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My fabulous co-presenters and me. Prepare for powerful condensed versions of my presentations. I had to give what I''d planned as a 12 minute portion of my presentation with a panel of speakers in something more like five minutes. Many of the presentations were standing room only. Use MOOC for more personal development.
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. “Digital Life in 20125,” a joint project by the Pew Research Center and Imagining the Internet Center, spoke to numerous internet luminaries to capture their thoughts on the web’s past, present, and future. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) will become important revenue streams.”
Lifelong” simply emphasizes that learning is ever-present in the life of every human being. Coursera and edX, the two largest and most recognizable massive open online course (MOOC) providers, were both founded in 2012. In the end, we don’t really distinguish lifelong learning from learning itself. billion in 2015.
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Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.” If you go to a session at a nonprofit conference, you will probably not only find data nerds presenting, but the room might just be packed with them too. Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating About Impact by Stephanie Evergreen.
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