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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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LinkedIn’s New Learning Platform to Recommend Lynda Courses for Professionals

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If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. The new product, LinkedIn Learning , includes all 5,000 courses published on Lynda.com, and any new courses created will be published on both platforms. Today the social media site for professionals. billion , that’s because it is.

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What Did SXSWedu Have to Say About Adult Learning?

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Salesforce and LinkedIn/Lynda.com talked about how their learning platforms help adults learn skills via personalized pathways. They asked, for example, if Cell-Ed was having success selling to states or to other system-level customers. Second, there were several sessions about the skills gap and ways to address that gap.

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Microsoft Takes a Bite Out of BrightBytes, Acquiring Its DataSense Platform and Team

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In a nutshell, DataSense is a set of professional services that work with K-12 districts to collect data from different data systems, translate them into unified formats and aggregate that information into a unified dashboard for reporting purposes.

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As Campuses Move to Embrace OER, College Libraries Become Key Players

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These days more colleges are setting up support systems to encourage OER adoption, and to help professors navigate the differences that come with using open materials rather than adopting a commercial textbook. “Sometimes there’s no option,” he said. “If If you don’t have the money for it then you don’t have the money for it.

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Is Creativity a Skill?

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Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com Jaime Casap: The best creative solution usually comes from collaboration. But such mechanical systems seem very gameable. It combines elements of both. Other soft skills include critical thinking, collaboration, and negotiation.

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