Online Learning Update

August 6, 2015

Tech experts rake in the cash by teaching online

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by Mary K. Pratt, Computer World

Rick Walter was facing a robust job market when he graduated from Brigham Young University in April of 2014 with an IS degree. But Walter wasn’t interested in a conventional career path. So early in June 2014, when Apple came out with Swift, its new programming language for coding Mac OS X and iOS applications, Walter dove into Apple’s hefty e-manual, then the only way to learn the new language. He’d teach Swift the way he would have preferred to learn it. He recorded himself explaining the language as he worked his way chapter by chapter through the manual. In just four days he made about 50 videos, each just several minutes long. He teamed up with Udemy, an online learning marketplace, to offer the video series as a single course. Walter offered it free on day one, when 1,600 people signed up. Interest soared from there, even after he set the price at $199, and Walter earned about $40,000 over the next several days. All told, he has made about $180,000 from that course and others, even after factoring in Udemy’s cut.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2950118/it-careers/tech-experts-rake-in-the-cash-by-teaching-online.html

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