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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Innovation Trigger. The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective.

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. These intimate, informal gatherings are designed to help you build your network and connect with the AWTC community. Learning business.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

We all need help dealing with the raging river (not gentle stream) of information coming at us every day. Associations are perfectly placed to help us sift through and select the best information to read or consult. Presenter: Gayle Rosnick, CMP and CMP-HC Certification Director, Convention Industry Council. More info/register.

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Mastering Your Craft

Thanks For Playing

Why not office/information worker jobs? Enter MOOCs ( massive open online courses ). Right now, MOOCs are great - take classes from an Ivy for free! - and problematic - sure, but the best you can do is a completion certificate. Many licensed trades - plumber, electrician, welder - still work through apprenticeships.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

Information may want to be free, as some have suggested, and knowledge may be invaluable, but it became clear long ago that there is money to be made from all this learning activity. So it’s important to understand our perspective, which informs all that is written in this piece. It is not limited to adulthood or late adulthood.

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What is an online course?

Disciple Media

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses): Offered by elite educational institutions, these courses can accommodate thousands of students, democratizing access to top-tier education. Community building: Beyond disseminating information, foster a thriving community where learners can collaborate, discuss, and support one another.

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Six Issues Associations Are Having Difficulty Responding To

Velvet Chainsaw

We all want the ability to survey business landscapes, identify trends, adopt and adapt innovations, stay abreast of new endeavors, and create new products and services. In a world where information is commoditized and is boundless associations can’t compete with just dispensing information. Sure knowledge will matter.