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With the recent buzz around digital badges, many of us are probably wondering what their potential impact will be on the learning landscape. As the founder and CEO of Concentric Sky, and a key player behind the open source project Badgr, Wayne Skipper is a leading voice in the open badging movement. He whole-heartedly believes in …
As leaders in the business of lifelong learning, we often focus much of our time and money trying to design and deliver impactful learning experiences – whether that’s choosing the most knowledgeable subject matter experts we can find or trying to incorporate best practices about how adults learn. But the reality is, learning is a …
While traditional place-based conferences certainly provide a great deal of value for organizations trying to connect with their members, there are often barriers that make it difficult for a majority of the intended audience to attend – travel time, travel costs, schedule conflicts…. the list goes on and on. Virtual events, on the other hand, …
The traditional education-to-employment model assumes that one attends school from K-12, goes directly to college, and then out into the workforce. The reality is, times are changing and we are now in the midst of what many are calling an education crisis. So the question is — what do we do about it? In their …
The learning landscape is constantly evolving and thanks to technology, it has changed dramatically in recent years. Those of us in in the association world, especially in leadership positions, need to be paying attention to these changes so that we can better meet the needs of learners and capitalize on the opportunities that now exist. In this …
We live in a world where multitasking has become part of our culture. Whether we are commuting to work, doing the dishes, or working out, many of us would like to use that time to also be doing something else—and according to this year’s edition of The Infinite Dial, it appears that a large part …
In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Tagoras founders Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele talk about two of the key concepts from a recent Leading Learning Webinar on trends and predictions: grand design learning and boutique learning. Both concepts build upon recent trends while in many ways standing in contrast to them. To tune …
As we prepare for the Leading Learning Symposium, the pace of change in learning markets remains brisk. Whether online or off, there are new opportunities and challenges to be found everywhere, and in many ways, what happens over the course of the next few years will shape how we think about lifelong learning for a …
