Learning English with humour and magic: So much fun you won't feel like you are studying

As university lecturers of English Learners, our team is always on the lookout for engaging online video material. However, most of what we find currently available is dry, unimaginative, and unengaging for modern students. Teaching English through story-telling has been very effective for us from our extensive research and practice, so we decided to make these fun videos and workbooks to help you on your journey to master the English language.

We hit upon the idea of producing our own series of videos that would contain storylines, characters, humour and magic; in this way, you will put grammar content, language use, and pronunciation to real-life practice. Each episode is accompanied with an interactive workbook preparing you for the episode, answering questions about the video, and then reflecting on the video as it relates to your life.

Every episode will build off the previous one. We will start out slow and progress through each section together. You won't have to move on until you are completely ready. We look forward to assisting you in your journey through the magical world of Jack & John!

MongoDB makes it possible to store and process large sets of data in ways that increase business value. The flexibility of unstructured, schema-less, storage, combined with robust querying and post-processing functionality, make MongoDB a compelling solution for enterprise big data needs.

This course addresses, in-depth, the installation and configuration of various MongoDB deployments (dev, test, prod, demo). Using a best-practice approach, this course familiarizes the user with installation requirements and options while delving into an infrequently-covered topic: MongoDB configuration.

Taking this course will help you master all the techniques for deploying MongoDB across various platforms and environments. You will learn some of the best production practices such as creating a test, dev and prod cluster. Lastly you will learn how to effectively secure your clusters in production.

Office Add-ins allow developers to customize and place time-saving automation logic for tasks right where users need it-inside Microsoft Office applications. This is a unique opportunity to deliver tangible business benefit with minimal effort. This course shows you how to get started using Office Add-ins. The course covers how to build add-ins with Visual Studio; how to use other libraries with add-ins; how to use add-ins for Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Excel, and Outlook; and how to distribute an add-in that you developed.

Learn the GameMaker Core Concepts and Create a multilevel Maze Games with Score, Health and Intelligent Monsters

Have you ever wondered about how to build computer games and not known where to start? GameMaker is an easy to use games development platform which streamlines the production of games. This means that all the common events in games like health, score, collisions, animations, levels, gravity etc.. are very easy to implement!

In this course you will learn how to construct a multi level maze game with randomised gem behaviour, animated sprites, intelligent monsters and cool explosions. The course is created by two veteran classroom teachers one of whom is a GameMaker expert (Nat) and the other(Sanjin) is an experienced programmer learning GameMaker for the first time. So this means that all the core concepts are covered multiple times, all the common mistakes are explained and demonstrated before they happen and the students have a clear idea of the benchmarks which demonstrate understanding.

Saving data on your device is a fundamental part of building apps and in this course we're going to learn how to use the Core Data framework to persist data between launches by building a simple to-do list app. We'll also learn how to utilize table views to display, edit and delete data by communicating with Core Data.

Monitoring is a key practice area of modern operations. In this course, explore techniques and tools for monitoring from a DevOps mindset. Instructors Ernest Mueller and Peco Karayanev spell out what monitoring is, what's unique about the DevOps approach to monitoring, and how to model your system so monitoring makes sense in context. Next, they examine the different types of monitoring instrumentation, including how to implement synthetic monitoring, end user monitoring, system monitoring, and network monitoring. They also cover best practices for architecting systems for observability and share how to overcome common obstacles.

Advanced Gypsy Jazz - Django Reinhardt's "Improvisation No. 1"

Learn how to play one of the greatest guitar works of all time

Django Reinhardt's Improvisation No. 1 is considered by many to be one of the greatest solo guitar works of all time. In this course, I will show you how to play this tour de force, note by note.

This Course is for everyone regardless of Level

Even though this is one of the most advanced pieces of music you can
play on guitar, I've designed this course in a way so that even a beginner can start to practice it. I will guide you through every little detail of how to play it. Guitarists of all levels will learn Django's powerful technique and mastery of the guitar neck.

Learn multiple guitar approaches at once

Improvisation No. 1 draws upon Flamenco, Mediterranean, Gypsy, and Jazz music, as well classical and Impressionists like Debussy and Ravel. On display in this three minute improvised masterpiece is the full spectrum of the Gypsy Jazz guitar virtuoso's techniques, melodies, licks, tricks, phrases, motifs, colors and feel, etc.

As we deconstruct Improvisation No. 1, you will not only become familiar with the piece in great detail, but will also gain insight into how Django's creative genius works. In mastering one of the most difficult guitar pieces of all time, you will learn a powerful approach to performing that can be applied to many other styles and genres as well.

No music theory or site-reading needed!

You don't need to know how to read music or have a degree from Julliard to take this course. I break down every little detail of the guitar solo from a technical perspective and also explain how the piece works on an artistic level.

Inspiration for your own, original music

In this course I will not only teach you how to play Improvisation No. 1,
but will also explain how the different parts of the piece function. My goal is to help you understand the creative choices that Django makes so that you can incorporate some of these concepts, colors, shapes, and phrases etc. into your original compositions and performances. You will learn how to approach the guitar as if it were an orchestra.

Get faster and better, faster

I will also show you ways in which you can practice that will help you master even the most difficult passages of music. These practice habits and techniques can be applied to any genre of music and will increase your ability to play guitar more clearly, more powerfully, and with great velocity.

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Learn how to create applications that everyone-regardless of their abilities-can independently interact with and enjoy. In this course, join instructor Renato Iwashima as he steps through the fundamentals of digital accessibility and usability for the Android platform. Renato provides a quick introduction to digital accessibility, explaining what it is, why it's important, and how to work with accessibility features such as TalkBack and Switch Access. He also covers the key principles of universal design and explains how to implement the fundamentals of accessibility and usability; add meaning and operability to user controls; improve the user experience for accessibility services; and test your Android app for accessibility.

The best language course for new language learners

In this Free Masterclass, we'll share research-backed strategies and tactics on how you can learn a language in 90 days. We've curated the best lessons and learning hacks from the world's top polyglots, linguists, and researchers designed to shorten your learning time significantly.

The topics we'll cover include:

The #1 Most Important Skill You Need to Have (It's Learnable)
Learn the Right Words to Save Massive Time
The Power of Cognates (A Language Learner's Best Friend)
Learn Relevant Phrases In Your Life
How to Expand Your Vocabulary
Going from Beginner to Mastery Level

Learn how to grow a business from a top M.B.A.

This is the definitive guide to growing your business - whether it's large or small. You will learn the following, from a strategic MBA-level:

When is growth good and when is it bad?
The 3 ways a company can grow
The sources of growth
Where to look for growth
Growth hacking
Marketing implementation
Optimizing your marketing budget
Customer analysis for growth

Use yoga, meditation and anapana meditation techniques to heal spirit, mind and body

In this course we're discussing the benefits of healing the mind through yoga and meditation and how you can create a practice of applying these techniques and can actually see the benefits on a physical level in your own life. The goal of this course is to understand that all illness begins in the mind and once the mind is healed, the body can ultimately heal itself without any negative side effects.

Your step-by-step guide to building successful engagement experiences with community and stakeholders.

The thought of involving community and stakeholders in our projects can make most of us a littleR30;apprehensive, to say the least. And, if you've had bad experiences in the past you're probably not rushing back to do it over again. Right?!

But wait! What if there was a formula or step-by-step process that could help you build positive experiences with stakeholders and successful engagement processes? Engagement processes that will result in positive outcomes for your projects.

Well there is! Take this free course to unlock the two key areas you can master to create successful engagement experiences and excel at your current role and projects.

More and more it is the people who can prove effective engagement and relationship building skills that are advancing in their careers.

So let's make sure that's you!

Target Audience:

People who are expected to undertake community and stakeholder engagement tasks as part of their current role and/or projects but haven't had the opportunity to get practical training to help them.

Engineers
Project Managers
Policy Makers
Site Operators (mining, construction, landfill, industry)
People Managers and Leaders