After nearly a year in the making, a brand new website is now available from GCFLearnFree.org, an online educational resource of Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC and Goodwill Community Foundation.
After months of development and requests from online learners, GCFLearnFree.org has released a 13-set series of grammar videos that help clear up confusion about the most commonly used grammatical errors today. The videos are designed to be both educational and entertaining.
Including both existing and original content, all of the tutorials, mobile apps, interactives, games, and videos found at GCF Labs have been rated as experimental or of interest by GCFLearnFree staff.
The Educators' Resource includes GCFLearnFree.org's approach to instructional design, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, information regarding Terms of Use, and curriculum guides, which have been frequently requested by service providers.
Information literacy, also called "digital literacy," "gap skills," or "21st century skills," is getting more and more attention from educators and employers alike. Many companies are discovering a skills gap in the workforce as many employees lack essential skills between critical thinking and technology.
On July 26, GCFLearnFree.org was awarded the 2012 MERLOT Classics Award for Information Technology at The Sloan Consortium's 5th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Members of the GCFLearnFree.org team attended the event to accept the award and present a special session during the conference.
Utilizing various educational tools, the GCFLearnFree.org ESL program allows learners to see images and videos of words, hear them used in sentences and paragraphs, and practice matching words and sounds. Everything is self-paced and self-directed so that students can choose to focus on the areas that are most important and relevant to learn.
GCFLearnFree.org now offers over 90 different topics that include over 1,000 lessons, video, and interactives. In 2011 alone, 20 topics were launched that are comprised of 145 lessons, 85 screencasts, 13 videos, 64 interactives and 7 infographics.
GCFLearnFree.org is looking for an additional writer to create quality, innovative educational content for the organization's various online learning programs.
For those that have made a New Year's Resolution to learn a new skill, enhance a resume, or to improve their educational outlook in 2012, GCFLearnFree.org is available to help. Anyone with access to the Internet can take advantage of free lessons in over 90 different topics, including Computer Basics, Microsoft Office, Internet Basics, Email Basics, Social Media, Math, Reading, and Everyday Life.
As GCFLearnFree.org continues to grow, the organization is adding to its staff with openings for a full time Curriculum Writer/Instructional Designer and two part time Computer Class Instructors.
In just a little over a year, the GCFLearnFree Reading Program has reached an important milestone, having launched educational content 1,000 of the most common words in the English language, concluding an intensive work period by GCFLearnFree.org staff.
GCFLearnFree.org has launched its first iPad application, a Microsoft Word 2010 Tutorial, which joins seven other mobile applications for iPhone and Android.
Do you have a background in education? Passionate about writing? Familiar with social media? Talented in graphic design? You may be interested in this curriculum writer position with GCFLearnFree.org based in Raleigh, NC.
GCFLearnFree.org announces the addition of two new mobile applications, GCF Excel 2010 Tutorial App and GCF PowerPoint 2010 Tutorial App, both in iPhone and Android, to their growing family of mobile applications based on their popular tutorials.
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