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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 To check in on how the Lynda courses fit into the LinkedIn strategy, EdSurge sat down with Mordy Golding, director of content for LinkedIn, at the ASU+GSV Summit last month. billion dollars.

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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 billion, adding the well-known library of video-based courses to its professional social network. So it's not like just any course library will be integrated, though the company said it plans to add others in the future.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is a LIVE show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. The Call for Proposals will open May 1st , immediately following the Library 2.015 Spring Summit. Did we mention it was LIVE?

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

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Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. Aparna Krishnan LiveEdu points to colleges, schools and libraries as some of its target participants.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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LinkedIn Learning : Formerly Lynda.com, LinkedIn Learning is a subscription-based site for courses in media production and beyond. You'll need to pay for each course, but once you do it'll be in your library forever. Citation Library (not a report, but a great roundup of research articles and reports) Defining Disinformation.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. .” Via Education Week : “Schools Grappling With Fee Hikes for AP Exams.”