Associations Now

JANUARY 17, 2017

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have been around long enough that some strong takeaways are starting to show themselves. Read on to see what Harvard and MIT have learned about MOOCs—and what your association should keep in mind. million people that accessed content in a course, just 16.6 The median age was 29.)

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WBT Systems

JULY 10, 2018

Chances are you’ll see something in their mission or values about education. Associations have long been leaders in the lifelong learning business—which is why it’s so shocking to see how few associations support staff’s professional development, according to these survey results from Association Media & Publishing.

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WBT Systems

MARCH 27, 2018

Many instructors are subject matter experts but they aren’t trained in adult education or online learning. The course’s curriculum, content and delivery must be designed specifically for online learning. Make sure your program offers education in online instruction. Score bonus points if you can get a course alumni to do this.

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Reid All About it

MAY 12, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Non Dues-a-Palooza (NDP). 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. Learning business.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Do you ever think about your association’s online learners and how they manage to fit your courses into their busy lives? Imagine: after a long day of work, errands, and household chores and duties, they manage to find time to finish the week’s assignments for the online course they’re taking with your association.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Since I’ve been on an education kick lately, here’s an example of curation by a for-profit organization. Class Central has reviewed and compiled a list of The Best Intro to Programming Courses for Data Science. Mon 10/10 at 1 p.m.* – How to Prepare for an IRS Audit. Just an idea. Here’s the list of this week’s webinars.

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WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

If you’ve taken a continuing education class, you’ve seen how students fade away over time. An online course that merely provides information is no better than any other in today’s competitive lifelong learning market. Explain how online learning is different from the traditional classroom experience. People get busy.

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. The online course is six-weeks. I signed up for the course for several reasons. Giving 2.0: See you at the Giving 2.0 Training Design'

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Rising college tuition costs, shrinking numbers of seats, and new technology based delivery systems are combining to create a perfect storm in the adult education world. However, the coming disruptions in the educational system couldn’t come at a better time for associations. It may seem fashionable, but it isn’t new.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Some companies offer turn-key online courses that you could buy or revenue share so you have something to offer initially. As part of your prep work, spend some time determining what style of online education your members will find most valuable. A course or a workshop? A session or a seminar? Tip #7 – Timeline.

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SCD Group

JUNE 10, 2013

Universities bolster MOOCs for online learning By Mary Beth Marklein via USA TODAY. The spillover impact to expectations of our conferences and educational program. But how to decide which network is a fit for your organization and which content is best? What does this mean to associations? via YourMembership.com blog.

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SCD Group

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The digitally-driven rapid changes in higher education could be a precursor for associations and our role in knowledge transfer. The Minerva Schools at KGI is one of several recent entrepreneurial initiatives aimed at shaking up traditional higher education. Startup MOOCs who see education as more than for 18to 25-year-olds?

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

5 Articles on Association Meetings & Education. Education (whether conferences, seminars or webinars) represents a key component – and major revenue source – of most associations. Boring conference education! Bad And Boring Education Is Unacceptable. COURSE BUILDER in Google’s own words is: [.]

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Some companies offer turn-key online courses that you could buy or revenue share so you have something to offer initially. As part of your prep work, spend some time determining what style of online education your members will find most valuable. A course or a workshop? A session or a seminar? Tip #4 – Timeline.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 4, 2013

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. These trends are disrupting most traditional education programs. Evidence Based Education (EBE).

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Reid All About it

JULY 21, 2017

A few years ago I took an excellent online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry. LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. Billhighway explains how to help your chapters and volunteer leaders stay safe.

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Reid All About it

JULY 1, 2022

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. He pulls out association-relevant findings from the successes of MOOCs, LinkedIn Learning, Khan Academy, The Great Courses, Udemy, and Degreed. Skip down to the list of free educational events if you prefer takeout. Quick hits.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 9, 2014

Associations offer more than education opportunities. Education And Content Commoditized. Education and networking are two key functions of associations as identified in the 2010 Association Forum white paper “The Purpose Of Associations.” Yet, today, many of these services have become commoditized.

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Google has launched Analytics Academy , a three-week online course t three-week course offers the basics for those seeking to understand the how to improve results through better digital measurement. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan. The instructor is Google Analytics Evangelist Andrew Cutroni.

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Leading Learning

MAY 22, 2022

Venture capital firms have jumped back into the game head first, massive open online course (MOOC) providers, originally rooted in universities, have gone public or been bought , and big Web firms like LinkedIn and Google have become major players. The MOOC 3. Yes, I know: most people sign up for MOOCs and never complete them.

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Mizz Information

MAY 6, 2014

I’ve been reading and thinking about the collaborative economy for a while now, and of course can’t help but wonder what it means for the association industry. Never heard of “collaborative economy”? Jeremiah Owyang defines it in this post : “the Collaborative Economy enables people to efficiently get what they need from each other.”

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SCD Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The challenge now is to stop thinking about how to tweak for relevance (see Kodak and RIM) and start thinking about how to disrupt the status quo before forces beyond our control completely disrupt our organizations. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that could change expectations for your association’s education, meetings, etc.

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WBT Systems

JULY 25, 2017

If the target market for your educational programs is on the wrong side of this gap, you need to know and you need a plan for bridging the gap. Confidence in using computers : How confident people are using computers and mobile devices to accomplish tasks online. Digital Readiness Spectrum.

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Leading Learning

MAY 24, 2022

Basically, we’ve managed to accumulate quite of experience in the business of continuing education, professional development, and lifelong 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.

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Leading Learning

APRIL 9, 2020

And yet few learners are ever taught how to learn. For those of us creating and providing lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development, if we can help the adult learners we serve be better learners, they’ll learn more, they’ll apply more, and they’ll be more likely to return to us for more educational offerings.

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