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Get hands on with AWS services to prepare for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam

My favorite aspects about preparing for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification exam are the learning process and coming away with new knowledge. For anyone who has taken a certification exam, that feeling quickly turns to a brief moment of apprehension when the mountain of recommended documentation is staring at you. There must be another […]

Cognitive Science Post 3: Using elaboration to reinforce your understanding of concepts

This is the third and final post on how you can use principles from the cognitive sciences to enhance your learning of the AWS Cloud. Earlier in this series, we looked at how important it is to not rely solely on passively taking in information from a presentation or a class. Instead, challenge yourself to […]

Cognitive Science Post 2: Using Spaced Practice to increase knowledge retention

This is the second of a series of posts on how you can use principles from the cognitive sciences to enhance your learning of the AWS Cloud. In the first post, we discussed the importance of retrieval practice for long-term learning. There are hundreds of AWS services and features that you need to stay on […]