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Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community

Associations Now

Does your association provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) or virtual continuing education courses to members? To celebrate Guinea Pig Appreciation Day on July 16, the American Pet Products Association is sharing housing and nutrition information for guinea pig owners. Taking an online class can be solitary experience.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

What should bother us is the possibility of lower educational value being associated with the flood of cheap CE “products” into the market. And we wouldn’t expect virtual reality to be a popular on-demand product until the required devices become more widely owned. Plateau of Productivity. All the MOOCs out there.

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Survey says: Most of us are lifelong learners

Aaron Wolowiec

For example, 61 percent of respondents aren’t aware of distance learning while 80 percent aren’t familiar with massive open online courses (MOOCs). While technology continues to evolve in the education arena, the Pew study found many learners aren’t aware of digital learning options. Even fewer learners are aware of digital badges.

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Survey says: Most of us are lifelong learners

Aaron Wolowiec

For example, 61 percent of respondents aren’t aware of distance learning while 80 percent aren’t familiar with massive open online courses (MOOCs). While technology continues to evolve in the education arena, the Pew study found many learners aren’t aware of digital learning options. Even fewer learners are aware of digital badges.

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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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The State of Association E-Learning: Cloudy with a Chance of Sunshine

WBT Systems

Develop processes for e-learning product development and pricing. A deeper dive into the survey reveals additional missed opportunities for associations: 66% of survey participants do not have a formal, documented product development process for e-learning programs. How are they making decisions with such a willy-nilly approach?

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

It discusses in depth its research on employee engagement in the workplace, and the benefits organizations with an engaged workforce experience , including increased productivity, reduced turnover of staff, improved profitability and performance.

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