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Friday 5 — 9.23.2016

Perry Hewitt

LinkedIn has revealed the learning program made possible by its Lynda.com acquisition, with consumer plans available for $29.99/month. It's one thing to claim you have skills on your LinkedIn profile, and have a couple of colleagues endorse you. It's entirely another to have those skills tested and validated for potential employers.

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

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. Tokenized Learning According to data tracked by Coinbase , ICOs have raised nearly $3.4

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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

Monday, April 27th at 5pm edWeb Webinar: Getting Started with Game-Based Learning , Are you curious about game-based learning, but don’t know where to begin? This webinar will cover what to look for in a game, where to get good games for learning, and strategies to integrate games into the system of a classroom.