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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

Prior to the digital revolution, these credentials were called certificates of completion. Unlike a paper-based certification, a digital badge is embedded with relevant “ metadata ” such as the badge title, description, date earned, issuer, recipient, expiration date and even specific details about the work submitted by the recipient.

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Do Your e-Learning Efforts Match Up with Your Members’ Needs and Expectations?

YourMembership

And while there wasn’t a specific session on Learning Management Systems , I heard from a number of association executives asking questions about LMS’s and what they need do be doing for their associations regarding this technology. Standing pat is no longer an option.

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5 Things to Know about Salesforce for Association Management

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While the company doesn’t provide specific counts, in 2014, Salesforce reported that it had 1.5 Introduced in 2014, Trailhead provides free training on Salesforce itself as well in-demand skills, such as leadership and management, artificial intelligence, and others.” million registered developers.

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Social Media Roundup: Do You Know the Difference Between LMS and LCMS?

Associations Now

If you’re stumbling over two of the biggest acronyms in e-learning, you’re in luck. Can’t tell a learning management system from a learning content management system? — Digitec Interactive (@digitec) December 3, 2014. — Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) December 3, 2014.

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How To Design a Digital Badge Strategy

WBT Systems

Dramatic changes have occurred in how learning is recognized, accredited and validated. Digital Badges are a part of these changes and are set to make a big impact on education and certification programs in 2017. Diplomas, degrees, certification, and skills quickly lose their relevance and become obsolete. References.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) was established well before 2007—Salesforce, the company that put SaaS on the map, was founded in 1999—but it took a while for its impact to really be felt broadly, particularly in learning businesses. The E-learning Cost Cliff. Facebook acquired Oculus in 2014. The Leap in Learning Science.

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