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Is Creativity a Skill?

Edsurge

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. For art: create it, present it, try to sell it, get feedback and repeat. How can creativity be measured or assessed? It combines elements of both.

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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. Have them create original content and assessments as well. I have a YouTube playlist of workouts I use when I travel.

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

The CoolCatTeacher

Tip: To learn about my blended learning strategies, see my presentation on Slideshare Simple Steps to Blended Learning . PowerPoint (for Handouts, Presentations, and Screencasts). Keynote (for Presentations). Keynote – For my presentations, I use a technique that my friend George Couros has mastered.

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

Hack Education

This talk was presented at Coventry University as part of my visiting fellowship at the Disruptive Media Learning Lab. Rather it’s a history itself – ideally one that’s useful for our thinking about the past, present, and future in the way in which the study of history always should be.

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