Talk:Alison (company)

Other sources

 * Galway-Based Online Learning Provider Wins Top UNESCO Prize. Galway Advertiser. 20 January 2011.
 * Khan Academy Competitor? Mike Feerick of Alison.com Talks About The Future Of Online Education". Wired Academic. 2 September 2011
 * "8 MOOCs Transforming Education" Information Week Education
 * Five Bright Ideas Harvard Business School
 * Learning Lays it on the line - Irish Examiner
 * Early MOOC takes a different path - Information Week
 * Global Innovator in Online Interactive Education to represent Ireland at Ashoka Globalizer Summit in Stockholm ASHOKA IRELAND (might be a press release, this one)
 * Goldmark: A website that lifts people up Long Island Newsday — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ritchie333 (talk • contribs) 14:09, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Happy to help improve tone
I added the neutrality flag as this reads like promotional literature to me - due to use of descriptors like "high-quality" and subtle digs at other organizations. Happy to discuss further! - Sara FB (talk) 18:44, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm new to talk pages, so if I' editing the wrong thing, please put me straight. I removed the word dodgy from the business model description, as I felt is was uncalled for. Many organizations contribute content for free to the OCW movement, and this makes neither the OCW foundation, nor such august organizations as MIT or Stanford dodgy. Laurence Cuffe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurence Cuffe (talk • contribs) 20:11, 12 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Good call. Thanks CorporateM (Talk) 20:37, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Request edit on 23 January 2019
Hello. I was requested to edit the article. I admit that there is a merit of conflict of interest here, but I would like to ask to review the update first before reverting it entirely or partially. Reverting for something due to conflict of interest is tantamount to disregarding the objectivity of the update, and a right to due process.-- A R E N Z O Y 1 6 A • t a l k • 13:30, 23 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello, I have kept your infobox updates but removed most of your promotional changes to the main text. You are very welcome to suggest further specific changes here on article talk with additional requests, but please try to avoid promotional language, present the topic from an uninvolved point of view and focus on major significant facts. The topic's own point of view as presented in PR statements and interviews is largely irrelevant for an encyclopedia. Per WP:COI, please avoid editing the article yourself. GermanJoe (talk) 14:24, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Request for approval
I haved fixed the formatting of your good-faith request (new requests need a new request template), but will leave the actual review to a new uninvolved editor. GermanJoe (talk) 17:19, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

I would like to request changes to the article in the following sections:

For the History and development section

 * From: On 5 July 2016, President Pranab Mukherjee of India announced the partnership between the National Skill Development Corporation and Alison.


 * To: On 5 July 2016, President Pranab Mukherjee of India announced the partnership between ALison and the National Skill Development Corporation. Alison has also partnered with AISECT.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Renzoy16 (talk • contribs) 17:07, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Reply 24-JAN-2019
Regards  Spintendo   18:33, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) The second sentence of the proposal does not specify whom "it" applies to. Please clarify.
 * 2) When ready to proceed with the requested information, please change the  template's answer parameter to read from yes to no.
 * Done.-- A R E N Z O Y 1 6 A • t a l k • 14:22, 25 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Your disclosure states that you are making these requests on behalf of "Tim". Please clarify who or what Tim is.  Spintendo   14:38, 25 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Tim is an employee of the company behind Alison. Everytime I made updates to him, he submits the updates to his boss, probably some high ranking person from the same. I think he was just tasked to outsource the work, and I am the "outsource guy".-- A R E N Z O Y 1 6 A • t a l k • 15:09, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response. This would most likely be Tim Potentz, an editor with Alison. I have entered this into the connected contributor template at the top of this page, and have implemented the requested edits. Regards,  Spintendo   05:18, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you!-- A R E N Z O Y 1 6 A • t a l k • 06:28, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

For the Reception section
May I add these information up from that currently present in the said section?

"From this: Alison was among the four winners of the 2010 UNESCO King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize, a Prize for innovation in ICT for Education.

David Bornstein of The New York Times noted that 'practical skills training is usually expensive.' Some have argued for the ineffectiveness of the MOOC model of this kind in delivering real educational impact, highlighting the lack of personal interaction with educators and the high drop-out rate of users with no incentive to commit without any material investment of their own."

"To this: Alison was among the four winners of the 2010 UNESCO King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize, a Prize for innovation in ICT for Education.

David Bornstein of The New York Times noted that 'practical skills training is usually expensive.' Some have argued for the ineffectiveness of the MOOC model of this kind in delivering real educational impact, highlighting the lack of personal interaction with educators and the high drop-out rate of users with no incentive to commit without any material investment of their own. The Economist suggesting that Alison generates 'plenty of revenue' on its website which enables it to sustainably provide its learning materials to learners for free.

According to Peter C. Goldmark Jr., former President of the Rockefeller Foundation, Alison "unlocks new worlds of opportunity for people around the globe who want to advance their education and professional competence."

'''On 1 March 2016, a Lockport Court judge ordered a defendant to complete free courses in Alison as an alternative to incarceration; he completed two business management courses. The Orleans/Niagara Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) oversaw his progress over a two-week period. In 2016, Alison created in partnership with the United States workforce development agencies an advanced diploma in workforce re-entry to help the formerly incarcerated adjust to living outside prison. (ADDED CONTENT IN BOLD)"

-- A R E N Z O Y 1 6 A • t a l k • 06:31, 26 January 2019 (UTC)


 * The ref tags for 2, 5 and 6 are missing.  Spintendo   06:59, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Fixed.-- A R E N Z O Y 1 6 A • t a l k • 07:40, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Reply 26-JAN-2019
Below you will see where proposals from your request have been quoted with reviewer decisions and feedback inserted underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please read the enclosed notes within the proposal review section below for information on each request. Also note that future requests ought to involve the use of a new template placed at the location of the new request. Older templates should not be altered.  Spintendo   08:27, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Request 4-FEB 2019
Request adding of content in the reception section: "On 1 March 2016, a Lockport Court judge ordered a defendant to complete free courses in Alison as an alternative to incarceration; he completed two business management courses. The Orleans/Niagara Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), in tandem with Alison (added this phrase in response with the note in the previous edit request), oversaw his progress over a two-week period. In 2016, Alison created in partnership with the United States workforce development agencies an advanced diploma in workforce re-entry to help the formerly incarcerated adjust to living outside prison."

Reply 4-FEB-2019
Regards,  Spintendo   02:57, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * The requested prose as it is currently worded is not verified by the provided reference, with certain facts in the case being obfuscated. For the claim to be intellectually honest, all components of the matter ought to be present in the requested prose.

Alison online learning platform
Ah, you're referring to Alison.com. It's an online learning platform that offers a wide range of courses, They provide education in various fields such as business, technology, health, and more.for more information click here:

https://alison.com/?utm_source=alison_user&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=31848396 Ababa1845 (talk) 22:51, 13 April 2024 (UTC)