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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

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. What online courses (including your own) and MOOCs would you recommend to people entering (or thinking about entering) your industry or profession? Constantine, Esq.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

What I didn’t realize then was my work experience in the crazy restaurant and bar scene of Washington DC would be just as valuable as the hours I spent writing papers and studying for exams. What if organizations, like associations, help people put together a curriculum from various online sources such as MOOCs and associations?

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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. DC-PPN Idea Exchange Meeting (Washington DC). Location: Washington DC. A few years ago I took an excellent online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry. More info/register.

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The Big 3 (Costs, changing demographics and mobile) impacting association meetings

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Washington University joins group offering online credit courses. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Washington University in St. While specific federal attendee numbers weren’t available, the conference, which had 11,000 attendees in 2011, has 9,500 attendees this year. This is despite a record number of exhibitors.

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

Associations Now

As I was reading The Washington Post online earlier this week, I came across this headline: “ Smithsonian Makes Deal to Offer Online Courses.” What can associations take from the decision and apply to their own learning opportunities? And should they be concerned about the additional competition?

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