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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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“Some colleges cancel their contracts with online education provider Lynda.com after double-digit price hikes, saying the company is pricing itself out of the higher education market,” Inside Higher Ed reported in January. “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning,” Edsurge reported in June.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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The Ontario Curriculum (by the Ontario Ministry of Education): Maybe the best example of how to weave media literacy fundamentally into primary and secondary school curricula. LinkedIn Learning : Formerly Lynda.com, LinkedIn Learning is a subscription-based site for courses in media production and beyond.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market. LinkedIn, of course, had acquired online job training company Lynda.com last year for $1.5 These unaccredited schools argue they’re best positioned to “ close the skills gap.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 For what it’s worth, according to the latest data from the NCES , the number of post-secondary institutions in the US has increased since 2011. ” Good grief, the handwringing. Increased by just 2, but still.).

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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Indeed, the job prospects for those with just a high school diploma but no additional schooling are pretty dismal , even for positions that once did not demand any sort of post-secondary education. You can look to Lynda.com, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2015 for $1.5 weird that, eh?)