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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

According to their research, students and employers agree on the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace: critical thinking, problem solving, oral and written communications, teamwork, ethical conduct, decision-making and the ability to apply knowledge. Try MOOCs or coding camps. Mix and match educational opportunities.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

According to their research, students and employers agree on the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace: critical thinking, problem solving, oral and written communications, teamwork, ethical conduct, decision-making and the ability to apply knowledge. Try MOOCs or coding camps. Mix and match educational opportunities.

Education 180
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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

The Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida (the Silicon Valley of simulation), is, a source tells us, leaning toward specifying xAPI (see below) as the standard for LMS-simulator communication. MOOCs: We will go against the grain a bit here and argue that MOOCs AREN’T DEAD. All the MOOCs out there. Our evidence?

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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

As some of you may know, in addition to my role with Event Garde , I work for Michigan State University’s central communications office. If you know of an expert on MOOCs, or if your association uses MOOCs, please contact me. I love working with students. They’re brilliant. They’re ambitious. They’re overachievers.

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Association eLearning vs Free Online Courses

WBT Systems

The following are the top reasons suggested to promote free, public online courses, such as MOOC s (Massive Open Online Course): Cost Efficiency : Lower costs of attendance and time-saving as a result of removing need to travel and ability to access content online at a time that suits the learner.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

This list is part of their Data Science Career Guide , a six-part series recommending the best online courses and MOOCs for people entering the data science industry. What online courses (including your own) and MOOCs would you recommend to people entering (or thinking about entering) your industry or profession? More info/register.

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My Top 10 Learnings From ASAE Annual 2013

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Use MOOC for more personal development. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are changing the way we approach education. Thanks to speakers David DeLorenzo and Kylee Coffman for the MOOC discussion in their session. How can I best communicate that without being tacky? Many of the presentations were standing room only.

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