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= March 3 =

== Place that pairs in-demand tasks with learning ==

Dear volunteers,

I am starting a project. The fundamental principle behind the project is that highest quality education is available online, and it is not being utilized to its full potential.

I want to make a place where concrete things that need to be done will be matched to the learning path towards skills required to get them done.

This learning path will be accompanied by freely available online resources.

Sites like upwork exist, but they merely present the things that need to be done. They are not learner friendly. You need to have already established knowledge in order to participate.

What I want is a place with a higher focus on learning. So, instead of only presenting a task that needs to be done, every task would have an automatically generated learning

path attached. Furthermore, each user would have a profile. As the user learns, the profile gets updated. The profiles would show what the individual has learned, and would serve as means of certification.

Two other students are working on this along with me. The project is in the planning and prototyping stage.

I have 3 questions.

1. Does a place doing anything akin to this already exist?

2. We have nothing in terms of financial or mentorship support. I understand that we would need to work for it, but are there any opportunities to get any sort of support?

3. Do you see any major pitfalls that would make the type of thing I described impossible?

Thank you for your time.

[[User:Ribaricplusplus|Ribaricplusplus]] ([[User talk:Ribaricplusplus|talk]]) 17:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)