Online Learning Update

April 23, 2015

Three Reasons LinkedIn Broke the Bank for Lynda.com

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:06 am

by Kurt Wagner, Re/Code

LinkedIn is keen on getting college students onto its platform, especially college seniors about to enter the job market. Roslansky said the Lynda.com acquisition further promotes this focus, and could help get LinkedIn’s foot in the door of some of these classrooms. Lynda already works with 40 percent of the nation’s colleges and universities, including all of the Ivy League schools. “Colleges are [using] this platform to help students learn skills they need before they take a class or during a class or to augment some of the materials these institutions are using in their day-to-day,” Roslansky explained. “This platform reaches students.”

http://recode.net/2015/04/09/three-reasons-linkedin-broke-the-bank-for-lynda-com/

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