The journey began last October when I received a personal email from SitePoint. Yes Sitepoint! (I'm a huge fan.) It's normal for me to receive newsletters from SitePoint but this was different. Shayne Tilley had a question for me: “Would you like to create your own online course -- just like a SitePoint one?”
The Mothership Calls.
I've been fascinated with e-learning forever. Now I was being invited to create a course by one of my all-time favorite web portals. There was only one possible answer - YES!
My Favorite Courses
I've taken many Sitepoint courses and they were all excellent:
- PHP and MySQL for Beginners with Kevin Yank
- Practical CSS with Russ Weakly
- Learn HTML5 with John Allsopp
- Getting Started Blogging with Chris Garrett.
This was my chance.
But what to teach? I own an IT staffing agency and I've blogged about the benefits of having an online resume/portfolio website. That seemed a natural place to start. I immediately flipped back a pitch back to Shane: I would teach people how to create an e-resume portfolio website with WordPress.
A Big e-Learning Party and Everyone is Welcome
The best part is that my course is part of a new online training initiative called Learnable where anyone can make a course or take a course. It’s like a big e-learning party. A YouTube for online training. Everyone is welcome to participate. Check it out at learnable.com.
Try My Course for Free
Learnable priced my course at $14.95, but they’ve given me 25 free links to distribute however I like. If you’re interested in taking “Build an e-Resume Portfolio Website with WordPress”, then comment on this blog and ask me for a free link. If I have any left I will be thrilled to send you one!
Stafflink Solutions Ltd.
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Hi Laura :)
ReplyDeleteonly just saw your blog post here, nice ;)
I also have a course on Learnable - hoping to blog about it soon as well. While we were preparing our courses I really wish we could have all shared info a little more, would be so curious to see how others have done theirs....
so I was wondering if you would mind giving me one of your freebies? Maybe we could do a swap (in case you're interested at all in Illustrator bascis)?
I had to cut mine short as I ran out of tie, so it's only 3 lessons - but I'm already working on a new one ;)
Hi eyedea,
ReplyDeleteYes, I would love to share one of my freebie with you. And I'd want to take your Illustrator course too.
Please email me at laurau@stafflink.ca and I'll send you one of my free links.
Let me know when you write your blog too. Thanks so much for contacting me!
Laura Upcott
Laura :) thanks so much - really looking forward to doing your course, and to your feedback on mine (if you have time to tell me your thoughts).
ReplyDeletejust sent you an email :)
Hi Laura,
ReplyDeleteI would like one of your freebie links if you have one left. I wish you the best with your course! Do you plan to create another e-course?
Cheers!
Jay
Hi Jay,
ReplyDeleteI would love to send you a free link. Thanks for asking! Here's a link to access the course for free:
https://learnable.com/redeem/complimentary/1060:e76651598ff03a3faa18b90c6706ba1db1e71624
If you have any issues with getting the link to work, please email me at laurau@stafflink.ca and I'll send you a new link :)
I really hope you enjoy the course. Let me know how it goes.
Laura