Author: Greg Voakes

Sometimes the hardest part of getting a degree isn’t the final exam or the big midterm project. It’s getting started. Hell, sometimes it’s just trying to decide if you want to go back to school. If, however, you’re one of the millions who is thinking of changing careers to go back to school to earn your degree in a new field or you just want to learn the basics of a new field of study, the Internet is here to help. There are thousands of free online college courses and classes that can help you decide if you’re ready to learn something new, refresh your memory on concepts you’ve already learned…

The down economy is keeping many people across America and the world unemployed. One area that is not seeing the same challenges is the high-end tech industry. Companies like Apple are hiring and they’re willing to pay big bucks for those who have the right stuff. According to recent research, nearly 1 in 4 young professionals want to work at Google. Fewer than 1 in every 250 applicants will ever end up working there, but with the right skills and the right approach, a coveted Google job could be yours. That is, at least, what this infographic is telling us. Created by: Masters Degree…

We often take the ability to see inside the human body for granted, and why wouldn’t we? X-ray technology is well over a century old. But imagine you live in a time where science isn’t really sure what an atom is and the discovery of electrons is merely a glimmer in some frisky physicists’ eyes, and you begin to appreciate just how insanely intelligent some of these scientists had to be to harness and comprehensively describe the X-ray in its early days. Oh and there was also the fact that they completely revolutionized modern medicine with a discovery matched only by the discovery of antibiotics…

While many have a soft spot for the feel of the printed page, it’s hard to see a future where textbooks aren’t delivered to students digitally. It’s not just the benefit of taking the literal weight of textbooks off students’ backs — digital textbooks offer an opportunity to enhance the entire learning experience. The infographic below explores these possibilities. Even calling them “possibilities” is likely incorrect. As things go, it is inevitable that we’ll have schools going paper-free before we have mainstream flying cars. Damn you, science! Click to enlarge. Via: Online Education…