Lynda.com has just released their much-awaited native iPhone application. Huzzah! Fresh snow outside, the sun is shining, and I now have Lynda.com (natively, with no browser finger gymnastics required) on my iPhone – it’s like Christmas morning.
Read more about it on the Lynda.com blog or just hit iTunes and grab the free app.
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My love (and tough love) for Lynda.com online training runs deep, but I’ve always longed for easier, more convenient access. Wouldn’t it be cool if, say, I were able to view Lynda.com training on my iPhone? Why, yes it would. And now, yes it is!
Lynda.com courses are now (finally!) viewable on the [...]

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Lynda.com holds a place very near my heart as a superb training resource, but Lynda.com also has the dubious honor of an eQuixotic first (and possibly last): a dual 2008 nomination for both eQuixotic Hall of Fame (Lynda.com: Saving Grace – The Content) and Hall of Shame (Lynda.com and Navigational Pain (Or “Please Don’t Punish [...]

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Adobe unveiled its new Adobe TV site today, offering a variety of video-based instructional sessions (with real talking heads!) focused on using its vast arsenal of creative development tools.
I’ve made the obvious argument several times in the past (An Educated Customer Is a Happy (and Loyal) Customer, Adobe Video Workshop: Adobe Teaches You Adobe, eLearning [...]

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The Online Education Database offers a list of 100 eLearning resources for the iPod. Included on the list are several university sites in the ever-expanding iTunes U, which I also referenced in this post. And if iPod-based eLearning is already taking off, wait until the touchscreen-based models (iPod Touch and iPhone) become ubiquitous. [...]

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PBS has just added a collection of free educational videos, lectures, interviews, teacher guides, and other materials to the vast wealth of content already available on iTunes U.
As an educator, if you haven’t checked out iTunes U yet, you really should.
Is this an exciting time to be in the training/education field or what?

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