Lessons to be learned via ‘MOOC Mess’ at Coursera?

All is not well with MOOC - Massive Open Online Courses once thought to be a threat to traditional model of college education.

Abrupt closure of a course on Coursera raises many questions. 


Lessons to be learned via ‘MOOC Mess’ at Coursera? | GlobalHigherEd


It is ironical that this happened in a course on "Fundamentals of Higher Education".

From Design Taxi: with due acknowledgment to the designer Jessica Matthews.

Triumph of teamwork

Management experts can learn from the teamwork among the fishing community. Here is scene from Shangumukham beach, Trivandrum, just after sunrise on a Sunday.

WHERE LEADERS COME FROM

An old classic from Fortune magazine of 1994. Could answer the oft asked question., "Are Leaders born or are they made?"  

WHERE LEADERS COME FROM If our age seems lacking in leadership, take heart. Warren Bennis says leaders aren't born, they're made -- mostly self-made. - September 19, 1994

Social Media Strategy in 8 steps

1. Build an Ark
2. Listen & Compare
3. What's the point?
4. Success metrics
5. Analyze audience
6. What's your one thing?
7. Engagement & Humanization
8. Channel Plan

These help you to BE social. Not how to DO social media.  
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How to make your postings go viral

Wharton Professor Jonah Berger in his book, 'Contagious. Why Things Catch on' has given six STEPPS to make people talk and share your postings. 
Here is an extract from his interview:

• Social currency:, It’s all about people talking about things to make themselves look good, rather than bad
• Triggers, which is all about the idea of “top of mind, tip of tongue.” We talk about things that are on the top of our heads.
• Ease for emotion: When we care, we share. The more we care about a piece of information or the more we’re feeling physiologically aroused, the more likely we pass something on.
• Public: When we can see other people doing something, we’re more likely to imitate it.
• Practical value: Basically, it’s the idea of news you can use. We share information to help others, to make them better off.
• Stories, or how we share things that are often wrapped up in stories or narratives. 

For original interview click here.

On giving up or not giving up

Heard in " The Big Bang Theory"

" Are you giving up"?
Sheldon: "No, I am only transcending the situation".