Skillshare



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=Description = toc [|Skillshare] is a project-based collaborative online learning community where participants learn real-world skills. Classes are delivered through pre-recorded videos that demonstrate skills needed to complete projects and the courses and projects are completed at the user’s own pace. Feedback for projects is primarily given by other participants through regularly scheduled feedback sessions.

The creators of Skillshare believe that everyone knows enough about at least one topic to teach it to someone else. Potential instructors can even sign up for a free Skillshare class on how to teach a Skillshare class. Skillshare takes a 30% transaction fee and payment is delivered to the instructor via [|PayPal] or [|Stripe]. There are no restrictions on who can teach a Skillshare class; however, each submitted project plan goes through an approval process to ensure that it meets the company’s quality guidelines.

Classes are offered in ten different categories: advertising, business, design, fashion & style, film & video, food & drink, music, photography, technology, and writing & publishing. It is free to sign up with Skillshare and most courses cost less than $25. Face-to-face classes are also available in limited cities in the U.S. media type="custom" key="23949312" The Future Belongs to the Curious - Skillshare.com =History = Skillshare was founded in November 2010 by [|Michael Karnjanaprakorn] and [|Malcolm Ong]. The company is based in New York City, NY. In a 2011 interview with [|Forbes], CEO Michael Karnjanaprakorn explains the genesis of Skillshare: “While learning traditionally happens within the four walls of a classroom, why couldn’t learning exist outside of school? We all know that NYU is a great university, but what about New York City? Everyone that lives here has something valuable, interesting, and unique t o share with others. We just need a platform to unlock this knowledge, and thus, Skillshare was born.”

=Impact on Teaching and Learning =

Learn by Doing
Skillshare believes that education should be reunited with learning and that a one-size-fits all approach is ineffective. Users work collaboratively on projects that have a tangible finished product. As they work on their project, they acquire skills and knowledge that are transferable to their lives and work. This "active" learning also gives context to what they are doing and makes learning meaningful.

Everyone is a Teacher
Skillshare’s model aims to create a learning environment where teachers become facilitators and students, at times, become each other’s teachers.  Peer-to-peer feedback democratizes the learning by removing the idea that the teacher is the only source of information and expertise. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> Instructors rarely make enough money teaching classes that they can do it full-time; rather, they are motivated to teach because they have an enthusiasm for what they know how to do. This enthusiasm results in interesting and dynamic class offerings. The collaborative nature of the Skillshare community can often result in valuable feedback from others. Instead of one instructor giving feedback, which is limiting because it is just one opinion, the collaborative community of Skillshare can share many different opinions and ideas.

<span style="color: #ff5a00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%; line-height: 1.5;">Learning can Happen Anywhere
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">The skills offered at Skillshare are often not available in traditional education settings. Classes are affordable and because they are project-based, participants walk away with a completed concrete example of what they learned. Skillshare classes are held online, so the course content can reach a very large, diverse audience. Lessons and projects are completed at the user’s own pace, which allows a great deal of flexibility. The classes can be worked around the user’s schedule, rather than having to shift personal obligations to meet a fixed class schedule.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> =<span style="color: #ff5a00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Real-World Applications = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> The real-world sk <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">ills learned in Skillshare classes have many different practical applications for individual learners. The user simply chooses a topic that interests her and begins to learn. Skillshare is also a viable solution for professional development in group settings. [|Ogilvy & Mather], one of the largest marketing companies in the world, was the first company to offer a series of classes through Skillshare. More recently, [|GE] partnered with Skillshare to create [|GE Garages], which are new building spaces that serve as labs for technologists to learn about manufacturing processes, collaborate in hands-on workshops, and participate in training using high-tech prototyping equipment.

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<span style="color: #ff5a00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Free Skillshare Class
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=<span style="color: #ff5a00; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> External Links = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|Skillshare] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|PayPal] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|Stripe] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> about.me <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> malcolmong.com <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|Forbes] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|TheNextWeb] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|FastCompany] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|OpenForum] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [| YouTube] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [| Ogilvy & Mather] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|GE] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> [|GE Garages]

=<span style="color: #ff5a00; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> About the Author = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Skyla Seltzer is the P-3 Program Specialist for Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education. She is currently working towards her Master's degree in Educational Technology at the University of Hawaii Manoa. Skyla is currently taking a Skillshare class about creating interesting and dynamic Powerpoint slideshows called "Slides that Rock: Create an Awesome Presentation About Your Company, Product or Service".