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SCD Group: 5 Articles on Association Meetings & Education

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College may never be the same By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY Massive Open Online Courses --MOOCs, for short. And MOOCs already have attracted the interest of some employers, paving the way for a potential revenue source. ► 2011. (42). What are some things presenters can do to create lively, engaging presentations?

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

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In September 2011, the Mozilla Open Badges (now part of IMS Global) initiative launched, and digital badges have since evolved rapidly to become an important part of the credentialing landscape. That same year saw the launch of Barbara Oakley’s massive open online course, or MOOC, Learning How to Learn , on Coursera. Taylor here.).

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The Big 3 (Costs, changing demographics and mobile) impacting association meetings

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While specific federal attendee numbers weren’t available, the conference, which had 11,000 attendees in 2011, has 9,500 attendees this year. The event, which draws a number of federal research labs that the U.S. Department of Energy runs, saw a sizable decline this year. This is despite a record number of exhibitors.

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