LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
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Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#2No idea on valuations on this but seems kinda crazy to pay so much when all of the various free MOOC offerings seem to be getting better and better. Realize there's a difference motivation-wise when you actually have to pay and that "learn how to do x" vs "learn about the subject x is under" has value but don't know if $1.5bn is that difference.
I see great value for Linkedin users if there's some "official" certification for skills learned through Lynda services that leads to them being more marketable. That's pretty exciting.
Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
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Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#4No idea on valuations on this but seems kinda crazy to pay so much when all of the various free MOOC offerings seem to be getting better and better. Realize there's a difference motivation-wise when you actually have to pay and that "learn how to do x" vs "learn about the subject x is under" has value but don't know if $1.5bn is that difference. I see great value for Linkedin users if there's some "official" certific…
The Lynda.com courses aren't like MOOCs. They're not classes on theory, but rather condensed practical things, to get you up and running quickly. They're really aimed at working people catching up on new tech/learning the bases of new skills.
I do recommend the service if you want to figure out how to get started quickly with things like final cut or whatnot. It's realllly high quality stuff condensed into 2h or so
Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#5This is a pretty interesting acquisition. Linkedin is trying to position themselves as a full service job market. If you want a particular job, go to Linkedin and even if you are missing a few skills you can pick it up on their site and get "Linkedin Certified". This provides Linkedin with a series of "Linkedin Certified Professionals" that recruiters need to pay to get access to. It's an interesting position to be in: desired from both sides of the equation (Job Seekers and Recruiters/Talent Sourcers).
Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#6No idea on valuations on this but seems kinda crazy to pay so much when all of the various free MOOC offerings seem to be getting better and better. Realize there's a difference motivation-wise when you actually have to pay and that "learn how to do x" vs "learn about the subject x is under" has value but don't know if $1.5bn is that difference. I see great value for Linkedin users if there's some "official" certific…
The Lynda.com courses aren't like MOOCs. They're not classes on theory, but rather condensed practical things, to get you up and running quickly. They're really aimed at working people catching up on new tech/learning the bases of new skills. I do recommend the service if you want to figure out how to get started quickly with things like final cut or whatnot. It's realllly high quality stuff condensed into 2h or so
Agreed. I found Lynda.com to be amazing for learning programs like Final Cut in a very short amount of time.
Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#7One of the many steps we will see that will have a net effect of disintermediating traditional secondary education. With companies like LinkedIn filling an Uber type role.
It used to be that the secondary degree was the middle man between employee and employer (for many professions).
Certifications from companies like Microsoft and Cisco changed this in some realms.
MOOCs and companies like Lynda expanded to different sectors.
Now layers like LinkedIn can essentially be the Uber between employers and the myriad of certifications and degrees that will be available to employees. An Uber layer for connection, credibility, aggregation, certification, etc.
I don't believe traditional secondary education gets completely disintermediated. But I believe the landscape becomes much more heterogeneous, which is a good thing.
Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#8Very smart move. LinkedIn == career. This might mean heavy competition for Coursera & others going forward.
Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#9This is a pretty interesting acquisition. Linkedin is trying to position themselves as a full service job market. If you want a particular job, go to Linkedin and even if you are missing a few skills you can pick it up on their site and get "Linkedin Certified". This provides Linkedin with a series of "Linkedin Certified Professionals" that recruiters need to pay to get access to. It's an interesting position to be i…
Does MCSE still pull weight? Are there newer certifications that matter now?
What fields do you think will benefit from this certification? In design (one of Lynda's pillars), half of hireability is portfolio. I suppose in production roles, you'd want to know you're hiring technically proficient people, but that too you can mostly tell from the work.
Perhaps this works as well, or better, from the angle of "People who had this skill got looked at 3x more than you. Go get that skill."
Re: LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B
#10Congrats to Lynda.com a service I can't recommend enough if you want to get started with programming.
It's been around forever and the quality is amazing. I learned to program using it and I always recommend people to use it if they can afford it.
Going to be interesting to see where they will take this.