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Debbie Willis4/25/22 12:00 AM

Overcoming Goldfish Myths & the Challenges to Attention Spans

Let’s put this goldfish myth to bed once and for all. You’ve heard this one: our ...
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Debbie Willis12/7/20 12:00 AM

Create Compelling Educational Programs by Copying 7 Moves from Queen’s Gambit

If we could meet around the office watercooler, I know what everyone would be talking ...
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Debbie Willis6/11/18 12:00 AM

How to Get Useful Student Feedback on Online Courses

When you collect useful student feedback on online courses, you can confidently assess ...
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Debbie Willis5/7/18 12:00 AM

12 Ways to Increase Student Participation in Online Discussions

Dozens of studies have come to the same conclusion: online discussions strengthen student ...
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Debbie Willis3/26/18 12:00 AM

8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

For many adults, taking a class online is a new learning experience. Even learners with ...
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Debbie Willis2/5/18 12:00 AM

How to Validate an Online Course Idea

New players in the online learning market are bringing fresh ideas to online course ...
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Debbie Willis1/22/18 12:00 AM

What to Do If Your Association’s Online Course Failed

You were so proud. You really thought you had a great idea for an online course. The ...
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Debbie Willis11/13/17 12:00 AM

Debunking Learning Myths: 12 Facts About Adult Learning

If you make your living in the lifelong learning business, you don’t want to rely on ...
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Debbie Willis10/9/17 12:00 AM

Improve Student Success with an Online Learning Community

Do you ever think about your association’s online learners and how they manage to fit ...
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Debbie Willis9/18/17 12:00 AM

9 Ways to Increase Online Student Engagement

If you’ve taken a continuing education class, you’ve seen how students fade away over ...
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Debbie Willis9/4/17 12:00 AM

Your Association Members & Customers Have an Ear for Podcasts

Publicists are telling their clients, “Get a podcast.” Podcasting is the new talk radio, ...
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Debbie Willis8/7/17 12:00 AM

Why (and How to) Design Association Education for Young Professionals

Millennials will make up nearly half the U.S. workforce by 2020. Generational definitions ...
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