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USDLA – Advocating the Growth of Distance Learning

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This week I wanted to take a look at the United States Distance Learning Association and their upcoming 5th Annual Conference that is scheduled for May 1st-4th in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Digital Badges for Educational Achievement

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The result: helping people of all ages gain and display 21st century skills and unlock new career and educational opportunities. If you’re an association education or technology director, you might be intrigued by the possibility of bringing badges to your members. From Mozilla’s Open Badges wiki page.

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Careers in E-Learning Management

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Other practitioners become e-learning […]. eLearning Continuing Medical Education distance learning elearning instructional design Jon Aleckson project management' It may be considered an easy transition, or even a promotion, for a company to move someone into that role from a prior managerial position.

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Explore eLearning at the Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the event, and leaders in the distance learning field will be there to speak and present on eLearning-related topics such as MOOC models for education, mobile learning, blended learning, social media for learning, learning analytics, and much more.

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Associations’ Mission to Teach: Social Media vs. Formal Education

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Educators, however, would argue that “informal learning”, although [.]. Social media discussions have become a common way to obtain information. Relying on listservs to share information among a community of practitioners has evolved into launching social media networks.

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How Much Should you Spend on an eLearning Course?

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This week’s tip: it is important to rate the quality of your distance learning products (A, B, C). My point is that education managers [.].

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Online Education Growing- Making Madison DL Conference Relevant

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Higher education has been in the news a lot lately: From the rising tuition at Wisconsin’s state schools to the recent announcement of a new online degree program through the University of Wisconsin System. It’s an understatement to say the field of higher education is just “changing,” which is why the 28th Annual Conference on [.].