Online Learning Update

December 12, 2013

Online educational tools help boost career prospects

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:04 am

By PATRICIA KITCHEN, Newsday

There’s help online for professionals on Long Island who are looking for tools to boost their career prospects. An increasingly popular batch of free or low-cost on-demand Web platforms, some with mobile apps for learning on the go, are helping people develop skills to stay relevant and employable, learn the ins and outs of setting up a blog or a business, or find ways to manage time and energy more effectively. These resources — with names like creativeLIVE, Skillshare, Udemy and Coursera — offer training in anything from Twitter basics to Rock Poster Design to Statistical Molecular Thermal Dynamics, right along with essential computer-age skills such as how to use the ubiquitous spreadsheet program Excel.

http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/jobs/online-educational-tools-help-boost-career-prospects-1.6556410

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