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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Innovation Trigger. The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. Cutting back on the administrative headache of tracking credits for certificants is an imperative for the eLearning industry.

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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. State of the association industry. Learning business. Membership tiers. No plan, no progress. With podcasts, I’m like a ghost in the room.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

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. What online courses (including your own) and MOOCs would you recommend to people entering (or thinking about entering) your industry or profession?

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

Supplement this curriculum with specialized classes that train people to enter an industry or profession. These partners can share what people in their industry or profession should have learned or what they will need to learn. Why can’t you design this future for your association and industry? Colleges must change dramatically.

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Finding Radical Value in Core Competencies

Association Subculture

With specialization in industries and professions moving at an ever-increasing rate, college students often arrive on the scene with skills that are already out of date. In fact, I am more optimistic than ever that associations are in a great position to provide lasting value to members and stakeholders in all industries and professions.

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What Happens When Digital Education Reaches Your Profession/Industry?

SCD Group

And, what’s coming may well signal competition for very large associations representing industries and professions. Startup MOOCs who see education as more than for 18to 25-year-olds? An innovative chapter’s programs that could be picked up throughout the world? Large corporations in the University of Phoenix model?

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Remember the 3 E’s When Marketing Educational Programs

WBT Systems

Besides other associations, you now have online professional platforms like LinkedIn (now owned by Microsoft) and Udacity to worry about, plus all the MOOCs like Coursera and EdX. Search for innovative product concepts. If one thing is certain about the future, it’s the increasing number of competitors in the lifelong learning space.

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