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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

An online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry , aka ModPo, is one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes.

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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. I love the idea of a small, focused conference where you can actually get to know people, so I hope to meet many of you there. Learning business.

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Finding Radical Value in Core Competencies

Association Subculture

I frequently get the opportunity to review data sets from association surveys and time and again “professional development” and “networking” rank at or near the top of perceived value. Core competencies are “traditional,” but can still be incredibly innovative if we carefully rethink and refresh them for a new audience.

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Remember the 3 E’s When Marketing Educational Programs

WBT Systems

Besides other associations, you now have online professional platforms like LinkedIn (now owned by Microsoft) and Udacity to worry about, plus all the MOOCs like Coursera and EdX. Search for innovative product concepts. Scan course surveys and other feedback from students. Try flipped learning for conference workshops.

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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. MOOCS, elearning, digital events, blended learning, curated feeds, are brazen to association offerings. Members have real options.

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Wake Up to Educating the Future Workforce

Associations Now

Martin, president and CEO of the Southeastern Institute of Research, shared advice based on Digital Now’s Technology Leadership survey and SIR’s research on generational preferences that shows members of generation Y are losing confidence in their career prospects. Innovation. Young members. Later on Thursday, John W.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth Kanter

That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field.

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