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  • Udemy Instructor Spotlight: Bonnie Schulkin

    Udemy instructor Bonnie Schulkin has always learned by teaching As a Udemy student looking, to no avail, for a React Testing course, she naturally decided to learn the subject by creating a Udemy course Read more below about Bonnie's experience teaching online for the first time! Name: Bonnie...

  • Udemy Instructor Spotlight: Isaac Rudansky

    Thirty-five thousand instructors teach on Udemy That’s a lot of instructors That’s a lot of people with expertise, knowledge, and stories under their belts We want to hear more about ‘em So, we are launching a new blog series featuring instructor profiles, starting with four-course instructor Isaac Rudansky...

  • Practice (Activities) Makes Perfect: An Interview with Imtiaz Ahmad

    As much as Udemy is about helping students learn from the best instructors, the truth is we’re constantly learning from them too Take Imtiaz Ahmad He’s a bit of a superstar in the Udemy instructor world He was recently recognized at Udemy LIVE, our annual instructor conference, for his use of practice...

  • “Cop Gone Yogi” Uses Online Teaching to Help People Find Healing

    Who doesn’t love a good story of self-reinvention We’ve certainly seen our share among Udemy students and instructors alike There’s the Brazilian lawyer who became an app developer, the Egyptian civil engineer who pivoted to sports management, the New York actor who turned into a startup CEO, and many more...

  • For After Effects Pro, Teaching on Udemy Means Owning Her Destiny

    Maggie Osama hated her advertising agency job and didn’t get along with her boss—so much that she quit and vowed never to be “an employee” again She didn’t have a plan or anything lined up, just a determination to control her own destiny and do whatever it took to make it work With degrees in computer...

  • Goal Setting 101 from Experts Joeel and Natalia Rivera

    The new year is just around the corner, which makes it the perfect time to set plans and goals for 2018 We all know resolutions sometimes fail, so we wondered, what makes a well-set plan and how can you ensure you follow it We tapped Udemy instructor duo and motivation experts Joeel and Natalie Rivera for their top...

  • Get Your House In Order! Tidying Guru Marie Kondo is Now On Udemy

    Best-selling author and organizing expert Marie Kondo has launched her first Udemy course, "Tidy Up Your Home: The KonMari Method," and there are no more excuses for having unwanted clutter in your life Kondo has become an international phenomenon since introducing her KonMari method, “a way of life and a state of...

  • Supercharge Your Delivery: 6 Tips To Improve Your On-Camera Presence

    At Udemy LIVE this year, instructors Alexa Fischer and Joseph Phillips led a fun, interactive session on how to improve your on-camera delivery Their advice was so well-received by attendees, we wanted to share it with everyone else who couldn’t make it to San Francisco for the conference If you’re thinking of...

  • Finding Inspiration and Passing It On

    Manuj Aggarwal of Vancouver first found Udemy as a student when, for his work as a software consultant, he needed to familiarize himself with JavaScript He liked the course he took so much, he explored the rest of Udemy’s collection and kept going Then he got his colleagues on board with Udemy, to the point that it...

  • Sometimes Performance Coaches Need Coaches Too

    New online instructors can hit plateaus where they may feel tempted to throw in the towel For those struggling to push on, the husband-and-wife team of Susmita Dutta and Akshay Goel may provide the inspiration you need Despite having loads of offline training experience, getting in front of the camera was a new and...