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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Your content still needs to be valuable enough to justify the cost. For one thing, you need a whole new piece of software (an LRS ) that is separate from your LMS and is going to cost you more money. And getting your LMS to talk to that LRS, which you probably thought was necessary, will also cost you money. Our evidence?

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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. Lunch costs are on your own. Lunch costs are on your own. Learning business. Membership tiers. State of the association industry.

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How to Prepare a Business Case for a New LMS

WBT Systems

Technical issues: configurations, software upgrades, and security risks. Don’t overlook competing programs from other associations, higher education institutions, MOOCs, and for-profit companies, like LinkedIn, Udemy, and firms in your industry. Do a cost-benefit analysis of implementing a new LMS versus staying with the status quo.

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3 E-learning Myths It’s Time to Put to Bed

Aaron Wolowiec

2: Creating interactivity in e-learning costs a lot. Of course, if you do want to add animation or game elements to your e-learning experiences, even the cost of doing that has dropped through the floor. I recommend Clark and Mayer’s book as the first place to look for actionable suggestions. 3: People won’t pay for e-learning.

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Association Brain Food: 7.1.22

Reid All About it

He pulls out association-relevant findings from the successes of MOOCs, LinkedIn Learning, Khan Academy, The Great Courses, Udemy, and Degreed. A weekly conversation about meeting and event technology, including software, hardware, and audiovisual for in-person and online events. Professional development. Quick hits. Wed 7/6 at 11 a.m.

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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

Beth Kanter

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. It is also part of another educational technology trend of MOOCs (massively open online courses) which are seeing more widespread adoption in higher education and have become more popular options for online learning.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

The drop in the cost and effort required to capture, edit, and deliver video has dramatically increased our ability to use it for developing educational content. For learning businesses, the rise of SaaS has meant better, lower-cost access to a wider variety of learning platform options. The E-learning Cost Cliff.

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