{"id":78276,"date":"2022-01-13T13:07:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=78276"},"modified":"2022-01-13T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:08:15","slug":"skillsoft-to-acquire-codeacademy-creating-a-worldwide-community-of-85-million-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/01\/13\/skillsoft-to-acquire-codeacademy-creating-a-worldwide-community-of-85-million-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Skillsoft to acquire CodeAcademy&#8230;creating a worldwide community of 85+ million learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillsoft.com\/press-releases\/skillsoft-to-acquire-codecademy-a-leading-platform-for-learning-high-demand-technical-skills-creating-a-worldwide-community-of-more-than-85-million-learners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Skillsoft to acquire CodeAcademy, a leading platform for learning high-demand technical skills, creating a worldwide community of more than 85 million learners <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from skillsoft.com with thanks to Ray Schroeder for this resource out on LinkedIn<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Boston \u2013 December 22, 2021 \u2013\u00a0Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Codecademy, a leading online learning platform for technical skills, for approximately $525 million in cash and stock.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nWith the addition of Codecademy\u2019s innovative capabilities, we will create an even more immersive online learning experience. When we combine Skillsoft\u2019s enterprise customer base of more than 12,000 corporate customers and over 46 million learners with Codecademy\u2019s 40 million learners, sophisticated digital marketing capability and influential brand, we expect to unlock significant revenue synergies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Expands Immersive Platform with New Ways of Learning. Skillsoft has already assembled an expansive set of learning options, including virtual instructor-led training, coaching, micro videos, audio, books, bootcamps, live events, assessments and badges. Together with Codecademy\u2019s interactive, self-paced courses and hands-on learning, Skillsoft will be able to deliver even more immersive experiences through its AI-driven platform, Percipio.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skillsoft to acquire CodeAcademy, a leading platform for learning high-demand technical skills, creating a worldwide community of more than 85 million learners &#8212; from skillsoft.com with thanks to Ray Schroeder for this resource out on LinkedIn Excerpts (emphasis DSC): Boston \u2013 December 22, 2021 \u2013\u00a0Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today [&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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,329,842,387,174,208,498,45,112,200,180,102,7,510,228,269,204,118,321,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-24x7x365-access","category-alternatives","category-business","category-career-development","category-cloud-based-computing-apps","category-communities-of-practice","category-computer-science","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-innovation","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-from-the-living-class-room","category-learning-preferences","category-professional-development","category-programming","category-training-corporate-universities","category-united-states","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78276","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=78276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78278,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78276\/revisions\/78278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}