Software and e-learning experiences: table of contents 1.
Software: baby steps, 2011-12
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Extensive reading and e-learning course, 2011-12
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Software: training wheels, 2012-13
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Extensive practice with digital design software via e-learning tutorials, 2012-14
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Software: personal e-learning and knowledge sharing projects, 2013
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Implemented and iterated ideas using digital design software, 2013
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Software: e-learning for professional skills development in 2014
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Professional skills development via massive open online courses, 2013
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Software: facilitating language learning workshops, 2014-15
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Experimented with mnemonic software to optimize student learning, 2012-14
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Schedule 1
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From clause 3.1(a), screenshots of IvyCert.com
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Schedule 2
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From clause 3.1(b), screenshots of Walllaw.com
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Schedule 3
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From clause 5.1, screenshots of third party app
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Software: baby steps, 2011-12
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Extensive reading and e-learning course, 2011-12 My interest in software exploded when I commenced employment in a top tier law firm’s market leading legal practice group in the technology and IP space. I read/completed the following: (a)
Books on software fundamentals: Absolute Beginner's guide to C; HTML, XHTML and CSS For Dummies; How Computers Work by Ron White and Timothy Downs;
(b)
Books on the commercialisation of software: Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore; Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank; The Lean Startup by Eric Ries; Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur;
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Understanding Computers and the Internet, which is the open e-learning version of the most popular computer science course at a leading Ivy League School in the US.
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Software: training wheels, 2012-13
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Extensive practice with digital design software via e-learning tutorials, 2012-14 My interest in digital design soared with my first two-year subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite CS6. During this time my core skills expanded through e-learning tutorials via Adobe.com and Lynda.com. I developed competencies to varying levels in Adobe programs, including Adobe Muse, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Bridge.
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Software: personal e-learning and knowledge sharing projects, 2013
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Implemented and iterated ideas using digital design software, 2013 In 2013 I designed and published two websites that embody e-learning and social justice ideas. (a)
The first website I designed was IvyCert, which was an aggregate site for free, certified, elearning courses offered by Ivy League institutions in the US, but which at that stage (and remain) searchable only via different platforms. For example, certified e-learning courses from Harvard and MIT are searchable via edX.org whereas courses offered by Stanford are only searchable via coursera.com. As required I outsourced discreet code snippets to a programmer in Bangladesh with whom I made contact via the online work platform odesk.com (now upwork.com) and embedded social network buttons. The aesthetic of the page received very positive feedback. For screenshots of the website see Schedule 1.
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The second website I designed was Walllaw, a knowledge sharing platform for legal professionals to solve every day legal problems collaboratively and more efficiently. I iterated this website as my design project in order to complete an e-learning course administered by a professor from MIT and run over twelve weeks. For screenshots of the website see Schedule 2.
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Software: e-learning for professional skills development in 2014
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Professional skills development via massive open online courses, 2013 I submitted to my supervising partners, and received their permission, for one day per week of study of e-learning business courses. From 2013 to 2014 I completed eight e-learning business courses in the following fields: Accounting; Finance; Marketing; Operations; Business Strategy; Business Ethics; Technology Entrepreneurship; Design. In particular the courses in Technology Entrepreneurship and Design allowed me to play with software and explore the iterative process of software development.
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Software: facilitating language learning workshops, 2014-15
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Experimented with mnemonic software to optimize student learning, 2012-14 As a volunteer English teacher at the University of Guanajuato in Mexico I researched language learning techniques and eventually settled on a combination of techniques including the use of free, spaced repetition, cloud based, third party software that allows teachers, in that case myself, to channel visual-audio material to students via their mobile phones pre-class. The content that was distributed was selected following an assessment of student needs in order to align with their learning goals for travel and employment purposes. For screenshots of the mobile interface see Schedule 3.
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Schedule 1
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From clause 3.1(a), screenshots of IvyCert.com
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Schedule 2
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From clause 3.1(b), screenshots of Walllaw.com
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Schedule 3
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From clause 5.1, screenshots of third party app
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