{"id":74232,"date":"2021-02-20T22:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T03:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=74232"},"modified":"2021-02-20T22:05:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T03:05:52","slug":"interplay-raises-18m-to-build-a-lynda-com-for-essential-skilled-trades-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/02\/20\/interplay-raises-18m-to-build-a-lynda-com-for-essential-skilled-trades-wan\/","title":{"rendered":"Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades [Wan]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2021-02-17-interplay-raises-18m-to-build-a-lynda-com-for-essential-skilled-trades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edsurge.com by Tony Wan<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Plumbing is just one of many good-paying skilled trades that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/despite-rising-salaries-the-skilled-labor-shortage-is-getting-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/despite-rising-salaries-the-skilled-labor-shortage-is-getting-worse&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613961464683000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEh0E811mubxJBPucztNiasgic5pQ\">remain in high demand<\/a>\u00a0but which have largely been glossed over by the education technology industry, says Doug Donovan, co-founder and CEO of Interplay Learning. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of great edtech serving the knowledge worker, such as tools like Pluralsight. But there\u2019s a vacuum in the digital marketplace for skills for hands-on workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2021-02-17-interplay-raises-18m-to-build-a-lynda-com-for-essential-skilled-trades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-74233 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/interplay-feb2021-1024x415.jpg\" alt=\"Interplay Learning VR training for HVAC repair\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/interplay-feb2021-1024x415.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/interplay-feb2021-150x61.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/interplay-feb2021-768x311.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/interplay-feb2021-1536x622.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/interplay-feb2021-2048x829.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades &#8212; from edsurge.com by Tony Wan Excerpt: Plumbing is just one of many good-paying skilled trades that\u00a0remain in high demand\u00a0but which have largely been glossed over by the education technology industry, says Doug Donovan, co-founder and CEO of Interplay Learning. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,374,842,387,174,367,253,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-adult-learning","category-alternatives","category-business","category-career-development","category-vendors","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74234,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74232\/revisions\/74234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}