Spark Consulting

MARCH 13, 2013

What MOOCs will – and won’t – change about the traditional four-year college education. Enterprise Social Networks to the rescue! Who is really benefiting from targeted online advertising ? Windows 8 appears to be DOA. What is “ author rank ,” and why should you care?

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 22, 2014

If you know of an expert on MOOCs, or if your association uses MOOCs, please contact me. And your association can easily meet the demand. So now I’m wondering, where do Massive Open Online Courses fit into this equation? I’d like to write about this in the near future.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Don’t forget LinkedIn, colleges and universities , MOOCs, and other for-profit online learning platforms.). Use of emerging formats, such as micro-learning, MOOCs, flipped learning , gamified learning, and digital badges or micro-credentials. Is this process standardized, documented, and shared with those who need to know?

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WBT Systems

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Here, associations have a huge opportunity and advantage over their MOOC competitors to lead the required change in continuing education – the issues of industry knowledge trust, authentication, and validation of qualifications earned.

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Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 8, 2013

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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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 7, 2016

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?

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Associations Now

JANUARY 17, 2017

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have been around long enough that some strong takeaways are starting to show themselves. Read on to see what Harvard and MIT have learned about MOOCs—and what your association should keep in mind. Is Now the Time For Your MOOC? Learning About Business Models.

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

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. Many of the presentations were standing room only. Improve my "elevator speech" when explaining what I do.

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Associations Now

JULY 12, 2017

Does your association provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) or virtual continuing education courses to members? The post Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community appeared first on Associations Now. Encourage your members to hang out with other members when they dive into your online courses.

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WBT Systems

JULY 5, 2016

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 Subculture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Reframe Delivery – Massive open online courses or “MOOCs” are effectively disrupting the landscape. Beyond webinars and other virtual mechanisms, the technology supporting MOOCs are leading instructors to radically re-evaluate how content is chunked absent a “time” requirement.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 11, 2017

You’ll hear all sorts of terminology in the eLearning world – MOOCS, Moodles, gamification – don’t be overwhelmed by this! As part of your prep work, spend some time determining what style of online education your members will find most valuable.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The Brewers Association, in an effort to make room for a few craft brews in the culinary arena, has launched a five-day CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course, a massive open online course (MOOC) that offers lessons on how to best taste, pour, and serve beer, as well as how to integrate it with different edibles.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

I’m curious to see how effective and enjoyable a MOOC is – that’s a massive online open course. And by the time the weekend’s over, I expect to be raving about Walt Whitman too. I’m taking a modern and contemporary poetry class from Coursera. Plus I’m eager to give my creative muscle a poetic work out. Ready to get your learn on?

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Reid All About it

JULY 1, 2022

He pulls out association-relevant findings from the successes of MOOCs, LinkedIn Learning, Khan Academy, The Great Courses, Udemy, and Degreed. Professional development. You will find lots of inspiration in these 15 lessons from Big Learning by Jeff Cobb at Leading Learning. Quick hits.

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Spark Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2014

” But it can also be “I want to take a MOOC” or catch up on your reading or write articles or revamp your CRM system or refresh your website or whatever. Pay attention to the cycles of when you’re busy and when things are slow, and make sure you know what you want to do with your slow times.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Thanks to MOOCs , many people around the world are patching together a college-level education by taking classes from Brown, Penn, UVA, Harvard and other respected universities. What if organizations, like associations, help people put together a curriculum from various online sources such as MOOCs and associations?

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Sandra Milligan, director of the Assessment Research Centre at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, analyzed data from more than 100,000 learners in the University of Melbourne’s MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). She identified five distinct levels of learning : Level 1: Reader – the online course serves as a textbook.

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WBT Systems

MARCH 27, 2018

10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs. When students become more engaged in the learning experience, they’ll get more out of the course, and they’re more likely to come back to you for additional education. ~~~. Related Content . 9 Ways to Increase Online Student Engagement. How to Motivate Certification Candidates.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 18, 2013

If you’re interested in education and MOOCs and such, you’ve probably already read it. Simple, yet we find it so hard to do in our stressed out work days. Time to shift. Maddie Grant shares a “must read” post by Clay Shirky on disruption. As she says, “This is a HUGE OPPORTUNITY – not a threat.

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WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Follow the format of popular MOOCs : Share a discussion guide. For popular sessions, create online discussion groups in your LMS where attendees and speakers can continue the conversation, share resources, and make recommendations about related online learning programs. Start an online book club. Live-stream panel discussions.

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WBT Systems

JULY 25, 2017

Familiarity with education technology : How familiar people are with online learning, MOOCs, digital badges, Khan Academy, and other online educational resources. Ability to determine the trustworthiness of online information : How confident people are in their ability to know whether the information they find online is trustworthy.

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SCD Group

JUNE 10, 2013

Universities bolster MOOCs for online learning By Mary Beth Marklein via USA TODAY. Public universities and systems in nine states say they''ll join a push to greatly expand and improve online learning.

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WBT Systems

JULY 17, 2018

Everyone— colleges and universities , for-profits, and MOOCs—is getting into the lifelong learning business. Online learning trends change frequently. Learning business models, products, and delivery formats are also changing. Competition is increasing.

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Leading Learning

MAY 22, 2022

Venture capital firms have jumped back into the game head first, massive open online course (MOOC) providers, originally rooted in universities, have gone public or been bought , and big Web firms like LinkedIn and Google have become major players. The MOOC 3. Yes, I know: most people sign up for MOOCs and never complete them.

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Reid All About it

JULY 21, 2017

LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. A few years ago I took an excellent online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry. Here’s another good article about phishing attacks—this time the focus is on chapters.

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WBT Systems

MAY 15, 2018

Even MOOCs have caught on. Everyone sees the revenue potential in providing online education to corporate customers. Colleges and universities are designing new programs in partnership with companies.

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WBT Systems

AUGUST 15, 2017

Besides other associations, you now have online professional platforms like LinkedIn (now owned by Microsoft) and Udacity to worry about, plus all the MOOCs like Coursera and EdX. If one thing is certain about the future, it’s the increasing number of competitors in the lifelong learning space.

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WBT Systems

APRIL 3, 2018

Don’t overlook competing programs from other associations, higher education institutions, MOOCs, and for-profit companies, like LinkedIn, Udemy, and firms in your industry. Can you deliver content in any way you wish? How do your programs compare to the competition? What do they offer that you can’t?

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. Students will also be provided with ongoing, post-MOOC philanthropy education content that will support continued development and execution of their philanthropic goals.

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WBT Systems

JULY 10, 2018

Consider all sources: associations, colleges and universities, industry vendors, for-profit organizations, and MOOCs. Once you know what you want to study, explore all formats, both in-person classes, workshops, conferences, and presentations, and online courses, conferences, summits, and webinars.

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WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

A good introductory video could also serve as a promotional trailer, like this one from another Coursera MOOC, Modern & Contemporary American Poetry —a course we’ve discussed before on this blog because of its creative and effective instructional design. #2 2 – Frequently review learning outcomes.

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Reid All About it

MAY 12, 2023

WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. I love the idea of a small, focused conference where you can actually get to know people, so I hope to meet many of you there. Learning business.

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Aaron Wolowiec

MAY 26, 2015

This one has staged something of a comeback with the rise of MOOCs and other free content, but it doesn’t take much more than observation and common sense to dispel it. 3: People won’t pay for e-learning. People have been paying thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars, for online degrees for decades now.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 11, 2017

You’ll hear all sorts of terminology in the eLearning world – MOOCS, Moodles, gamification – don’t be overwhelmed by this! As part of your prep work, spend some time determining what style of online education your members will find most valuable.

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Association Success

MARCH 26, 2019

It is this view coupled with the last decade’s digital transformation of industries like transportation (Uber/Lyft), publishing/content/networking (LinkedIn/Facebook/Netflix/HBR), education (MOOCs/online universities), and travel (AirBnB/VRBO), that makes me a firm believer that the association business model needs to experience a massive renovation (..)

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

One executive at a state association has taken the lead on educating healthcare workers on a pressing national issue via a MOOC. So last fall she started thinking about a MOOC —short for massive open online course, which is designed to deliver education to students with various interests and learning styles, at a flexible pace.

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