Edsurge
JANUARY 21, 2019
Jaime Casap, chief education evangelist at Google To get a broader perspective, I also posed this question to professionals from different industries, working in film, writing, teaching, museums and technology companies big and small. Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. It combines elements of both.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2017
Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. Matryx offers a marketplace and bounty system for researchers to buy, sell and mix digital assessment and research.
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Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). The company has raised some $77.5
NeverEndingSearch
AUGUST 17, 2018
Some of my colleagues use Lynda.com to gather playlists from specific elements selected across the hundreds of offered courses. They can include interactive elements and assessments of progress. Differentiation : Imagine creating instruction (face-to-face or flipped) using Google Docs or Slides as your major platform.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 3, 2016
It also links with other tools we use like Trello, Google Docs, Dropbox, and more. Google Drive (Collaborative Writing). Google Drive – My students get to choose what they will use for word processing and collaboration. They usually open a Google Doc and add collaborators and they are off to go. Very cool tool.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 11, 2016
The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Google’s Alphabet Inc. LinkedIn, of course, had acquired online job training company Lynda.com last year for $1.5 and Facebook Inc.
Hack Education
APRIL 3, 2017
Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. Turns out that “free” might not be the best business model for a for-profit company, particularly one that cannot rely on advertising the same way that other “free” products like Facebook and Google can. They aspire to be monopolies.
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