One of the very interesting things we’ve learned since launching CodeLesson at the end of last summer is that a lot of people have no good sense of what it means to take an online course, even though the concept of taking an online course has been around for a very long time (predating the [...]
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CodeLesson ♥ Etsy
November 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · CodeLesson, Web/Tech, Work
Today we announced A Gentle Introduction to the Etsy API. This course is an important milestone for CodeLesson for two reasons:
It’s the first CodeLesson course produced by someone other than us. The curriculum and instructor will be provided by Etsy; we’re handling the details of getting students registered, hosting the learning software, setting up shell [...]
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What’s Happening on CodeLesson
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · CodeLesson, Web/Tech, Work
Our mighty mighty online learning site, CodeLesson, continues to astound and amaze us as it slowly consumes my entire career forevermore. Here’s what’s going on with the site today:
My PHP course is proceeding apace. We are in week six of the course and no one’s brain has exploded yet. (At the same time I’m also [...]
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Screencast Video: Installing WordPress 3.0
October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · CodeLesson
This is a screencast video that’s part of my Introduction to Web Publishing course on CodeLesson. If you’re already a WordPress jock this will be old hat to you, but if you haven’t installed and run your own copy of WordPress, this should give you a sense of how it works. It’s not difficult, but [...]
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Upcoming CodeLesson Courses
October 10th, 2010 · No Comments · CodeLesson, Web/Tech, Work
It’s hard to believe it’s been less than six weeks since we’ve launched CodeLesson. The response to the site has been terrific and we’re having some enlightening conversations with students, instructors and others about what they want to see from the site.
My CodeLesson PHP course is in progress, and it’s going really well. It’s a [...]
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CodeLesson Month 1: Processing Feedback
September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · CodeLesson
In the weeks since we’ve launched CodeLesson we’ve had a decent amount of uptake (hello, actual money in exchange for goods and services!) and we’ve had a lot of great conversations with people about what we’re trying to do with the product. Some of the feedback we’re getting has to do with real-time learning experiences [...]
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Our New Product: CodeLesson
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · CodeLesson, Collaboration, Content, Community, Work
Just realized I haven’t made mention of our new product CodeLesson here yet (if you’re a Twitter or Facebook follower this will probably be old hat to you). CodeLesson is a place to take instructor-led online training courses. We’re doing technology courses today ’cause that’s mostly what we know, but later on we’ll be doing [...]
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