Monthly Archives: April 2014
Megatrends in MOOCs: #6 More Social, More Collaborative
If you were asked to name the top three current trends in business in general, my guess is that “social” would make the list....
Megatrends in MOOCS: #5 Lifelong Learning
When Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun, Coursera’s Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, and other education innovators decided to start putting courses from top universities online, for...
Megatrends in MOOCs: #4 Microlearning Paths
In the previous article, we explored how corporate training is moving away from seat-time and toward competencies. This larger picture here is not just...
Megatrends in MOOCs: #3 Updating the Competency-Based Training Model
Over the past several years, the educational requirements for jobs have been increasing. According to a study by Georgetown University, 63 percent of all...
Megatrends in MOOCs: #2 Facilitating Learning Organizations
The Internet has had profound impacts on education and training—not just on the practical aspects of how it is done, but on something much...
