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[TEXT] I just finished the online Coursera course "Learning how to learn". I highly recommend it to everyone and I summarized everything I learned from it. : GetMotivated

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Typing practice

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Take typing test, practice typing lessons

Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories. - The New York Times

nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html

Finland is winning the war on fake news. Other nations want the blueprint

edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/europe/finland-fake-news-intl/
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers | At a Loss for Words | APM Reports

apmreports.org/story/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading

Get started | Learning Synths

learningsynths.ableton.com/

The Slippery Slope of In-Product Messaging

matthewstrom.com/writing/wayfinding.html

MIT Scientists prove adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as children

medium.com/@chacon/mit-scientists-prove-adults-learn-language-to-fluency-nearly-as-well-as-children-1de888d1d45f
This week a new paper was published in the journal Cognition titled “A Critical Period for Second Language Acquisition” that used a new, viral Facebook-quiz-powered method of gathering a huge…

Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/04/27/world/asia/south-korea-school-grandmothers.html

Common statistical tests are linear models (or: how to teach stats)

lindeloev.github.io/tests-as-linear/

All in One Bookmark Links for Designers - Evernote Design

evernote.design/

Unlocking Accessibility for UX/UI Designers - 24 Accessibility

24a11y.com/2018/unlocking-accessibility-for-ux-ui-designers/

The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/digital-divide-screens-schools.html

Can I pick your brain about D&I? – Aubrey Blanche – Medium

medium.com/@adblanche/can-i-pick-your-brain-about-d-i-ef996d9373a8

Interviewing Cliches | the measures taken

dasaufnahme.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/interviewing-cliches/
"Design is the process of materialising preferred futures."

Why we should bulldoze the business school | News | The Guardian

theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/27/bulldoze-the-business-school
The long read: There are 13,000 business schools on Earth. That’s 13,000 too many. And I should know – I’ve taught in them for 20 years

Learn to Code for Free – Grasshopper

grasshopper.codes/
Grasshopper is the coding app for beginners. With fun, quick lessons on your phone, the app teaches adult learners to write real JavaScript.

Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk? | Hacker News

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Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

norvig.com/21-days.html

Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping in cars | US news | The Guardian

theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/28/adjunct-professors-homeless-sex-work-academia-poverty