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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

According to their research, students and employers agree on the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace: critical thinking, problem solving, oral and written communications, teamwork, ethical conduct, decision-making and the ability to apply knowledge. Try MOOCs or coding camps. Offer blended learning environments. Try it all.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

According to their research, students and employers agree on the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace: critical thinking, problem solving, oral and written communications, teamwork, ethical conduct, decision-making and the ability to apply knowledge. Try MOOCs or coding camps. Offer blended learning environments. Try it all.

Education 180
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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

As Mark Iafrate of Accredible , an evangelist for badges, has suggested, these standards could continue to exist in a layered system that rests atop distributed ledgers. There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project.

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The Importance of an LMS Roadmap When Selecting a Learning Platform

WBT Systems

Are you using a 20th century system in the 21st century? How about improving system performance or security? Ideas and communication flow both ways. If you’re not sure how to use some part of your system, talk to your support team. Is your LMS provider stuck in a rut? LMS roadmap: are promises delivered?

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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

As some of you may know, in addition to my role with Event Garde , I work for Michigan State University’s central communications office. If you know of an expert on MOOCs, or if your association uses MOOCs, please contact me. I love working with students. They’re brilliant. They’re ambitious. They’re overachievers.

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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. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. Learn how to build trust across generations through clarity, communication, and belonging. Learning business. Membership tiers.

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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. Public universities and systems in nine states say they''ll join a push to greatly expand and improve online learning. Five Tips to Rock Membership from Moose By Lynda Baldwin at Communication Strategies Group, Inc. via YourMembership.com blog.

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