SkilledUp is a company that curates online courses. It indexes courses from providers including
Coursera
Coursera Inc. () is a U.S.-based massive open online course provider founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses ...
,
edX,
Udacity
Udacity, Inc. is an American for-profit educational organization founded by Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, and Mike Sokolsky offering massive open online courses.
According to Thrun, the origin of the name Udacity comes from the company's des ...
,
Udemy
Udemy, Inc. is a global destination for teaching and learning online. It was founded in May 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar.
As of November 2022, the platform has more than 57 million students, 213,000 courses, and 74,000 ins ...
, and
lynda.com
LinkedIn Learning is an American online learning provider. It provides video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. It is a subsidiary of LinkedIn. All the courses on LinkedIn fall into four categories: Bus ...
. These courses generally teach different job skills including
programming,
web development,
graphic design, and
marketing
Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...
. Its search tool is also an
API
An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how ...
that is used by Elance University.
SkilledUp has a "Learning Hub" with articles about the curated courses and articles on related subjects such as careers, experts on skills, and online education. SkilledUp's blog provides additional articles that discuss relevant topics rather than reporting on courses.
SkilledUp is a small company based in
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
. It launched its site in July 2012. It has since been reported on by publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Lifehacker, TechCrunch, and US News.
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American educational websites
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