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Are Online Courses As Passively Profitable As Everyone Says They Are?
Anyone in the online course creation space will have heard the statistics that the online learning industry is worth billions of dollars, and that it’s the modern day way of catapulting yourself into the ‘passive income club’. But are online courses really a passive money maker, and is it really ‘passive income’? Big cash…
What’s The Point of Your Online Course?
Been struggling with your online course motivation? Feel like creating your online course is a bit of an uphill battle? Well, why are you doing it? Let’s see if we can coax your course creation motivation back in this article… I’m Not Clear On Why I’m Doing This I once got thrown out of…
The Three Major Impacts That ‘Environment’ Can Have on Adult Learning Programs
We do not learn in isolation All adult learning, even self-directed learning, rarely occurs “in splendid isolation from the world in which the learner lives; it is intimately related to that world and affected by it”. (Jarvis, 1987). Adult learning does not occur in a vacuum. What we need or want to learn, the opportunities…
7 Ways To Increase Practical Participation in Online Learning
The Need for Involved Learning There is no learning quite like getting your hands stuck in and learning your profession by ‘just doing it’. Allowing our learners to ‘have a go’ in a situation as close to real-life as possible will enhance the learning experience considerably, as we retain more information when we physically practise…
Edupreneurship: The ONLY Growth Strategy You’ll Need in 2017
Once upon a time, it was he who shouted loudest that made the most sales; but gone are the days of the toe-curling ‘buy my stuff’ marketing techniques. The only action this method attracts today is the ‘block’ button – every marketers nightmare. In recent years, we have witnessed a tidal shift into a new…
Should You Sell Your Online Courses on Udemy?
Should You Sell Your Online Courses on Udemy When They Discount Them So Highly? Many thought leaders, experts and professionals from all industry sectors, have started realising the untapped profits of their knowledge. By turning their knowledge into tangible learning products and programs – particularly online courses, many are making the average annual salary every…
‘Cheap’ Online Courses: Are They ‘Bad Quality’?
Cheap Online Courses – Are They Bad Quality? There are lots of online learning platforms and online course marketplaces out there and they all have their pros and cons. One of the most well-known platforms for selling online courses is the marketplace ‘Udemy‘. (I talk more about whether you should sell your…
3 Ways To Maximise Staff Training on a Minimum Budget
3 Ways To Maximise Staff Training on a Minimum Budget So you’re a training manager, a learning and development manager, or you have a role that oversees the growth and development of employees within an organisation. We DON’T have to reduce the quality of training in our organisations when budgets get tighter; and in this article…
5 Ways To a Best-Selling Course on Udemy
5 Ways To a Best-Selling Course on Udemy **Edit: Udemy algorithms may have changed since writing this article What makes an online course a ‘best-seller’? Many online instructors think that getting a course to best-seller is all about simply getting a truckload of people to join your course, and therefore use the strategy of giving…
Should You Give Your Online Course Away for FREE?
In Part 1 of this article series, I explain to you the 5 major criteria behind getting an online course ‘to the top’. The first criteria is ‘Numbers’; which many online instructors get by giving away course coupons for free. In this Part 2 article, we will look into whether or not this is a…