{"id":8915,"date":"2026-08-07T18:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=8915"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:38:28","slug":"skillaris-deeply-human-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2026\/08\/07\/skillaris-deeply-human-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Skillaris: Deeply Human Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What if finding a life-changing teacher was as easy as doomscrolling?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skillaris is built to transform the way the world learns by bringing social media, human expertise, and online education together in one powerful platform. Instead of scrolling through endless content and hoping to find content that fits your needs, learners can watch experts actually teach, then follow, connect, book lessons, join courses, and build ongoing learning relationships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the topic possibilities are limitless: guitar, fitness, and Portuguese, to AI literacy, negotiation, and critical thinking. For educators, Skillaris turns expertise into opportunity. It gives teachers, professionals, and knowledgeable hobbyists a new way to build an audience and generate income through lessons, courses, mentorship, and community. This isn&#8217;t simply another tutoring platform or another social network. Skillaris is building a new marketplace for human expertise, and redefining how people discover the world&#8217;s best teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elevator Pitch:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skillaris - Elevator Pitch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/haR84PDsu-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Venture Pitch:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skillaris - Venture Pitch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09NPFYNp-mM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if finding a life-changing teacher was as easy as doomscrolling? Skillaris is built to transform the way the world learns by bringing social media,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2026\/08\/07\/skillaris-deeply-human-learning\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skillaris: Deeply Human Learning<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":104053,"featured_media":8944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a3-venture-pitch","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8945,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8915\/revisions\/8945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}