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Mastering Your Craft

Thanks For Playing

Enter MOOCs ( massive open online courses ). Right now, MOOCs are great - take classes from an Ivy for free! - "But," you ask, "what happens when she realizes that she does need a class in biology (for medicine) or trigonometry (for carpentry)? And she didn't go to college!" In other words, it's not a degree program.

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A Big Course From a Small Association

Associations Now

One executive at a state association has taken the lead on educating healthcare workers on a pressing national issue via a MOOC. And as with so many things involving inspired leadership, it starts with Abraham Lincoln. Grimes also has the assistant of Ray Schroeder, a leading MOOC expert at the University of Illinois Springfield.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

Reid All About it

LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. Effective boards have a clear definition of strategy, as well as defined expectations of leadership roles, resources, and finances. Presenter: Mike Madden, sr. Thu 7/27 at 2 p.m.

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The Limits of Being Inside

Jamie Notter

And really the topic does apply to my work, because it is about disruption and innovation. Massively open online classes (MOOCs) are disrupting education (see Clay Shirky’s take on it for some background). Learning how to stay at that intersection is a key leadership capacity in the 21st century. image credit.

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Six Issues Associations Are Having Difficulty Responding To

Velvet Chainsaw

Often association leadership views change as something that disrupts the peace. We all want the ability to survey business landscapes, identify trends, adopt and adapt innovations, stay abreast of new endeavors, and create new products and services. Which one frightens your association leadership the most and why?

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Wake Up to Educating the Future Workforce

Associations Now

Martin, president and CEO of the Southeastern Institute of Research, shared advice based on Digital Now’s Technology Leadership survey and SIR’s research on generational preferences that shows members of generation Y are losing confidence in their career prospects. Innovation. Watch online here , jump to 18:45.).

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Association Disruption: What’s your Educational Moonshot?

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Thinking small isn’t going to turn your association into a market leader and innovator, but an educational moonshot will. If necessary, learners could supplement your programs with college courses offered by MOOCs. Leadership. A moonshot changes the perception of what’s possible. Why get disrupted when you can disrupt?