The excitement is really building around here, as the dates of Udemy LIVE draw ever closer (it’s June 24-26, FYI) On the off chance you haven’t heard about Udemy LIVE yet, it will be our first-ever, in-person instructor event and will feature workshops, special speakers, and activities to motivate and challenge...
This month brought us a bumper crop of decidedly different courses, and Caroline and DQ from the review team have handpicked a few notable newcomers Plenty to choose from if you like to party, play, and decompress The Complete MEGA JAM Hip Hop Class What we liked: In this excellently produced hip-hop dance...
We’re excited to announce that Udemy courses are now available on Apple TV Students love the flexibility and convenience of learning through Udemy Our self-paced, on-demand courses let students fit productive learning time into their busy schedules, on web or mobile devices Now we've got another way to...
Check out the infographic we just released showing what people around the US are learning on Udemy and the interesting geographic and generational trends we’re tracking Are you typical of your age and...
Location: Newport News, VA Age: 27 Job title: Entrepreneur/founder Taylor McClenny is brimming with great business ideas So many, in fact, he sort of regretted having to graduate from his university, where he started developing some of those ideas as part of his business major In his final year, he indulged a...
Location: Boise, ID Age: 54 Job title: Software architect/Project manager Jay Karamales isn’t one to sit by passively in the face of change When the northern Virginia area where he and his wife grew up started getting too crowded, they researched other small cities that met their parameters and relocated to...
Location: Monterrey, Mexico Age: 35 Job title: Global Process Assessment Advisor When your boss comes along and tells you to find a resource and go learn something new, it could be unnerving But when that happened to Luis Martinez, it was no big deal because he’d already been using Udemy for a while and...
Happy early 4th of July to readers in the US, and a blessed Ramadan to our friends in Udemy’s Ankara office and everyone celebrating around the world Let’s see what caught our eye this past week Udemy LIVE: It’s a wrap! What a weekend that was! We’re all pretty thrilled with how our first event for Udemy...
Here we are at the end of the week and the beginning of awesomeness This isn’t just any Friday; it’s the start of Udemy LIVE! Udemy instructors from around the globe have been sharing messages and photos all week as they’ve made their way to San Francisco, and tonight we kick off the action with a reception at...
Five years ago Maureen Iyasele of Lagos, Nigeria, left her job as a chemical engineer in the oil and gas industry in search of more fulfilling work Watching so many of her young friends struggle to find jobs inspired Iyasele to found a center that would answer to the staggering unemployment rate in her country,...
Vanessa Van Edwards describes herself as a “recovered awkward person” Social situations used to be hard for her - and it showed Then she started learning about body language, and discovered her passion for helping people like herself build confidence in social and professional situations, using body language and...
What is the purpose of the semicolon When is an apostrophe appropriate Len Smith realized during his career as a copywriter that many people do not know the answers to these and tons of other punctuation questions Smith, a 71-year-old from Yorkshire, England, has been running his own business, Copywriting On...
