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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. She shares examples of a pre-event virtual program and one that takes place after an in-person event, both adding more value to the attendee experience.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

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From a five-mile-high perspective, however, lower prices for education shouldn’t bother us (if you’re currently looking at shrinking CE revenues in your annual report, just try to bear with me for a second). An example would be getting your high-fidelity medical simulator to talk to your LMS and LRS. All the MOOCs out there.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

Since I’ve been on an education kick lately, here’s an example of curation by a for-profit organization. This list is part of their Data Science Career Guide , a six-part series recommending the best online courses and MOOCs for people entering the data science industry. Just an idea. Here’s the list of this week’s webinars.

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How to Continue the Conference Learning Experience

WBT Systems

“Not only does our virtual audience grow from year to year, having hybrid access has motivated more people to come to the physical version of the same event the next year,” said Carolyn Clark, PCMA’s vice president of marketing and communications. Follow the format of popular MOOCs : Share a discussion guide. Start an online book club.

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Smithsonian Dives Deeper Into Online Learning. What Now for Associations?

Associations Now

There’s no pressure, there’s no homework, there’s no exams—unlike a MOOC [Massive Open Online Course] where you have to show up on Tuesdays at 11:00,” said Edward Leon, chief brand officer at The Great Courses. In this example, learners pay $90 for 24 lectures—that’s $3.75 The courses will give learners a different kind of experience.

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Napster, New Yorker, Freeloaders & 4 Other Articles for Association Executives

SCD Group

By Clay Shirky Using what MP3 and Napster did to the music industry as an example, Shirky talks about the upcoming evolution/revolution within education in the form of MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). especially for associations and association communicators who focus on “short-form” content. Napster, Udacity, and the Academy.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

The spread of both video and social—often in tight combination—has gone hand in hand with the widespread use of smart phones and the ever-increasing speed of mobile communication networks. That same year saw the launch of Barbara Oakley’s massive open online course, or MOOC, Learning How to Learn , on Coursera. The Growth of Mobile.

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