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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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As LinkedIn Learning Subsumes Lynda.com, Library Groups Raise Privacy Concerns

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Libraries have long been enthusiastic subscribers to Lynda.com, offering their patrons access to the once-upstart company’s collection of educational videos on a range of topics. Currently, to access Lynda.com in a library, a person logs in using their library card and a PIN. LinkedIn acquired Lynda.com in 2015 for $1.5

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What Did SXSWedu Have to Say About Adult Learning?

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What did this year’s SXSWedu conference have to say about adult learning? He challenged attendees not to “tech away” the problems of disenfranchised students, but instead to find ways to work in communities and use their strengths and uniquenesses to find effective ways to help students learn. Turns out, more than you might think.

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LinkedIn Learning Opens Its Platform (Slightly)

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A few years ago, in a move toward professional learning, LinkedIn bought Lynda.com for $1.5 The plan, announced Friday, is to let companies or colleges who already subscribe to LinkedIn Learning add content from a select group of other providers. LinkedIn officials say it will not be selling subscriptions to the other services.

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Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

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Along the way, Varsity Tutors raised $107 million in venture capital from firms including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Learn Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures. These include DreamBox Learning, EverFi, InStride and Renaissance Learning. In 2020, users logged over 4.7 million hours of live instruction. billion in 2017.

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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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As LinkedIn’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges

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It has been just over two years since LinkedIn shocked the industry by buying Lynda.com, a library of video courses, for $1.5 EdSurge: A couple of years ago LinkedIn bought Lynda.com for a whopping 1.5 Golding: I joined Lynda.com in 2011. Our focus was always helping people learn. billion dollars.