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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

Each week’s class features several videos of Filreis and several teaching assistants (TAs) discussing the assigned poems. Nearly 1,200,000 students have taken the most popular MOOC of all time: Learning How to Learn: Powerful Mental Tools to Help You Master Tough Subjects taught by Dr. Barbara Oakley of UC San Diego.

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Association Brain Food: 6.21.24

Reid All About it

Class size is limited and has sold out in the past, so please register soon. Host: Meetings Today Speakers: Julie Coker, CEO, San Diego Tourism Authority Jason Dunn, CEO, National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals Elliott L. See the full course syllabus for more details. Extra credit 50 ways to fuel a conversation. |

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Amid Rural Broadband Weak Spots, Nonprofits Offer Last-Mile Help

Associations Now

SCTCA’s Tribal Digital Village program has been active since 2001 and has connected more than half of tribal lands in San Diego County to broadband. In comments to the website, Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of the Rural Broadband Association, noted that there was a political case to be made for improving broadband access.

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Conference Circuit: Heart Association Pumps Life into Education

Associations Now

Down the Line: November 22-25: The American Academy of Religion will help move religious studies into the digital age during this year’s annual meeting in San Diego. In the same vein, the Religion and Media Workshop will examine the intersection of religion, media, and culture.

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Conference Circuit: College Try

Associations Now

A record-setting 7,000 college admission counselors and enrollment professionals are in San Diego to collaborate with colleagues and learn how to best help students navigate the college application process. Venue: San Diego Convention Center. Location: San Diego. Conference: 71st National Conference.

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Smaller-Scale Locales Score Big on Top Destinations List

Associations Now

Rounding out the list are second-ranked destination Chicago (1,567,991 square feet), fourth-ranked Atlanta (1,741,980 square feet), and fifth-ranked San Diego (1,612,980 square feet). In other words, resort areas with strong PR and great facilities can punch above their weight class. Let us know in the comments.

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Lessons Learned from an Email Series that Generated $651,958.00

Robert Skrob

I’m coming to you this month from seat 6E in the first-class cabin of flight AA1229 from San Diego to Dallas where I’ll catch a flight home to Tallahassee. I’ve been traveling a lot this summer. There’s a lot of Retention Deficit Disorder out there, and I’m the guy subscription membership programs call to treat it.