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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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Time for a MOOC-like makeover

Aaron Wolowiec

But either way, MOOCs probably aren’t going anywhere, so it’s wise to take some tips from their success. So what’s a MOOC? A MOOC is a social, networked learning experience that blends a subject matter expert (instructor), technology and convenience.

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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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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. Consider alternative delivery methods and new technologies. Professionalize content development and delivery. Try MOOCs or coding camps. However, there’s a huge divide in the readiness of such skills.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. Consider alternative delivery methods and new technologies. Professionalize content development and delivery. Try MOOCs or coding camps. However, there’s a huge divide in the readiness of such skills.

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Help Your Members Across the Digital Readiness Gap

WBT Systems

Facility with getting new technology to work : How likely people are to get someone else to set up new devices for them or show them how to use new devices. Use of digital tools for learning : How often and regularly people use technology to purse learning or enrichment activities. Digital Readiness Spectrum.

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