learning, Anthropology and Archaeology, Astronomy, Examples of Online Learning, Health and Welfare, Help for Online Learners, Journalism, Learning Resources, NCS, NCS Courses, Philosophy, Researching Herbal Remedies: The Science behind the Old Wives' Tales
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Give Your Brain A Workout
March 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Adult Learning, Help for Online Learners, Science And Nature
Dr John Medina has applied recent developments in neuroscience to come up with a twelve-point plan for maximising brainpower. You can give your brain a workout over at his web site, Brain Rules.
Some of the ideas may be surprising but are founded in science. Rule 1 suggests that our brains will work better when we [...]
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Online Learning Goes Deeper
November 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Adult Learning, Examples of Online Learning, Help for Online Learners, Technology in Learning
Researchers at Indiana University have discovered an unsuspected benefit for online learners over those working in more traditional ways. It seems that the online approach lends itself to deep learning, a type of learning that goes beyond rote memorising and focuses on reflection, integrative learning, and higher-order thinking such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
The National [...]
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Clearer English for All
October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · English, Literature and Languages, Help for Online Learners, Learning Resources, Technology in Learning
We are delighted to announce the arrival of Drivel Defence from the Plain English Campaign. This is a software tool that can be used online to check your text for difficult English before including it in your web site. We’re looking forward to using it in the NCS College’s resources. It should be helpful to [...]
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Learn in Your Sleep - with your iPhone
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Adult Learning, Examples of Online Learning, Help for Online Learners, NCS Courses
Ever wanted to learn in your sleep? Forget playing a tape beside your bed, just switch on your iPhone and slip it under your pillow when you go to sleep.
All you need to do is download and install a new application for the iPhone - iSleepLearn. Once installed you copy over any online course via [...]
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Ask Oxford
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Help for Online Learners, Learning Resources
“An egg is always an adventure.”
If I’m stumped for a word, a meaning, am looking for a quote, or I just want some good advice on writing, one of the first places I visit on the web is AskOxford. Not only can you find definitions but there is a source of quotes, a thesaurus if [...]
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New Answers for E-Learning
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Help for Online Learners
US News offers some good advice for online learners, timely advice with 3.5 million learning in cyberspace. Full article.