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Hey everyone today I have special treat for you Maxwell Debbas wrote a piece about the great how-to site Lynda. Check it out below and be sure to follow the link at the end of the post to check out Max's awesome blog.





One of my favorite teachers is a little lady named Lynda.com

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Lynda.com helps challenge the process of 'how-to' videos.  While anybody can make a YouTube tutorial video, Lynda.com only allows experts in the industry to teach the video courses.  This makes for an incredibly professional experience, one where you feel like you are actually taking a class and not listening to some kid chew gum while he shows you how to create a blur in Photoshop with his Family Guy computer background.

Lynda has courses in nearly every aspect of business, creative, and technology subject.  Each of these are broken down into categories, sub-categories, and even by lesson sections.  By breaking each course down into shorter videos, the courses are easily digestible and simple to re-watch areas that may be confusing.  Lynda also has transcripts of each course!  If you learn better by reading instead of watching, you are all set.

Lynda can be used heavily in a flipped classroom environment.  It allows at-home learning through professional videos created by some of the most respected people in the field.

I have used Lynda to have my students complete a Photoshop course at home, which allowed me to focus on helping them answer questions or work on larger projects in class.

Lynda.com was purchased by Linkedin last year which didn’t change the site much at all, however Microsoft recently purchased Linkedin.  I do not expect many changes, but if there are any, I can only imagine Lynda.com to become a greater resource.

Tip: Many educational institutions and libraries have Lynda.com subscriptions which give you a free Lynda.com account!  Before you go drop the monthly fee, make sure you don’t already have free access.

peace.

-Max

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