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I'd say Lynda.com was hugely successful. Or is that not considered Ed-Tech?
by unreal37 7y ago
I'd say Lynda.com was hugely successful.
Or is that not considered Ed-Tech?
- ghaff 7y agoI suspect vocational training is considered old hat and boring. I get Lynda through my company and it can be pretty good. But it's not really that different from the sort of online training courses I've had access to in one form or another for ages.
- newguy1234 7y agoLynda became successful because companies gave it to their employees to boost up their skills...which I think might be an untapped potential market for ed tech. How about making very high quality courses that aren't sold to students. They're sold to companies which in turn make their employees take the courses and so on.
- ghaff 7y agoA lot of these companies are realizing that is the market. A lot of companies put a lot of money into their internal ed programs and, in the scheme of things, adding some more general purpose ed to flesh out their offerings is cheap. Getting an employee or hobbyist to pay even $100 of their own money for a course. Or making them jump through reimbursement hoops? Not so much. Actually reminds me I should map out some Lynda courses to take in the new year.
- brians 7y agoI should take another look! I learn more by reading, and the ubiquitous PDF of course notes findable by DDGo is really something. Ubiquitous preprinted are amazing. But YouTube’s videos have helped me fix home appliances, fuse PVC, and pick up all sorts of practical skills. Lynda could be in the same avenue for work skills.