The latest episode of Udacity's Learning Lab podcast features Dennis Schultz, the Executive Director of the Blacks in Technology Foundation (BiT). He joins the podcast to discuss increasing representation in the tech industry, why corporations should keep diversity top-of-mind, and why BiT partnered with Udacity to offer a new scholarship for under…

Today, we’re here with Sidney Wells — Senior Airman, U.S. Air Force and Udacity student.After receiving his Bachelor’s in Theology from Georgetown University, Sidney joined the U.S. Air Force to start a new career. With both the Full Stack Web Developer and Intermediate Javascript Nanodegrees under his belt, Sidney filled his knowledge gaps and suc…

Today, we’ll be chatting with Udacity student and software engineer Linda Chen.While she graduated with a Master’s in Business back in 2019, Linda is now paving herself a different career path — she’s eager to put her web development skills to work.Impressed by the fact that people in the industry actually use Udacity to transition into technical f…

Today, we’re here with Udacity student and now backend blockchain developer Ringaile Valiaugaite.Intrigued by how blockchain technology solves problems, Ringaile enrolled in Udacity’s Blockchain Developer Nanodegree program with the goal of transitioning from her role as a Java Technologies IT consultant to working in blockchain development.Post co…

In today’s episode, we’ll be exploring the impact digital transformation has on individuals, businesses, and society at large.Digital transformation is changing how we work and live. Quickly. As business and market requirements shift, we all must adapt to keep pace. Lifelong learning is a strategy we can all apply as we transition into an even more…

Today we’ll be speaking with Udacity student Noha Abuaesh. Four years out of her Master’s program in Computer Science and Engineering, Noha decided she wanted to reenter the workforce. But, considering how quickly things change in the programming world, getting back in the game is a huge feat.Two Nanodegrees later (Intro to Programming and Blockcha…

Today, we are witnessing rapid advancements in the field of autonomous flight. Drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), are being used in remarkable ways all over the world—from helping to fight malaria in Malaysia, to supporting wildlife conservation in Florida. Drones are also being used for site surveying, package delivery, event videography,…

The Drawing Board talks with Albert De Plazaola, Global Strategy Leader at Unispace, and a specialist in design strategy, workplace strategy, and change management. Unispace has helped build workspaces for companies including GE, SAP, Slate Magazine, Virgin, WeWork, Infosys and hundreds more, and in this episode, we pursue a definitive answer to th…

Today we are joined by Michelle Weise, Senior Research Fellow for Higher Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Articles about massive open online courses (MOOCs) would be a lot shorter if shorn of words and phrases containing the word “disruption.” But disruptive technology and the like are not simply catch phras…

Today we are joined by Russell Beal, “Critical Friend” for the (relatively) new UK MOOC provider FutureLearn. FutureLearn is a spin off from Britain’s Open University (OU), the world’s largest academic provider of distance education. And in today’s discussion, Russell shares his thoughts about OU, FutureLearn, and what the entrance of new players m…

Today we are joined by Lindsay Murphy, Education Project Manager for the Saylor Foundation – a non-profit provider of free online college courses. Saylor provides curated courses, meaning they are built using public domain and open access content drawn from the web and other public sources. You can read a review of an advanced philosophy […] The po…

Today we are joined by Tim Mauri, Marketing Manager for US Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery at Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson and Johnson company. Tim is one of the people behind Ethicon’s experiment in online learning that involves releasing a course for medical specialists using the edX platform. And on today’s show, we talk about the course, […] The po…

Today’s podcast guest is Justin Reich, Richard L. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow, a Fellow at the Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and a visiting lecturer in the Scheller Teacher Education Program at MIT. Justin was that guy some of you saw on stage when Harvard released its research findings back in January. And […] The post I…