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What Makes a MOOC a MOOC?

ID Reflections

The OER movement was the trigger for the MOOCs then. However, the flipside is that training and other forms of structured, top down learning—the pillars of organizational learning so far—are tottering. They are using various tools for PKM ( Personal Knowledge Management ) and taking onus of their own learning.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

5 Must-See PowerPoint Tutorials for Creating Better Training - Mindflash , September 29, 2010 From the New York Times to the US Military , 2010 may go down as the year PowerPoint-hating went mainstream. Group instruction, on-job training, self-study materials. Reusing eLearning material (OER) from other sources or not, asks UNESCO.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

[link] or [link] December 1, 2010 UNESCO-Commonwealth of Learning Policy Form on Open Educational Resources (OER): Taking OER beyond the OER Community – Policy and Capacity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. link] January 20, 2011 New Approaches to Peer Mentor Training , organized by Academic Impressions, to be held online.

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Top 40 eLearning Articles and 5 Hot Topics for Early March

eLearning Learning Posts

Nine Information Alternatives to the Now Defunct Training Magazine - Kapp Notes , March 2, 2010 Unfortunately, Training Magazine is folding up shop on its web site, print magazine and conferences. This post offers some other places to get information about training. Good stuff. Will the same thing happen in social?

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

From Learning Management to Personal Knowledge Management. Acquiring new knowledge and skills – e.g. in webinars, online workshops, MOOCs , and through videos and screencasts, etc. “If Traditional training structures are changing HAROLD JARCHE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012. MOOCs , OER University, Stanford AI.

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Corporate Training Through MOOCs: Everything You Need to Know

ProProfs

MOOCs prove to be highly useful, especially whenever there is a need for employee training on a large scale. They bring a shift in how businesses train their distributed workforce domestically as well as internationally. Learners can access the training content from virtually anywhere whenever they want using their own devices.

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eLearning Conferences 2013

Tony Karrer

December 2012 November 29-December 1, 2012 International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference in conjunction with the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Convention , Atlanta, Georgia, USA. link] January 25-26, 2013 Educa : National Training Event for Educators, Helsinki, Finland.