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The State of Association E-Learning: Cloudy with a Chance of Sunshine

WBT Systems

Has your leadership tried your e-learning programs? (A Having e-learning champions on your board and in your leadership pipeline bodes well for future budgeting decisions. Don’t forget LinkedIn, colleges and universities , MOOCs, and other for-profit online learning platforms.). A good idea to gain their buy-in.).

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Mastering Your Craft

Thanks For Playing

Enter MOOCs ( massive open online courses ). Right now, MOOCs are great - take classes from an Ivy for free! - "But," you ask, "what happens when she realizes that she does need a class in biology (for medicine) or trigonometry (for carpentry)? And she didn't go to college!" In other words, it's not a degree program.

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The Many Benefits of Selling Online Education to Corporate Members

WBT Systems

Even MOOCs have caught on. Soft skills and leadership development. Although these skills aren’t always part of a certification or licensing curriculum, they’re necessary for effective management and leadership. Everyone sees the revenue potential in providing online education to corporate customers. Revenue growth.

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Moose to MOOCs and 3 other articles for association executives

SCD Group

Universities bolster MOOCs for online learning By Mary Beth Marklein via USA TODAY. Leadership Is A Vital Role For Association Executives via The Forbes Group Do you see yourself as a manager? Public universities and systems in nine states say they''ll join a push to greatly expand and improve online learning. As a leader?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

Reid All About it

LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. Effective boards have a clear definition of strategy, as well as defined expectations of leadership roles, resources, and finances. Presenter: Mike Madden, sr. Thu 7/27 at 2 p.m.

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The Limits of Being Inside

Jamie Notter

Massively open online classes (MOOCs) are disrupting education (see Clay Shirky’s take on it for some background). Learning how to stay at that intersection is a key leadership capacity in the 21st century. And really the topic does apply to my work, because it is about disruption and innovation. image credit.

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A Big Course From a Small Association

Associations Now

One executive at a state association has taken the lead on educating healthcare workers on a pressing national issue via a MOOC. And as with so many things involving inspired leadership, it starts with Abraham Lincoln. Grimes also has the assistant of Ray Schroeder, a leading MOOC expert at the University of Illinois Springfield.

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