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Is Creativity a Skill?

Edsurge

From personal experience, the most creative moments rarely happen on a conference call, in a meeting, or with sharpies, sticky notes and a whiteboard. Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com Jaime Casap: The best creative solution usually comes from collaboration.

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As Corporate World Moves Toward Curated ‘Microlearning,’ Higher Ed Must Adapt

Edsurge

billion acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015—and LinkedIn’s subsequent acquisition by Microsoft in 2016 for $26 billion—are connected to the new business models in the provision of corporate learning. Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion. Similarly, LinkedIn’s $1.5

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On building learning playlists

NeverEndingSearch

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. The teacher or librarian can easily customize and adjust playlists to meet each student’s strengths and needs and pace.

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

Zoom Room (for online meetings and video recordings). for my meetings now. I went through an incredible course on Lynda.com in January to help me use it better each day. Google Calendar (Appointments, Coordinating Times to Meet). Think of it as messaging you can organize by hashtag and search. You can dm in slack too.

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

Hack Education

” We can see in Reagan’s pledge the roots of ongoing efforts to defund public education, something that enabled for-profit schools to step in to meet the demand for college. Teachers can adapt or create new playlists and projects to meet their students’ needs. “Disrupt.” ” “Unbundle.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ ACICS -Accredited Colleges Meet Federal Deadline.” “The ‘poor man’s MBA’ can boost salaries by 20%,” says CNN in a puff piece about LinkedIn , Lynda.com , and project management certificates. .” ” Not Tressie McMillan Cottom, for example.

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