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Trends PRO #0086 – Education Platforms

Why it Matters
The best teachers are available to students around the globe.

 Problem
Online teaching requires that you sell, distribute, operate, and teach.

These functions will need to be developed. Or get help.

Solution
Education platforms help you focus on what you’re best at and outsource the rest.

 Players
Instructors
Sal Khan • Founder of Khan Academy
Janelle Allen • Instructional Designer
Andrew Ng • Co-Google Brain’s Founder
Ran Segall • Founder of Flux Academy
Sam Julien • Instructor at Egghead
Chris Do • Founder of The Futur
Quincy Larson • Founder of FreeCodeCamp
Zaire Allen • Founder of Love Circular
Ali Abdaal • Youtuber/Author
Education Platforms
Codecademy • Self-Paced Learning Platform to Develop Technical Skills
Flux Academy • Web Design Education Platform
The School of Life • Online Education Organization and Market
Egghead • Software Engineering Education
FreeCodeCamp • Non-Software Engineering Platform Profitable
Khan Academy • Non-Profit Education Platform
Buildspace • Learn to Build on Ethereum with Solidity and Smart Contracts
Replit • Collaborative, In-Browser IDE for Software Development
Earn Your Leisure • Sports, Entertainment & Business Education
Stoa School • MBA Alternative in India
OnDeck • Online Career and Learning Community
Kaggle • Machine Learning/Data Science Community
Data Camp • Learn Data Science and Analytics
Courses
The 6 Figure Freelance Designer • Become a six figure designer with Ran Segall
Online Course Essentials • A primer on online courses with Janelle Allen
Positioning and Lead Generation • Lead Generation course with Chris Do
Build a Fullstack App from Scratch • Build a Next.js app with Scott Moss
The Part-Time YouTuber Academy • Become a youtuber with Ali Abdaal
Writing The Truth • Write a Memoir with Mary Karr
AI For Everyone • Learn Artificial Intelligence with Andrew Ng
Quality Assurance • Learn Quality Assurance Testing via FreeCodeCamp
Introduction to SQL • The basics of SQL from Data Camp

 Predictions
The Superstar Effect can lead to unintended rewards for the top teachers.
Andrew Ng teaches Machine Learning, AI and Coursera.
Seth Godin writes across multiple mediums, speaks and teaches.
Wes Bos teaches and creates courses on web development.
Ali Abdaal discovered his voice via Youtube and now teaches others how to do the same.
Through The Futur, Chris Do teaches design and business at the intersection.
More educators will be EDUpreneurs.
After 5 years of teaching, Sarah Settanni decided to create an online course.
Before starting FreeCodeCamp, Quincy Larson worked as a school director.
Chris Do was a professor of design at college before starting The Futur.
Gamification will soon be a popular strategy in education.
Uxcel makes lessons interactive.
The Class Dojo allows children to learn through play.
Boddle adapts their curriculum to students’ capabilities.
Zogo Partners helps people make money while learning finance.
DuoLingo monitors daily streaks to keep students busy.
SoloLearn offers Javascript course development.
MinecraftEdu offers programming courses that are interactive.
Kaggle hosts competitions that focus on topics such as Titanic, basketball, and more.

 Opportunities

Presell to validate market demand and frontload risk. Janelle Allen demonstrates how to do it.
Ran Segall-He sold his first course in order to gauge demand.
Janelle Allen pre-Due to direct inquiries, I sold an email marketing course.
Develop expertise in a vertical.
Ali Abdaal writes content about productivity and entrepreneurship.
Lenny Rachitsky is a writer and teacher about product management.
Seth Godin is a believer in creativity and self-improvement.
Students learn faster when they have access to feedback loops.
Replit helps developers resolve problems instantly with their in-browser IDE.
FreeCodeCamp offers real-time previews that help students learn how to code.
Uxcel shares corrections immediate
Create product ladders.
Janelle Allen sells her Pricing playbook for $29 and Essentials course at $97. Her Online Course program is $1,997.
Wes Bos offers Javascript courses for free, Node.js courses for $82 and masterpack JS courses for $97.
Chris Do offers a Carousel Template for $19 and a Legal kit at $99 as well as a Brand Messaging package for $299.
Develop an education platform.
After 15 years of teaching, Chris Do founded The Futur.
Joel Hooks designed Egghead to make it easier for a friend to sell online courses.
Flux Academy was founded by Ran Segall after he earned $9,000 from a single course.
FreeCodeCamp was a side project of Quincy Larson to teach programming.
Clément Mihailescu built AlgoExpert after a period of interview preparation.
Khan Academy was created by Sal Khan as an adjunct to his job as an analyst for the public good.
Farza Majeed, a former owner of multiple companies, founded Buildspace.

 Risques
Format Risk • Self-Higher completion rates may be possible for courses that are paced. Cohort-These courses are generally more expensive and harder to access.
Certification Hell • Some certifications don’t help students secure jobs. Do your research about certificates to save money and time.

 Key Lessons
Choose a meaningful niche. You can have multiple instructors teach the same topic, and they will all succeed. Different students can connect with different teachers.
Give students control. Allow them to choose the content and method they want to learn.
Learning how to teach is as important as learning what you have learned.

 Hot Takes
As rewards flow to the top teachers around the globe, being the best teacher in your area, school, or city will be less valuable.
Praxis will help you learn theory. You can find applied education institutions like The Bloom Institute of Technology.

Links
Who should I talk to about education platforms?• The tweet behind this report.
1 Man, 1 Computer, 10M Students • An overview with Khan Academy’s Sal Khan.
Education for Everyone • A speech by Andrew Ng at Stanford School of Business. 

Related Reports
Online Courses • Distribution and tooling are key to online education.
The Creator Economy • Education Platforms allow instructors to become creators.
Personal Brands • Teachers are becoming rock stars.
Paid Communities • Connect and grow with other lifelong learners.
Ecosystems • Education Platforms are at the core of aggregators.

 Thank you
We are grateful to Shubham Agarwal (Breno Ferreira), Sari Azout and Yarty Moon, Ashwin, Kevin Galang as well as Ashwin, Kevin Galang Ab Advany Maciej Cupial Prabhjot Sinha Lamba, and Tom Arbuthnot. This report was a lot of fun. Devin researched this report and wrote it. Dru researched the report and edited it.

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