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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This article looks at Go1, an Australian company "that provides tailored libraries of course options for companies across the globe... The subscription service provides access to over 100,000 courses and services ranging from Pluralsight to Blinkist, the book-summarizing subscription service." On this model, individuals do not subscribe; rather, the organization as a whole will subscribe, and employees will then have access to the library of courses. Here's what's important: "Barnes views the top-down approach that HR leaders used to take for L&D as a thing of the past. Employees now prefer choosing the enrichment courses that they think can best advance their personal lives and careers rather than waiting for an approved course list from their employers."

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