Let’s say that you want to learn something. You can read about it or you can listen to an audiobook. Which is better? Is reading better or listening? Reading is how most of us are used to acquiring information, but […]
Before discussing how to improve our teaching with audio courses, let us first look into how audio has come to be a crucial part of online learning. Why Audio Courses Have Come to Stay Long before now, people have been […]
At Alpe, we’re pretty much obsessed with lifelong learning. When I first joined the company, Yehoshua our CEO bought me two books. And not Kindle ones either. Physical books that I could write in and highlight important parts. The books […]
A few weeks ago, Alpe developed a new feature to help lifelong learners get some skin in the game when it comes to meeting their learning goals. The feature was called “Learn and Earn.” Every week learners would commit to […]
Audiobooks have been making a comeback over the past 10 years. Why a comeback? Well, they’ve been around for much longer than most people realize — unless, like me, you used to listen to tapes and CDs when you were growing up. […]
I love the definition of a lifelong learner: Lifelong learning is the “ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. Therefore, it not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship, and personal development, but also self-sustainability, […]
Do you want to be a lifelong learner but just find it too hard to stick it through? If the answer to that is yes, then you’re like most people out there. Well, maybe I shouldn’t speak for most people. […]
2020 was a tumultuous year — a global pandemic meshed with civil unrest in many parts of the world. In the U.S.A this was felt significantly amid the Black Lives Matter movement and a contentious election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. […]
“Ew,” said my friend. “No one wants to listen to a scripted podcast.” I was catching up with an old friend, one I hadn’t seen in a few years. Upon reconnecting, we realized we were both working in the audio […]
Visual learning vs audio learning At Alpe, we’re often asked two questions: What’s an audio course and how is audio learning different from “regular” online, visual learning? How do you teach in audio when so many people are ‘visual learners’? […]
