As MOOC platforms show signs of slowing, Peer to Peer Learning Marketplaces have the potential to obtain a wider and deeper market penetration for professional learning than their University driven peers.
There was more than a little smugness on show when John Warner, a teacher and journalist penned his article on MOOCs ‘The non-disruption’. Warner’s point was that MOOCs had not lived up to their disruptive hype. This follows on from the declaration by…
In my December issue I covered the very likely possibility of a Udacity IPO, Udacity are cutting costs, doubling down on their high growth business areas and raising prices. This all seems likely to lead to an IPO. Coursera have long been considered next in line for an IPO as they took…
MOOC platforms face technological threat as skill based platforms leverage superior learning technology to capture consumer markets.
-Learning Machine, a blockchain-based credentialing system which formerly partnered with MIT media labs has raised $3m. The short pitch is that as jobs and education go digital, we need digital credentials for our education and those need to be trustworthy and…
Reposted from The times Higher Education
A common question to start-up founders is: “What problem does this solve?” Massive open online courses (Moocs) are a solution in want of a problem.
Originally designed to allow students to teach in a subject (at a University level) or begin their PhD, the master’s degree has long since become the latest weapon in the arms race among graduates both to differentiate themselves from those with ‘just’ a…
Pluralsight, the technology training platform and Stack Overflow, the developer community platform, have partnered to allow Stack Overflow users to display Pluralsight…
