The New York Times recently reported, “An analysis of 99 studies by the federal Department of Education concluded last year that online instruction, on average, was more effective than face-to-face learning by a modest amount.” However, in this same article, they...
Ask Dr. Diane: What are the most common writing mistakes that your students make? While it is not unusual to see spelling and grammar issues, I’ll assume that readers realize that they should check for such things and just list the top 10 most common other issues I...
Click on the picture below to watch the video of Dr. Diane Hamilton's presentation: "How to Get a Job Marketing You as the Product":
For those of you atttending University of Advancing Technology Tech Forum - I will be giving a talk about "How to Obtain Your Dream Job And Make More Money Marketing You" - See: University of Advancing Technology - Tech Forum 2010. The talk will be from...
image via online.wsj.com If you are considering going back to college, you may be interested to know that tuition rates are going up. That is the bad news. The good news is that the Pell grants are on the rise. I give a lot of advice about paying for college in my...
If you are considering going to school or going back to school, check out some of these figures gathered from over 11,000 graduates. via online.wsj.com
In the book The Online Student's User Manual, I wrote quite a bit about online universities, their perception by employers and how they compare to traditional universities. Check out the following article from elearners.com that gives some interesting statistics about...
Image via eduinreview.com I am always interested in any technology that helps young adults prepare for college and beyond. Arizona has a new website that is aimed at helping high school grads pursue a college degree. Check out this article by Eugene Scott at the...
Image via static.howstuffworks.com I am a huge fan of Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant who do a podcast called Stuff You Should Know from HowStuffWorks.com. On a recent podcast, they mentioned my book, The Online Student's User Manual. For those of you who have read my...
In my books, I often write about using social media tools. I think they can be invaluable in the classroom. I recently found a great article about media tools for teachers on Mashable.com. I am a big Mashable fan. They have wonderful articles about technology and...
Our guest today is DocuSign’s Chief People Officer, Joan Burke. In this episode, we discuss DocuSign’s unique core company values: Trusted, Loved, and Responsible. Joan tells us how and why these values are kept top-of-mind for every decision around how they treat...
Our guest is Andrea Alexander, Chief People Officer at Rent the Runway. Andrea is a huge believer in social capital and the important contributions it makes in workplace culture, and is focused on creating programs to help employees develop social capital despite...
If you want to achieve smooth cashflow to support your lifestyle for years, give everything you can to build a sustainable business. Dr. Diane Hamilton explores the right way to establish such a venture with Meg Taylor Morrison, a science...
Years ago, autonomous vehicles could be thought of as nothing but fiction. As technology advances, more and more people have been cozying up to self-driving cars and their positive impact on the environment. Jeffrey Bleich, the Chief Legal Officer for Cruise,...
Beauty comes from within—a phrase we often hear to motivate us when insecurities attack. But there’s more to it than what we often think. In this episode, Hitendra Wadhwa, educator, speaker, and founder of the Mentora Institute, takes us deeper within. He talks about...