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Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap

Association eLearning

Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap was originally published in the IACET blog as a guest post by Digitec President Jack McGrath. employers were having a difficult time filling jobs, and the survey ranked “Skilled Trade worker” as the toughest job to fill. There is no need for unskilled labor.

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How an MCS grad chose his pathway with Illinois—a top-5 computer science school

Coursera

Rahul is a recent graduate of the Master of Computer Science (MCS) program from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) on Coursera. Ultimately, he says, “I wanted to land a job that would allow me to build on my previous work experience.” It very much qualified me for my role.”

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Blog Book Tour Recap Week Two: Fabulous!!

Kapp Notes

Week two of the blog book tour was hectic. We also announced the first two winners of the Twitter #lrn3d hashtag award, finally got a badge for tour stops and a number of blogsophere folks commented on the tour on their blogs. If you missed last week's blog book tour recap, here it is. Here is the recap for week 2.

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AWS launches entry-level Cloud Technology Consultant certificate on Coursera, helps connect learners with in-demand cloud jobs 

Coursera

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera Today, we’re excited to announce the AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate , the first entry-level certificate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Coursera. Lightcast (2023), Job Postings Report (July 2022 – June 2023). Retrieved July 2023.

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Explaining Elearning to Non-Digital Natives

Learnkit

When I started my role with Learnkit , I was eager to share the good news of my new job with my parents. The conversation I had with my father went something like this: Me: Dad I got that job I was telling you about! The conversation I had with my father went something like this: Me: Dad I got that job I was telling you about!

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From Specialization to MBA — A Learner’s Path Through the Gies College of Business

Coursera

When he decided to enroll in the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization from Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), he set himself on a path towards acceptance into the Master of Business Administration (iMBA) program. The first degree I ever earned is in civil engineering.

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Not Working harder

Clark Quinn

This is about my father’s friend who succeeded in a job despite having stated to the effect that if it appeared he was asleep, he was working, and he’d still do the work of two. (He I did the same, spending time reading magazines with my feet up on the desk in my first job out of college, but still producing good work.

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