I have submitted a course to Lynda.com with a view to reviewing how it works. I continuously survey the opportunities for teachers to teach, what I call student-employed college instructors, or the German call privatdozents, or is it privatdozenten? I filled out the form on this their "call for teachers" page.
Here a week later and no reply. Every time I look at one of these sites I check out their "press" or media link and my heart sinks when I see "round two financing" or whatever because it can be accurately translated "screw the instructors." When education becomes a business, someone has to get screwed, and the easiest target is the instructors, because they are the only ones who care, so they will compromise on money.
Lynda.com is not unique in this, it is baked into capitalism. Education is like medicine, it is not quite a market event. It is certainly an economic event, but not adaptable to a profit model. Education works best on the cooperative model, like medicine.
There are various versions of lynda.com out there, straighterline, etc... made possible because the present alternatives are so bad. But things are changing.
But in USA we have the false dilemma of "business model" vs "socialisr model" in both education and medicine. And that is why education and medicine is so backwards in USA, very expensive and poor results.
If you disagree regarding expensive and poor results, then you are unaware what both can be, if freed from state intervention.
In the meantime, I'd love to see an "education" website answer a potential instructor within 24 hours. But then, why bother? It's about the money.
Feel free to forward this to three friends.
Here a week later and no reply. Every time I look at one of these sites I check out their "press" or media link and my heart sinks when I see "round two financing" or whatever because it can be accurately translated "screw the instructors." When education becomes a business, someone has to get screwed, and the easiest target is the instructors, because they are the only ones who care, so they will compromise on money.
Lynda.com is not unique in this, it is baked into capitalism. Education is like medicine, it is not quite a market event. It is certainly an economic event, but not adaptable to a profit model. Education works best on the cooperative model, like medicine.
There are various versions of lynda.com out there, straighterline, etc... made possible because the present alternatives are so bad. But things are changing.
But in USA we have the false dilemma of "business model" vs "socialisr model" in both education and medicine. And that is why education and medicine is so backwards in USA, very expensive and poor results.
If you disagree regarding expensive and poor results, then you are unaware what both can be, if freed from state intervention.
In the meantime, I'd love to see an "education" website answer a potential instructor within 24 hours. But then, why bother? It's about the money.
Feel free to forward this to three friends.
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