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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

If you want to see engaging, transformative online course design in action, add a little poetry to your life. An online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry , aka ModPo, is one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. But Filreis and his merry band of teaching assistants (TAs) turbo-charged the usual MOOC formula.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Innovation Trigger. The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. It’s a great attractor for learning experiences at conferences and multi-day live courses. All the MOOCs out there.

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Remember the 3 E’s When Marketing Educational Programs

WBT Systems

Then, make the sale—move your prospect from thinking “I should take a class” to “I am registered for a class.”. Besides other associations, you now have online professional platforms like LinkedIn (now owned by Microsoft) and Udacity to worry about, plus all the MOOCs like Coursera and EdX. You’re not selling a program.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

When I went to college, a middle class kid could afford a four-year liberal arts education. Here are some of the courses I’d require: Strategic thinking and goal-setting. Not your typical classes, I know, but they’re life skills people need to develop personally and professionally. Project management and team dynamics.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

Class Central has reviewed and compiled a list of The Best Intro to Programming Courses for Data Science. 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. More info/register. Host: RMK Productions.

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Mastering Your Craft

Thanks For Playing

But," you ask, "what happens when she realizes that she does need a class in biology (for medicine) or trigonometry (for carpentry)? Enter MOOCs ( massive open online courses ). Right now, MOOCs are great - take classes from an Ivy for free! - And she didn't go to college!"

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17 Education And Learning Trends That Will Affect Your Organization This Year!

Velvet Chainsaw

Today, if organizations don’t take the time, spend the money and learn how to build world-class learning programs both for their customers and their employees, they will not be able to compete or lead their stakeholders into the future. Fewer full-sized courses. MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses. Less Tell And PPT-Only.