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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

education) wasn’t nearly as strong. As some of you may know, I work at a university (in addition to my Event Garde role), so I live and breathe higher education. Educators should develop a better understanding of what students need to be learning, and then connect those learning outcomes to employment, they said.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

education) wasn’t nearly as strong. As some of you may know, I work at a university (in addition to my Event Garde role), so I live and breathe higher education. Educators should develop a better understanding of what students need to be learning, and then connect those learning outcomes to employment, they said.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

Kevin Kelly, from his book, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ). Our thesis is that the association community has a vital role to fill in addressing the needs of both workers and employers in the coming decades, in helping to bridge the gap from education to employment.”.

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Survey says: Most of us are lifelong learners

Aaron Wolowiec

Perhaps of special interest to associations, 36 percent of the workforce sought education for a license or certification. At the same time, 65 percent of those who participated in professional education said learning has expanded their professional networks. 2 was education, followed by nonprofit organizations.

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Survey says: Most of us are lifelong learners

Aaron Wolowiec

Perhaps of special interest to associations, 36 percent of the workforce sought education for a license or certification. At the same time, 65 percent of those who participated in professional education said learning has expanded their professional networks. 2 was education, followed by nonprofit organizations.

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The State of the MOOC: What Associations Should Know

Associations Now

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. But at the scale with which Harvard and MIT work, that 5.5

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

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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