Perry Hewitt
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
LinkedIn has revealed the learning program made possible by its Lynda.com acquisition, with consumer plans available for $29.99/month. Weekend fun: First the robots took our factory jobs, and now they're coming for the songwriters. It's entirely another to have those skills tested and validated for potential employers.
Edsurge
JANUARY 21, 2019
Like most things, I believe it can be learned and honed. Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. It is a skill because it can be learned. Creativity also separates us from machines or robots. It combines elements of both.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Plumbing is just one of many good-paying skilled trades that remain in high demand but which have largely been glossed over by the education technology industry, says Doug Donovan, co-founder and CEO of Interplay Learning. His company has set out to create a digital education platform similar to Lynda.com, but focused on hands-on trades.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 11, 2016
I’d hardly know where to begin in writing one, but I want to open this particular article – one that focuses, in part, on the whole “everyone should learn to code” craze – recognizing his great contribution to educational computing as well as his loss. “Everyone should learn to code.”
Hack Education
APRIL 28, 2017
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 17, 2017
” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. ” 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.
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