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How to Continue the Conference Learning Experience

WBT Systems

Conferences consume a great deal of your association’s time and financial resources. The truth is: conferences are not the most effective method of transferring knowledge. In most associations, only a small percentage of members attend conferences. Why Continue the Conference Learning Experience.

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Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community

Associations Now

Does your association provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) or virtual continuing education courses to members? But if your conference has an advocacy component, you may want to invite groups that are typically on the other side of your policy issues. Perhaps you should suggest that your members do their learning together.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

It’s a great attractor for learning experiences at conferences and multi-day live courses. MOOCs: We will go against the grain a bit here and argue that MOOCs AREN’T DEAD. All the MOOCs out there. A couple years ago, I started noticing people from higher education referring to any old online course as a “MOOC.”

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. Try MOOCs or coding camps. However, there’s a huge divide in the readiness of such skills. Mix and match educational opportunities. Maybe a formal degree will give you the competencies you desire, maybe not.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. Try MOOCs or coding camps. However, there’s a huge divide in the readiness of such skills. Mix and match educational opportunities. Maybe a formal degree will give you the competencies you desire, maybe not.

Education 180
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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. The spillover impact to expectations of our conferences and educational program. Public universities and systems in nine states say they''ll join a push to greatly expand and improve online learning. What does this mean to associations?

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My Top 10 Learnings From ASAE Annual 2013

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

After every ASAE Annual Conference comes a sense that camp is over and all of us go back to our regularly scheduled programs. Use MOOC for more personal development. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are changing the way we approach education. Many of the presentations were standing room only.

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