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In these Accounting Tutorials, Daniel Dickson teaches the basics of accounting and how to make money by learning accounting. The Accounting Video Lessons are Free. Source: www.freeaccountingschool.com On this website, certified public accountant (CPA) Daniel C. Dickson will teach you the basics of accounting through (8) free online videos – no strings attached. Whether you […]

See on Scoop.it – Teacherpreneurs and the education revolution San Francisco-based online learning startup Udemy says that a quarter of its approved instructors will finish the year with more than $10,000 from sales of their self-created courses on subjects ranging from web development and entrepreneurship to yoga and photography. See on gigaom.com

See on Scoop.it – Teacherpreneurs and the education revolution Higher education is ripe for disruption and all pointers indicate that it will begin to make a significant impact starting 2012. I believe that the scale of this ‘once in a hundred year’ disruption will emulate the industrial revolution of the late 1700s where people just

See on Scoop.it – Teacherpreneurs and the education revolution Around the world, it’s becoming easier than ever to sell your human capital – the sum total of your knowledge, experiences and talents – to the highest bidder. Using new P2P marketplaces like Sidetour and Gidsy, you can sell a lifetime’s worth of experiences and memories

See on Scoop.it – Teacherpreneurs and the education revolution The concept behind Skillshare is simple: empower everyone to teach anything, anywhere. And sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that have the greatest long-term impact. The Skillshare philosophy is that everyone has something valuable to teach. See on www.forbes.com

See on Scoop.it – Teacherpreneurs and the education revolution Cutting out the middleman in higher education, or disintermediation, could be a boon for professors. If the approach pioneered by StraighterLine and Udemy takes off, adjunct professors in particular could have a new avenue to hawk their wares. Peter John Baskerville‘s insight: New online platforms are

See on Scoop.it – Teacherpreneurs and the education revolution Freelance teachers can cut out the middle man by gaining their own client base, choosing how much they wish to charge and by having more freedom in choosing their most effective teaching methodology. See on blog.clssy.com

Op/Ed: Will the Real Internet Teaching Stars Please Stand Up? (via www.wiredacademic.com) TED x PARIS preview (Photo credit: PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE) This is a comment I started in response to Kevin Convey’s meditation on MOOCdom and Jeff Jarvis‘s question in response, “Does education become a hits business like show business?” It got a bit out of control,