{"id":41864,"date":"2013-08-20T08:33:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T12:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=41864"},"modified":"2013-08-20T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T12:48:59","slug":"turn-education-into-a-lifelong-experience-mol-van-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/08\/20\/turn-education-into-a-lifelong-experience-mol-van-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn education into a lifelong experience [Mol & Van Dam]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turn education into a lifelong experience<\/strong><\/a> — from clomedia.com by Caroline Mol and Nick Van Dam
\nMOOCs ensure development remains relevant. The future of work depends on people\u2019s ability to build intellectual capital.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Most of the discussions about MOOCs focus on the experience and potential impact on higher education, which we will not discuss here. Rather, we will talk about their impact on the 21st century workforce and corporations. It is very exciting that, according to edX, more than 50 percent of enrollments in such courses are professionals from all over the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking at market dynamics, increasing globalization, rapid advancements in technology and the continuously changing business environment, it becomes increasingly important that people up their game and continue to invest in their development to stay relevant in the workforce.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to employing people with the right skills, corporations are looking more and more for specialized expertise in the so-called human cloud \u2014 the virtual, on-demand workforce. Success for a 21st century workforce is leaders\u2019 ability to predict which competencies will be valued in the future and to accelerate mastery of those competencies.<\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nWhile I might take some different viewpoints on a couple of\u00a0 things in the article, the importance of reinventing oneself — i.e. staying relevant — is key; and what MOOCs morph into might be a key ingredient for the corporate world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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