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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

As The Economist ’s interest in the topic suggests, much of the concern over lifelong learning ties back to the employment market and to business productivity and growth. People will pay, sometimes handsomely, for access to content and experiences that promise to improve their condition. Arguably, most learning happens that way.

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Non Dues-a-Palooza (NDP). WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. The corporate market is a growing profit center for them—and could be for your association too.

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8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

WBT Systems

Even learners with the best intentions can get distracted when they’re supposed to be paying attention. You can anticipate and prevent these issues by implementing these new strategies we found for engaging online students. #1: The course’s curriculum, content and delivery must be designed specifically for online learning.

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Learning from Big Learning: 15 Lessons

Leading Learning

Venture capital firms have jumped back into the game head first, massive open online course (MOOC) providers, originally rooted in universities, have gone public or been bought , and big Web firms like LinkedIn and Google have become major players. And it seems inevitable that Facebook will rock this market at some point.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

In this post, we have collected some articles that we think will be interesting for associations, and that touch on some of the challenges and opportunities for association education programs today. Six Issues Associations Are Having Difficulty Responding To. Mobile technology changes everything, and makes associations nervous.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

Reid All About it

Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… Yesterday I went on an ebook buying rampage thanks to BookBub. A few years ago I took an excellent online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry. Learners don’t need points, leaderboards, or virtual trophies to be engaged with their learning.

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How to Continue the Conference Learning Experience

WBT Systems

In most associations, only a small percentage of members attend conferences. The real work is the effort the learner uses to transfer and apply the new knowledge and skills so that it improves their performance…The most effective learning programs move the finish line to several weeks or even months after the education session.”.