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Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community

Associations Now

Encourage your members to hang out with other members when they dive into your online courses. Does your association provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) or virtual continuing education courses to members? But Lifehacker notes that online courses can be turned into group activity.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

What should bother us is the possibility of lower educational value being associated with the flood of cheap CE “products” into the market. It’s a great attractor for learning experiences at conferences and multi-day live courses. Plateau of Productivity. All the MOOCs out there. But nonetheless, the future looks rosy.

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10 Tips to Take You from Zero to eLearning Hero

Blue Sky eLearn

Some companies offer turn-key online courses that you could buy or revenue share so you have something to offer initially. You’ll hear all sorts of terminology in the eLearning world – MOOCS, Moodles, gamification – don’t be overwhelmed by this! A course or a workshop? Have fun with your products.

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Improve Student Success with an Online Learning Community

WBT Systems

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. It’s a lonely life.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

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. Host: RMK Productions. More info/register.

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The Many Benefits of Selling Online Education to Corporate Members

WBT Systems

Even MOOCs have caught on. With Coursera for Business, companies can design learning tracks from existing courses or chose a curated “course collection” on topics like digital transformation, data science, diversity & inclusion, and more—what sounds to me like a learning pathway. Stronger relationships with companies.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

It discusses in depth its research on employee engagement in the workplace, and the benefits organizations with an engaged workforce experience , including increased productivity, reduced turnover of staff, improved profitability and performance. Look for a peer, or even a group of peers, with whom you can meet regularly.

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