Looks great, could be even better

Screen capture from Thinkific website
(Source: https://www.thinkific.com/)

Ever since the early 1990s, when Tim Berners-Lee unveiled the World Wide Web, education has been moving online. The location of the student, the instructor, and even the institution offering the courses is no longer relevant.

Thinkific is a Vancouver-based firm that helps educators build their online courses. I use the term educators is in broadest sense, and so does Thinkific. No longer is the provision of education restricted to accredited and ivy-covered institution staffed by PhDs. Education is increasingly about taking your expertise and finding a way to share it with willing students all over the world. Great courses can be delivered by people who have built up valuable experience in a field that may not have even existed a few years ago.

Among the courses that are featured on the firm's site is one from a guy (Chris Newman of CineChopper University) who teaches people how to fly their drones. Who knew that this was an area where there was a need for education, and even more importantly, qualified people to ready, willing, and able to deliver the course? (And before you ask, yes there is a need for education as abiding by the rules and regulations from aviation authorities such as the FAA is critically important if you want to avoid big fines and possible jail time.)

Thinkific blog post about Chris Newman's CineChopper University
(Source: http://blog.thinkific.com/success-story-chris-newman-built-business-teaching-others-fly-drones/) 

But is this site perfect? Well, what site is? As I scrolled down the webpage I saw this graphic listing six benefits of the Thinkific platform. Cool! I was intrigued. I moved my mouse to one of the circles and clicked and was a bit surprised that I was not taken to a page that provided more information about that particular benefit.

Screen capture from Thinkific website
(Source: https://www.thinkific.com/)

In the meanwhile I'm intrigued by this firm and its services. (Did I mention that Thinkific offers a free version to get you started?) I know of a few people who could take their existing classroom-based education model and move it online. Thinkific looks like a quick and easy way to make the transition.

I'll let the firm know about my observations and see what happens.