Weekly Sporto bookmarks (weekly)

• Now Trending: Personalized Learning - Can a buzzword deliver on its promise? - Education Next : Education Next

  tags: personalized learning

• Are micro-credentials the key to personalizing professional development? | Education Dive

  tags: professional development microcredentials personalized

• The Impact of Offering an Amazon-Like Experience in the Non-Credit Space | The EvoLLLution

  • expect an Amazon-like experience since they are searching for, and purchasing, courses online
  •  Features such as recommended products based on user search intent, purchase history, and cart reminders make an Amazon-like experience very powerful for an organization
  • quality product available at your institution,
  • whether that is built upon content, expertise, delivery methodology, high quality facilities and technology or all of those things (as it should be).
  • Through marketing and branding efforts, student should recognize your name, logo and offerings, and associates them with high quality, yet good value
  • meet the students where they are
  • have options and be flexible in your scheduling, programming, locations, delivery methods, etc.

  • strong, responsive and robust back-end system to assist the institution in supporting these things:

     
     
    • User experience 
       
      • Website usability
       
      • Product recommendations
       
      • Customer Service
       
      • Flexible scheduling
       
       
     
    • Curriculum 
       
      • Top-quality offerings
       
      • Diversity of offerings
       
      • Innovative offerings
       
      • Instructors
       
      • Multiple course formats
       
       
     
    • Marketing 
       
      • Brand/product loyalty
       
      • Messaging
       
      • Top of mind awareness

• Instructional Quality, Students Outcomes and Institutional Finances

  tags: quality quality assurance finance outcomes institutions

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