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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

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An online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry , aka ModPo, is one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

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When I went to college, a middle class kid could afford a four-year liberal arts education. Project management and team dynamics. Not your typical classes, I know, but they’re life skills people need to develop personally and professionally. My parents and I took out loans to make it work.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

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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. 1 CMP credit. More info/register. Tue 10/11 at 2 p.m. –

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How to Get Your Association to Support Staff’s Professional Development

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Your team/department: how will it help your department meet its goals? Once you know what you want to study, explore all formats, both in-person classes, workshops, conferences, and presentations, and online courses, conferences, summits, and webinars. Make a plan to share what you’ve learned with others on the team.

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