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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

Most certification academic standards have limited value – without the ability to apply learning. This report, recently published by Gallup (and available for free download), is written from a more corporate perspective, but some of it’s findings could be very relevant for associations. State of the American Workplace.

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

As The Economist ’s interest in the topic suggests, much of the concern over lifelong learning ties back to the employment market and to business productivity and growth. As a result, there is a thriving and growing global market for lifelong learning. How Big Is the Adult Lifelong Learning Market? Aside from being U.S.-centric,

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The State of the MOOC: What Associations Should Know

Associations Now

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have been around long enough that some strong takeaways are starting to show themselves. Read on to see what Harvard and MIT have learned about MOOCs—and what your association should keep in mind. percent received a certificate. Drop-off numbers tend to be large: Of the 4.45

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. Reporting CE issuance to accreditors is also a mess (are you familiar with PARS? ).

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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. The corporate market is a growing profit center for them—and could be for your association too. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. Learning business. Membership tiers. to 2:45 p.m.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

Many employers report not finding such skills in recent college graduates because earning a degree doesn’t necessarily teach them. But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. trillion market (the current level of student debt in the U.S.) Try it all.

Education 180
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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

Many employers report not finding such skills in recent college graduates because earning a degree doesn’t necessarily teach them. But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. trillion market (the current level of student debt in the U.S.) Try it all.

Education 180