[LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

[Stephen Loosley]

---- On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:42:40 +1100 Jim Birch  wrote ---- 

> I don't get this idea that everyone should be coding an app. It's a 
> specialized area with limited opportunities.. It would be much more
> productive to teach people how to evaluate, customise and use IT
> services. This skill is much more likely to provide employment. That,
> or plumbing. Jim 


Well Jim, you may be right of course. However today's edX email blurb, advertising their main drawcard online courses, might suggest otherwise. Or, at least that there is certainly room for a variety of courses, and with app creation and embedded systems positioned at the top of their course offerings. Hence, placed as such, they are obviously popular courses world-wide, so why not offer and encourage local such courses in-house and hands-on to Aussie students?


edX  http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1822a33c054dc20e223ca40e2&id=ac63caa11d&e=414dec6962


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