Watched a video by the Economist on how upward mobility (a person makes more than their parents) is much more difficult now than forty years ago (particularly here in the US). To summarize, the commentary largely focused on placing a larger social-economic pool into flagship universities. While I applaud what some organizations and feeder preparatory… Continue Reading
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Launched Skills Based Approach app for iOS. This version is only an initial release, later ones will include at a minimum the features and functionality of the web and Android apps. The value proposition of the Skills Based Approach app is setting up skill sets daily or weekly (as instances), so learners and workers respond… Continue Reading
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Launched Skill Syllabus on IOS (already established on Android) to combine the standard quantitative fields of a standard syllabus with qualitative skills sections (established by the patented Learning and Course Labels) – all from the perspective of a learner or worker. If you are a practitioner who teaches any type of course – online, classroom,… Continue Reading
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Officially launched Learning Labels Create on iOS accessible in the Apple Play Store. All three of the labels: learning, course, and job labels get created and published from the app. New users are able to signup securely from the app. While the onboarding process is not yet refined, a new user should understand what each… Continue Reading
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My team is on the verge of releasing Learning Labels Create App on IOS in the Apple App Store. The goal is the create, publish and catalog each of the labels – learning, course, and job – natively from the app. There are perceived advantages by using many of the rich features and interfaces on… Continue Reading
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Skills Based Approach (v.) – a lesson plan, project, course, training module, or simply a day’s work_ Learn more at http://www.skillsbasedapproach.com
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Got to add a mention of a recently granted patent to this timeline of my team’s skills platform (Skills Label, Skills Based Approach and Skills Culture). I thought the patent would open doors. Though as I recently submitted business and research proposals, I continue to face obstacles. Rather than authenticity, I face teams trying to… Continue Reading
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Satisfying to see an article by the Wall Street Journal speaking to a white collar and hoodie (techie) apprenticeship and highlight a fifty percent increase in apprenticeships this decade – the same duration I have been proposing the Skills Based Approach methodology. I would argue that higher education forced companies to create these programs by not offering… Continue Reading
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Finally updated the Skills Based Approach web application to match the interface and functionality of the previously released Android app. A goal of this app is to provide access across all devices and platforms with a browser. There are also advantages in accessing this app from a desktop / laptop / or tablet – like… Continue Reading
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Spoke with someone regarding the costs in producing quality videos to help in a pitch to an investor and attract practitioners, thought my recently granted patent might open some doors. The person I spoke to knew I did not have a lot to spend for productions, so he took a safe, cheap option by suggesting… Continue Reading
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