WBT Systems

AUGUST 15, 2017

First, create awareness in your target audiences—their awareness of the need for pursuing professional development and their awareness of the educational programs your association offers. The three E’s of marketing educational programs will help you succeed with each of these three phases of marketing.

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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. Ultimately, the most interesting shift may be why free certification was limited in edX.

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Associations Now

JULY 12, 2017

Does your association provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) or virtual continuing education courses to members? The post Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community appeared first on Associations Now. Encourage your members to hang out with other members when they dive into your online courses.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. We manage continuing education (CE) credit transactions: a learner completes a CE activity and receives CE credit, or “credit hours,” in return.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The Brewers Association, in an effort to make room for a few craft brews in the culinary arena, has launched a five-day CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course, a massive open online course (MOOC) that offers lessons on how to best taste, pour, and serve beer, as well as how to integrate it with different edibles.

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 22, 2014

As a result, certification programs, assessment-based certificate programs, digital badging and competency-based education are likely to be areas of significant growth for continuing education and professional development providers.”. And so, Cobb said, associations should beef up their education staffs. Globalization.

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SCD Group

APRIL 20, 2014

As I read a news story about 300,000 people enrolling in an environmental course, I wonder how exposure to massive open online courses will impact educational offerings of associations and professional societies. And what will this mean to associations generating non-dues revenue from such educational classes?

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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 3, 2017

62% of those with an association e-learning strategy said e-learning has increased the net revenue of their educational offerings, compared to 45% of those without a strategy. Education is part of the mission of nearly every association. How is that contribution measured? What are your market segments? Use of mobile learning.

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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. Students will also be provided with ongoing, post-MOOC philanthropy education content that will support continued development and execution of their philanthropic goals.

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 13, 2013

What MOOCs will – and won’t – change about the traditional four-year college education. Who is really benefiting from targeted online advertising ? Windows 8 appears to be DOA. What is “ author rank ,” and why should you care?

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

A look at some of the roles associations can play as the price and demand for traditional higher education continue to climb. I think it is just a matter of recognizing and embracing the absolutely critical role that associations play in the American—and, increasingly, global —education system. Indeed, I’d argue we must.”.

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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. 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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WBT Systems

JULY 5, 2016

The following are the top reasons suggested to promote free, public online courses, such as MOOC s (Massive Open Online Course): Cost Efficiency : Lower costs of attendance and time-saving as a result of removing need to travel and ability to access content online at a time that suits the learner.

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WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Should they take such a primary place in your association’s educational offerings? Attendees will not only enjoy networking and education during the conference but will reap additional value by continuing the conference learning experience when they get home. Follow the format of popular MOOCs : Share a discussion guide.

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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. education learning culture membership'

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Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 8, 2013

Talking about the future of work led us naturally into talking about the future of getting ready to work, aka our education system. One of the concepts that came up, tying both work and education together, was apprenticeship. On the education side, we are facing a crisis in higher education. And she didn't go to college!"

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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. 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. Just an idea. Here’s the list of this week’s webinars.

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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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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Use MOOC for more personal development. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are changing the way we approach education. I''ve already taken Coursera courses, but I should check out some others for more FREE online education. Thanks to speakers David DeLorenzo and Kylee Coffman for the MOOC discussion in their session.

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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. Make sure your program offers education in online instruction. 10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs. 1: Train instructors in online learning. 2: Give students a sense of ownership and control.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Sandra Milligan, director of the Assessment Research Centre at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, analyzed data from more than 100,000 learners in the University of Melbourne’s MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). Learning communities are an example of reciprocal, peer-to-peer learning in action.

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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. 5 Articles on Association Meetings & Education.

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Associations Now

APRIL 10, 2013

Emerging technology is shifting our workforce toward intellectual capital and changing the ways we educate both students and adults. At the 2013 Digital Now conference , in multiple presentations—none of which were ostensibly related—the topic of education kept arising. I am a chronic abuser of the snooze button. Young members.

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WBT Systems

APRIL 3, 2018

Don’t overlook competing programs from other associations, higher education institutions, MOOCs, and for-profit companies, like LinkedIn, Udemy, and firms in your industry. If member surveys have shown an interest in online education but your registration numbers reflect otherwise, bring that discrepancy to light. Sponsorships.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

But what about all the other online education options out there? Tagoras, which surveyed 203 association professionals, found that more than 90 percent of organizations were using technology to help push their education programs forward, with around two-thirds of organizations (66.9 percent) having a learning management system.

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WBT Systems

JULY 10, 2018

Chances are you’ll see something in their mission or values about education. Review position descriptions at your association (including your own position) and at other associations to decide which skills and knowledge you need to: Take your association’s educational programs, program management, or program marketing to the next level.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

One executive at a state association has taken the lead on educating healthcare workers on a pressing national issue via a MOOC. So last fall she started thinking about a MOOC —short for massive open online course, which is designed to deliver education to students with various interests and learning styles, at a flexible pace.

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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. Require all students to go through the introduction to online learning the first time they register for one of your online educational programs. People get busy. They have trouble making class and keeping up with coursework.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 11, 2017

As part of your prep work, spend some time determining what style of online education your members will find most valuable. You’ll hear all sorts of terminology in the eLearning world – MOOCS, Moodles, gamification – don’t be overwhelmed by this!

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 4, 2013

Here are 17 education and learning trends in alphabetical order that many organizations are adopting this year. These trends are disrupting most traditional education programs. Research from several organizations illustrate that most adult learners prefer collaborative education opportunities with their peers.

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Associations Now

MAY 29, 2014

Three alternative learning formats, though yet to be widely adopted by associations, may offer the potential to boost your educational product portfolio. As the association industry continues to mull the possibilities of cornering the education market , a new whitepaper from Tagoras takes a look at three “fringe” education formats.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 18, 2013

If you’re interested in education and MOOCs and such, you’ve probably already read it. What are YOU doing to prepare for the disruption of higher education ? But, you might not have read Maddie’s commentary and questions, important questions that associations need to address, now. Walking meeting, anyone?

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Aaron Wolowiec

MAY 26, 2015

This month’s guest blog post is by Jeff Cobb, co-founder of Tagoras and co-host of the annual Leading Learning Symposium , a high impact event for leaders in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education and professional development. It was originally published on the CommPartners blog. 3: People won’t pay for e-learning.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 15, 2016

I usually spend the majority of this blog discussing how associations help educate their members and prospects through in-person meetings and events. But, as you are well aware, that’s not the only way associations deliver education. According to Association Learning + Technology 2016 , published earlier this month by Tagoras, Inc.,

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Reid All About it

JULY 21, 2017

LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. Instructional designers can create educational spaces for our learners in virtual environments that let them explore “what if?” 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Thu 7/27 at 2 p.m. –

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 11, 2017

As part of your prep work, spend some time determining what style of online education your members will find most valuable. You’ll hear all sorts of terminology in the eLearning world – MOOCS, Moodles, gamification – don’t be overwhelmed by this!

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