Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2019

Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. For example, there are specific skills that would encourage creative thinking—both divergent idea generation and convergent selection between ideas. It’s embedded in problem-solving, for example. Creativity also separates us from machines or robots.

lynda.com 167

lynda.com Industry Assessment Examples 167

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). The company sold The Financial Times and its stake in The Economist in 2015, for example. Pearson does not have a platform. .”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

.” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again we were told “robots are coming for your jobs.” We must prepare preschoolers for an automated future.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

“The ‘poor man’s MBA’ can boost salaries by 20%,” says CNN in a puff piece about LinkedIn , Lynda.com , and project management certificates. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “​Are False Connections with AI Robots Putting Your Student’s Emotional Health at Risk?”

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

“Could robots be marking your homework ?” Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.” ” asks the BBC. Via NPR : “Carol Dweck Explains The ‘False’ Growth Mindset That Worries Her.” ” The Business of Ed-Tech.

Education 40

Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

.” Via The Washington Post : “Battle over college course material is a textbook example of technological change.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” I’d love to see a comparison between Pluralsight and Lynda.com.). ” (Psst.

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43