So how about the enthusiast – the person who might want to be a great home cook but does not want a $20K culinary education, or the art enthusiast who wants to learn graphic design, but doesn’t want or need a degree. As the baby boomers age and retire, there will be many of these enthusiasts who have disposable income, and may want to spend $3K or $4K to learn a new skill. Right now, there is no way a for-profit education company could be profitable serving this market. There is a huge opportunity if someone can target these enthusiasts effectively. Source: Stoffer’s Soapbox

The results of this study demonstrate the potential for Personal Learning Environments as a tool for Lifelong Learning, linked to communities of practice. Personal Learning Environments can extend access to educational technology to everyone wanting to organise their own learning. PLEs can include and bring together all learning, including informal learning, workplace learning, learning from the home, learning driven by problem solving and learning motivated by personal interest as well as learning through engagement in formal educational programmes.
Source: Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning

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