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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

million open jobs in this country and only 98,000 were added in March 2017. Skills gap theorists say that formal education isn’t preparing enough candidates for specialized high-skill, high-growth jobs such as data analysis, user experience design and software programming. Here are a few strong examples: American Institute of CPAs.

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Which Association Learning Trends Predictions Came True in 2016?

WBT Systems

Which association learning trends will still be important as we move forward into 2017? As the year has unfolded, it has been interesting to watch which of these association learning trends have manifested themselves and become important to associations that are looking to enhance and extend their education and certification programs.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

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When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. An example would be getting your high-fidelity medical simulator to talk to your LMS and LRS. As we know, these transactions are often managed in the most labor-intensive way possible.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

This is not intended to be a scientific or data-driven analysis of the changes. While credentials like certifications and certificates have been around for a long time, there is now rising interest in them as approaches that require less time and cost significantly less than traditional degree programs.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

In 2017, The Economist declared lifelong learning an “economic imperative,” and it has hardly been the only publication in mainstream and business presses to insist on the importance of learning in a world where the scale, scope, and speed of change seem much higher than ever before. Teachable is just one of many similar companies.

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Engaging Learners in Virtual Conferences: What You Can Try Online

Leading Learning

That said, many of the examples and ideas that follow could be tweaked or repurposed to work in other contexts, including single Webinars—in fact, we use many of the same approaches to designing our Webinars. Before we get to those examples and ideas, a note of caution about assumptions when it comes to creating engaging virtual conferences.