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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). As for that other definition of subscription learning, spaced learning, we are, again, all for it. All the MOOCs out there.

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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. How to Generate Revenue for Advocacy Efforts Learn about strategies and best practices for generating revenue for association advocacy efforts.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

Reid All About it

LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. Effective boards have a clear definition of strategy, as well as defined expectations of leadership roles, resources, and finances. Wed 7/26 at 8:30 a.m. – More info/register.

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What does the collaborative economy mean for associations?

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Going by that definition, I’d say the association world definitely has something to worry about. Events --one of associations’ biggest sources of non-dues revenue is events and tradeshows. Jeremiah Owyang defines it in this post : “the Collaborative Economy enables people to efficiently get what they need from each other.”

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

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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. The courses will give learners a different kind of experience. This is not the Smithsonian’s first time licensing its content.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

Our view at Leading Learning is that lifelong learning, by definition, occurs throughout life. It’s very hard to say how large the total market for lifelong learning is, mostly because of the limited definitions of “lifelong learning” and “adult learning” that most market analysts use. Again, definitions are a big issue.

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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. The MOOC 3. Yes, I know: most people sign up for MOOCs and never complete them.

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