The Australian reports on 29 April 2019 that SEEK is positioning equity in two major internet learning platforms Coursera and FutureLearn.
The move sees further confirmation of the growth in learning delivery through non traditional means. It would be expected that students will start selecting learning modules ‘as required’ in the online environment, rather than pursue full qualification offerings.
It will be interesting to see how the Institutes and Universities resist this development in lean learning/skills development, made accessible by SEEK and others in this type of demand driven play.
The Australian quoted CEO Andrew Bassat as saying: “Both businesses are leveraged to structural trends such as migration of education online and in helping millions of people to adapt to evolving labour markets.”
On 1 May, 2019 The Australian commented. “Seek is making a play to be a major force in the growing area of micro-credentials — that is, highly targeted, skills-based courses in which providers are trying to offer specific learning, usually delivered online, to address a well-defined personal need on the part of the learner.
Evolving labour markets, yes, and evolving skills acquisition markets.