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How do art teachers and creatives earn money while sleeping? They sell digital art online!

Front of the Class Academy (FOTC) teaches edupreneurs how to become high-valued online school owners through a process of fast actions called the ABC Method that identifies how to choose (1) A target audience selection process to determine whose problem can you solve;  (2) Base offers on solutions to see if your product/service is the best solution; and (3) Check your earning by implementing systems, making adjustments, & repeating.

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Selling courses on eLearning Marketplaces vs Online Academy

Being an edupreneur is not just another job, but a 24*7 responsibility only a few can handle. If you intend to become an instructional leader and don’t mind walking that extra mile then this post will help you take a leap forward towards that goal.

So are you planning to sell your courses online or are already in the league? Do you face the dilemma of selling the courses through an eLearning marketplace or create your own online platform? Well we have the secrets to your questions. This post reveals all the insights eLearning marketplaces would never want you to know.

Below are the pros and cons associated with an eLearning marketplace, along with a tip on how your own platform might be the better choice:

Setup Cost – Spending Smart

Selling courses online in today’s competitive world is a challenging task and that’s the reason many edupreneurs may have to deal with failure in their initial years. While selling on a marketplace appears to be a low-risk option it certainly has cons too:

Pro – Initial investment in marketplaces is lower than the setup cost required for your own Online Academy.

Con – The course fees you charge needs to comply with the policies of the marketplace you opt. Most platforms have very specific rules for pricing the courses based on the hours, credibility and field.

In case of an Online Academy, you own the platform so though the investment required is slightly higher, you have full control over the pricing you’d like choose for your courses and you don’t have to give a share to anyone.

Audience – Finding your Learners

Your audience i.e. your learners are the ones who can make you successful. Reaching out to the right audience with the planned budget is what every entrepreneur dreams of. But then this is real world and no ideal scenarios can be promised ever – only dynamic practical solutions work! An eLearning marketplace may come with a large audience base but then the completion rate is high too, here are both sides of the coin:

Pro – Marketplaces gives you an opportunity to reach out a large audience base and also to go international from day one!

Con – Though you have better chances of selling your courses to more learners, sooner or later you will realize that it’s not your audience. The learners don’t identify your academy or your brand, they just recognize the platform.  And the platforms give learners many other options similar to your courses – the competition rate is high.

Though you may start with smaller numbers, you can build a stronger connection with the audience. Even if the initial reach is limited, your learners will identify your brand/academy and as  they are your learners, it's rare that you will lose them!

Marketing – Reaching your Audience

Whether your course offerings are unique or they are one among the many – you need marketing efforts to succeed. There’s no alternative, no shortcut. It may seem easier to leave the promotion and advertising to the eLearning marketplace, but heads up there’s a catch:

Pro – Saves you from planning and implementing your marketing. Even claims to cut down your overall marketing expenses.

Con – People don’t identify your academy as a brand so though you pay additional fees to promote and sell your courses the return on this investment is short lived and limited. They know the academy, it is difficult to stand out among so many educators selling their courses. Thus you face more competition and need to be the best to prosper!

Starting from scratch – that’s the only option you have if you are setting up your own academy. You need to plan your marketing strategy based on your target audience. Decide the overall budget and individual budget for various channels. Getting started will take time but in the end, all the investment will pay off as learners will recognize your platform as a brand.

Sales – Earning Profits

The ultimate goal is to sell your courses to the right audience with minimal marketing expenses/efforts. Again the advantages associated with a marketplace are short-lived but in the longer run, your academy will give you the real profits:

Pro – You sell quicker with course hosting platforms. You may have conversions from the very first week.

Con – Though you have chances of selling more with the marketplaces, the basic plans on popular eLearning marketplaces involve 3-5% transaction fees. This percentage is higher for premium plans and thus a percentage of your revenue goes to these platforms as payment processing fees or other charges mention in their terms.

With your own academy sales may take time to shoot up but once your academy gains popularity then you don’t have to give away a chunk of it!

Then what’s the ultimate solution? You just need to make a smarter choice by using the course hosting platforms as just another marketing channel for building your learner base with free courses. Become an instructional leader by setting up your own Online Academy!!

Want to start your own Online Academy?

Article Source : https://www.seeklms.com/blog/elearning-marketplaces-vs-online-academy/

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Dubai, UAE: Thousands of teachers from the Gulf’s public and private schools’ system are expected to get a big professional boost at the forthcoming GESS Dubai exhibition and conference, the largest education show in the Middle East. The Continuing Professional Development (CPD)-certified workshops and sessions offered at GESS Dubai are free for all teachers based in the GCC, and cover a wide of topics aimed at enhancing their skills and assisting their career advancement in the workplace. For the past 11 years, GESS Dubai has brought internationally-acclaimed experts who have shared invaluable insights on leadership &management of schools, curriculum development, technology adoption, classroom learning enhancement and other aspects of education that have contributed to raising of teaching standards in the UAE. “We have made these CPD-certified sessions available for all teachers to enable them to get additional training and boost their work prospects, which in the long-term will also help boost the profession and make teaching an attractive career for Emiratis and expatriates,” said Matt Thompson, Project Director, Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East, organisers of the GESS Dubai that will take place on 27 February to 1 March 2018 at the Sheikh Saeed Halls of the Dubai World Trade Centre. Key challenges There is a consensus among education experts that professional advancement for teachers in the Gulf need more support, to help teachers gain the skills and knowledge needed to cope with an ever-changing learning landscape. With the transient nature of the teaching profession in the GCC and the increasing use of technology that allows students access to a wide plethora of information and knowledge sources, “teachers need the support system to be able to deal with such challenges and be equipped with the skills necessary to leverage technology and future advances in education to become better at their jobs,” added Thompson. It is worth pointing out that the Gulf has a better teacher-to-student ration compared to the world average, even vis-a-vis advanced economies like the US and the UK. According to various research done by UNESCO as well industry analysts such as Alpen Capital, there are about 16 students per teacher at the pre-primary and tertiary levels and above 10 at the primary and secondary levels of education. The ratio is better than the world average of more than 20 at pre-primary and primary schools and 17.4 at secondary. The ratio in the GCC is also healthier than that of the US and the UK, where it is in the 14 to 18 range at primary and secondary schools. Having a low student-to-teacher ratio suggests greater attention and instructional support per student. “But the quality of teachers will also have an impact on the kind of learning being shared with students,” Thompson continued. Revolving around the theme Lifelong Inspiration, among the more than 250 workshops and sessionsteachers can attend for free at GESS Dubai includeEmbodying learning with mobile gamification platform Seppo (Rui da Silva, Director of Innovation, GEMS Dubai American Academy), Digital Learning Content and Enhanced Learning Analytics: Personalising Learners Experiences for Single Courses or Smart Nations (Yaz El HakimDirector of Education and Communications, Kortext), Developing the Smart Future Ready Citizen (Sajida Shroff, CEO, Altamont Group), Leadership Workshop (Mary van der Heijden, Educational Consultant, Fieldwork Education), The Importance of Leadership and Management to Education (Ayanthi Rajakaruna, Lead Consultant – Education, BRAMS) and COBIS Patron’s Accreditation and Compliance (Colin Bell, CEOCOBIS -UK) among others. Some sessions focused on student learning include INNOV8TR- Developing Students Innovators (Evo Hannan, Head of Design and Innovation, GEMS International School Al Khail) and Preparing the Young Generation for Life and Work (Poonam Heryani, Head of Academics, Edupreneur). GESS Dubai is free-to-attend for education professionals and the public who wish to see education innovation and advances from around the world in action through various workshops and sessions as well as exhibition showcases from over 550 leading global education-focused companies and brands. Registration can now be done online at www.gessdubai.com.

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Dubai, UAE: Thousands of teachers from the Gulf’s public and private schools’ system are expected to get a big professional boost at the forthcoming GESS Dubai exhibition and conference, the largest education show in the Middle East. The Continuing Professional Development (CPD)-certified workshops and sessions offered at GESS Dubai are free for all teachers based in the GCC, and cover a wide of topics aimed at enhancing their skills and assisting their career advancement in the workplace. For the past 11 years, GESS Dubai has brought internationally-acclaimed experts who have shared invaluable insights on leadership &management of schools, curriculum development, technology adoption, classroom learning enhancement and other aspects of education that have contributed to raising of teaching standards in the UAE. “We have made these CPD-certified sessions available for all teachers to enable them to get additional training and boost their work prospects, which in the long-term will also help boost the profession and make teaching an attractive career for Emiratis and expatriates,” said Matt Thompson, Project Director, Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East, organisers of the GESS Dubai that will take place on 27 February to 1 March 2018 at the Sheikh Saeed Halls of the Dubai World Trade Centre. Key challenges There is a consensus among education experts that professional advancement for teachers in the Gulf need more support, to help teachers gain the skills and knowledge needed to cope with an ever-changing learning landscape. With the transient nature of the teaching profession in the GCC and the increasing use of technology that allows students access to a wide plethora of information and knowledge sources, “teachers need the support system to be able to deal with such challenges and be equipped with the skills necessary to leverage technology and future advances in education to become better at their jobs,” added Thompson. It is worth pointing out that the Gulf has a better teacher-to-student ration compared to the world average, even vis-a-vis advanced economies like the US and the UK. According to various research done by UNESCO as well industry analysts such as Alpen Capital, there are about 16 students per teacher at the pre-primary and tertiary levels and above 10 at the primary and secondary levels of education. The ratio is better than the world average of more than 20 at pre-primary and primary schools and 17.4 at secondary. The ratio in the GCC is also healthier than that of the US and the UK, where it is in the 14 to 18 range at primary and secondary schools. Having a low student-to-teacher ratio suggests greater attention and instructional support per student. “But the quality of teachers will also have an impact on the kind of learning being shared with students,” Thompson continued. Revolving around the theme Lifelong Inspiration, among the more than 250 workshops and sessionsteachers can attend for free at GESS Dubai includeEmbodying learning with mobile gamification platform Seppo (Rui da Silva, Director of Innovation, GEMS Dubai American Academy), Digital Learning Content and Enhanced Learning Analytics: Personalising Learners Experiences for Single Courses or Smart Nations (Yaz El HakimDirector of Education and Communications, Kortext), Developing the Smart Future Ready Citizen (Sajida Shroff, CEO, Altamont Group), Leadership Workshop (Mary van der Heijden, Educational Consultant, Fieldwork Education), The Importance of Leadership and Management to Education (Ayanthi Rajakaruna, Lead Consultant – Education, BRAMS) and COBIS Patron’s Accreditation and Compliance (Colin Bell, CEOCOBIS -UK) among others. Some sessions focused on student learning include INNOV8TR- Developing Students Innovators (Evo Hannan, Head of Design and Innovation, GEMS International School Al Khail) and Preparing the Young Generation for Life and Work (Poonam Heryani, Head of Academics, Edupreneur). GESS Dubai is free-to-attend for education professionals and the public who wish to see education innovation and advances from around the world in action through various workshops and sessions as well as exhibition showcases from over 550 leading global education-focused companies and brands. Registration can now be done online at www.gessdubai.com. via Edarabia.com

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LaunchVic awards $4.9 million to projects working to make Victoria’s startup sector more diverse and accessible

From disrupting the disability sector to increasing entrepreneurial opportunities for women, seven innovative projects have received $4.9 million in funding from LaunchVic.

This is the second round of funding to be awarded as part of the Victorian government’s $60 million innovation fund.

On Tuesday morning, minister for small business and innovation Philip Dalidakis was joined by LaunchVic chief executive Dr Kate Cornick and LaunchVic chair Ahmed Fahour at the State Library to reveal the seven grant winners.

The projects in round two were selected for increasing the diversity, accessibility and scaleability of the state’s startup sector, with the largest investment ($500,000) going towards the establishment of a disability and health care innovation hub and incubator.

“These are the programs that will help young companies and ideas develop to create jobs and industries that will support our state for decades to come,” Dalidakis says.

Victoria’s first state-wide hackathon for women

Among the grant recipients is Girl Geek Academy, which received $300,000 to run the first state-wide hackathon for women that will bring together innovative thinkers from the outskirts of Victoria through to Melbourne.

SheHacks bootcamps will run in regional centres including Geelong, Shepparton, Wodonga, Ballarat, the La Trobe Valley, Bendigo, Warrnambool and Warragul, with any woman aged 18 or over able to get involved.

Read more: Why Victorian innovation minister Philip Dalidakis brought his daughters to an all-women hackathon

Girl Geek Academy chief executive Sarah Moran tells StartupSmart LaunchVic’s funding will not only help the academy spark new opportunity for women in entrepreneurship, it will also elongate the support they can provide to get real businesses off the ground.

“Most hackathons are ‘wham bam thank you ma’am’ and its over in a weekend,” she says.

In addition to checking in with the teams after the weekend hackathon, Moran says the academy will help them get ready for a SheHacks Demo Day where new startups will showcase their products and reflect on what they’ve learned.

Startups in the arts sector

One of Australia’s first startup co-working spaces to be established by a cultural institution has also received funding in this round, with ACMI X winning $398,000 to launch a creative tech startup lab where four teams will be taken through an intensive two-month program under the leadership of an experienced professional in the creative-tech startup sector.

Read more: Meet the first residents of ACMI’s huge new co-working space

The funding will also enable ACMI X to leverage its international networks and bring in guests from overseas to speak to its co-working community.

“We established a really great physical environment and co-working space for our tenants and we’ve been running a program alongside those tenants for networking activities,” ACMI chief executive Katrina Segwick tells StartupSmart.

“What we haven’t been able to do to date is structure a more focused business development and mentorship program. This is something we quite specifically avoided to date because we just didn’t have the resources.

“The funding will help establish an ongoing business pogrom, not just to residents but the broader community.

“This is the next step of the co-working space.”

LaunchVic chief executive Dr Kate Cornick says LaunchVic will reveal more funded “ground-breaking projects” in coming weeks.

“LaunchVic is supporting new opportunities to boost Victoria’s reputation as a global destination for startups,” she said in a statement.

“We will invest and partner in ideas, expertise and infrastructure to grow Victoria’s thriving startup ecosystem.”

Meet all the grant winners:

Seeva Plus ($500,000): To develop an innovation hub and incubator for startups and entrepreneurs driving change in the disability and health sectors;

ACMI ($398,000): To set up a creative tech laboratory at its new co-working space ACMI X;

Startmate ($384,000): For a Victorian-exclusive accelerator program that will support 16 startups over the next two years, and include an annual roadshow to engage tech entrepreneurs across regional Australia;

Girl Geek Academy ($300,000): To host the first state-wide hackathon for women and run bootcamps in Melbourne and regional Victoria where any woman will have the opportunity to join a startup, build a minimum viable product, access mentoring and showcase their efforts at the #SheHacks Victoria Demo Day;

Frankston Foundry ($154,500): To grow a regional innovation hub that will provide a conduit between Melbourne’s startup ecosystem and the state’s southern regions;

Outcome.Life ($94,510): To run a range of collaborative industry programs and internships targeting startups by international students in Victoria; and

Education Changemakers ($87,000): To facilitate education startup clusters through its Edupreneurs program, a three-day event and regional roadshow.

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Dubai, UAE: Thousands of teachers from the Gulf’s public and private schools’ system are expected to get a big professional boost at the forthcoming GESS Dubai exhibition and conference, the largest education show in the Middle East. The Continuing Professional Development (CPD)-certified workshops and sessions offered at GESS Dubai are free for all teachers based in the GCC, and cover a wide of topics aimed at enhancing their skills and assisting their career advancement in the workplace. For the past 11 years, GESS Dubai has brought internationally-acclaimed experts who have shared invaluable insights on leadership &management of schools, curriculum development, technology adoption, classroom learning enhancement and other aspects of education that have contributed to raising of teaching standards in the UAE. “We have made these CPD-certified sessions available for all teachers to enable them to get additional training and boost their work prospects, which in the long-term will also help boost the profession and make teaching an attractive career for Emiratis and expatriates,” said Matt Thompson, Project Director, Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East, organisers of the GESS Dubai that will take place on 27 February to 1 March 2018 at the Sheikh Saeed Halls of the Dubai World Trade Centre. Key challenges There is a consensus among education experts that professional advancement for teachers in the Gulf need more support, to help teachers gain the skills and knowledge needed to cope with an ever-changing learning landscape. With the transient nature of the teaching profession in the GCC and the increasing use of technology that allows students access to a wide plethora of information and knowledge sources, “teachers need the support system to be able to deal with such challenges and be equipped with the skills necessary to leverage technology and future advances in education to become better at their jobs,” added Thompson. It is worth pointing out that the Gulf has a better teacher-to-student ration compared to the world average, even vis-a-vis advanced economies like the US and the UK. According to various research done by UNESCO as well industry analysts such as Alpen Capital, there are about 16 students per teacher at the pre-primary and tertiary levels and above 10 at the primary and secondary levels of education. The ratio is better than the world average of more than 20 at pre-primary and primary schools and 17.4 at secondary. The ratio in the GCC is also healthier than that of the US and the UK, where it is in the 14 to 18 range at primary and secondary schools. Having a low student-to-teacher ratio suggests greater attention and instructional support per student. “But the quality of teachers will also have an impact on the kind of learning being shared with students,” Thompson continued. Revolving around the theme Lifelong Inspiration, among the more than 250 workshops and sessionsteachers can attend for free at GESS Dubai includeEmbodying learning with mobile gamification platform Seppo (Rui da Silva, Director of Innovation, GEMS Dubai American Academy), Digital Learning Content and Enhanced Learning Analytics: Personalising Learners Experiences for Single Courses or Smart Nations (Yaz El HakimDirector of Education and Communications, Kortext), Developing the Smart Future Ready Citizen (Sajida Shroff, CEO, Altamont Group), Leadership Workshop (Mary van der Heijden, Educational Consultant, Fieldwork Education), The Importance of Leadership and Management to Education (Ayanthi Rajakaruna, Lead Consultant – Education, BRAMS) and COBIS Patron’s Accreditation and Compliance (Colin Bell, CEOCOBIS -UK) among others. Some sessions focused on student learning include INNOV8TR- Developing Students Innovators (Evo Hannan, Head of Design and Innovation, GEMS International School Al Khail) and Preparing the Young Generation for Life and Work (Poonam Heryani, Head of Academics, Edupreneur). GESS Dubai is free-to-attend for education professionals and the public who wish to see education innovation and advances from around the world in action through various workshops and sessions as well as exhibition showcases from over 550 leading global education-focused companies and brands. Registration can now be done online at www.gessdubai.com. via Edarabia.com