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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

We have come across several interesting articles in the past couple of weeks, which discuss some of the social, political and economic changes that are currently impacting how we work and learn. Mobile technology changes everything, and makes associations nervous. Lifelong Learning is Becoming an Economic Imperative.

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Moose to MOOCs and 3 other articles for association executives

SCD Group

Universities bolster MOOCs for online learning By Mary Beth Marklein via USA TODAY. Five Tips to Rock Membership from Moose By Lynda Baldwin at Communication Strategies Group, Inc. And technology careens ahead at breakneck speed. What does this mean to associations? What does this mean to associations? Get your Board…on board.

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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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

Reid All About it

Kai-Fu Lee debunks dystopian AI scenarios in a Wired article. A near-death experience has enabled him “to envision an alternate ending to the AI story —one that makes the most of this amazing technology while empowering humans not just to survive, but to thrive.” More info/register. Host: Smart Meetings. Wed 7/26 at 2 p.m.

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SCD Group: 5 Articles on Association Meetings & Education

SCD Group

5 Articles on Association Meetings & Education. Here are five articles for association executives. College may never be the same By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY Massive Open Online Courses --MOOCs, for short. And MOOCs already have attracted the interest of some employers, paving the way for a potential revenue source.

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8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

WBT Systems

You can anticipate and prevent these issues by implementing these new strategies we found for engaging online students. #1: An online instructor must understand not only how learners learn but also how to leverage technology to help them take in and retain information. 10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs.

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

SCD Group

The project, dubbed Semester Online, is regarded as a significant — though cautious — step by elite colleges to embrace a technology they have previously just dabbled in. And although technology is progressing, there will always be a premium placed on meeting in person.

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