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LinkedIn Pauses Changes to Lynda.com After Libraries Raise Privacy Concerns

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LinkedIn has temporarily delayed planned changes to Lynda.com, a popular education-video library the company bought in 2015 for $1.5 This summer, LinkedIn announced that it would require users of Lynda.com to create a LinkedIn account to get to the video collection. billion, after libraries around the country raised privacy concerns.

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?Why an iTunes Model for Online Learning Is Bad for Educators

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Many online learning platforms, such as LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass, are indeed pivoting towards business models that look a lot like subscription-based streaming services Pandora, Spotify or Netflix. We could be pushing online teachers in a similar direction. monthly minimum wage. monthly minimum wage.

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LinkedIn’s New Learning Platform to Recommend Lynda Courses for Professionals

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LinkedIn loves to learn. announced an online learning portal with thousands of courses aimed at helping individuals pivot or pick up new skills for their careers. If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. Today the social media site for professionals.

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LinkedIn spends $1 billion on education company to improve skill training

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LinkedIn to acquire lynda.com to better connect the global workforce, says company. Through a subscription to lynda.com’s service, individual members and organizations have access to a collection of courses taught by what the company says are industry experts, offered in various languages.

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Lynda.com’s free offerings

NeverEndingSearch

I’ll admit it wasn’t on my K12 radar, but at the university one of the most popular resources for teaching and learning and catching up is Lynda.com. Lynda.com Youtube channel features 10 percent of the online learning company’s course content–heavy on software and technology, design, and business skills.

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Down with OTT? 3 ways this technology is a new must for education

eSchool News

There’s a new catch phrase in town, and it has massive implications for blended and online learning, especially as OER use begins to ramp up in schools and institutions across the country. OTT channels are the emerging elephant in the field of opportunity in online learning.”. What Is It? Why Should Education Take Notice?

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Friday 5 — 9.23.2016

Perry Hewitt

LinkedIn has revealed the learning program made possible by its Lynda.com acquisition, with consumer plans available for $29.99/month. It's one thing to claim you have skills on your LinkedIn profile, and have a couple of colleagues endorse you. It's entirely another to have those skills tested and validated for potential employers.