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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. One example: competency-based education. Try MOOCs or coding camps. However, there’s a huge divide in the readiness of such skills. It’s a big opportunity and a big challenge.”. Clearly define career pathways.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. One example: competency-based education. Try MOOCs or coding camps. However, there’s a huge divide in the readiness of such skills. It’s a big opportunity and a big challenge.”. Clearly define career pathways.

Education 180
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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

For example, if an association offers online certification, it can easily incorporate a YouTube video or podcast. Tagoras has produced a list of tips for associations that want to compete in a global market for continuing education and professional development. Crowdsourcing is also key. And your association can easily meet the demand.

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Learning from Big Learning: 15 Lessons

Leading Learning

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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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. She shares examples of a pre-event virtual program and one that takes place after an in-person event, both adding more value to the attendee experience.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

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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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

Finally, while many definitions of lifelong learning stress consciousness and intentionality on the part of the learner (see this definition from Eurostat , for example), we believe it’s important to recognize that learning occurs across a spectrum of consciousness and intentionality. Teachable is just one of many similar companies.