One knows that the field has grown quite broad when there is a curated list of this number of sources.
Clearly there is a need for an advanced search function to be able to locate specific content across the multitude of sites and platforms.
One knows that the field has grown quite broad when there is a curated list of this number of sources.
Clearly there is a need for an advanced search function to be able to locate specific content across the multitude of sites and platforms.
Wow.
As Gary points out, curating the courseware is important, as well as curating the platform, because quality varies greatly for both. It can take some time to find out whether a course does all it could/ should, and whether the platform does too. Maybe ratings and reviews would work, as they do at Amazon for example. Quality curating is not always easy to come by however.
I have had very mixed results working with courses at Udemy, for example.
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This sort of multiplication of access to content also again begs the questions of 1) who is the gatekeeper offering validation and recognition that learning has taken place…. and 2) do those those needing to verify that a learner is prepared to take on a job or responsibility have what they need for evaluation?
Because, at some point
Needless to say, that’s a really big question to be sorted out, and that the methods of doing so will have huge implications for the freedom of the individual and the costs to the individual…as well as the efficiency and productivity of our economy as a whole.
I think it is important to consider whether the “at will” evolution of US employment fundamentally changes (at for may workers and many employment categories) the value/utility of any degree or formal credential.
When the company can try out an employee with little cost, there is less much less need to have a third party validate the credentials.
Further, with the rapid change of many disciplines. credentials are dated as soon as the course is completed. In the tech space (software development), a portfolio (like an artist) is often a much better evaluation tool.