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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

An online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry , aka ModPo, is one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes.

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MOOCs: A myth for the masses? Not so much

Aaron Wolowiec

An infographic by Online-PhD-Programs.org summarizing MOOCs. Massive Open Online Courses – or MOOCs – seem to be all the rage. MOOCs are online classes that are available to anyone with a computer and/or Internet access. Some MOOCs are free, but others aren’t. million people participate in MOOCs through Coursera.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. In eLearning, we are at the very start of the hype curve with distributed ledgers: we can imagine the technology solving one of our recurring problems.

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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

In fact, I took my first graduate class as a lifelong learner because it was so much cheaper. That said, associations should capitalize on technology, not shy away from it. At the same time, technology provides incredible tools to measure the effectiveness of your association’s lifelong learning opportunities.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

Mobile technology changes everything, and makes associations nervous. It is well worth reading for any association that is reviewing its current education offering for members or considering implementing new technologies, such as an association learning management system. Lifelong Learning is Becoming an Economic Imperative.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

Kevin Kelly, from his book, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ). When I went to college, a middle class kid could afford a four-year liberal arts education. Not your typical classes, I know, but they’re life skills people need to develop personally and professionally.

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8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

WBT Systems

For many adults, taking a class online is a new learning experience. An online instructor must understand not only how learners learn but also how to leverage technology to help them take in and retain information. 10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs. 1: Train instructors in online learning.

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