Activities, Discussion, Instructional Design and Interaction

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training

Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

Facilitation

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design

Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

Activities

Activities Active Activism Integration

Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. Therefore, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

Training

Training Train Design Classroom

Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. Last month, I participated in the day-long convening of funders at the Media Impact Forum. Storify here ). I kicked off the morning session with a discussion on measuring impact with colleagues from VolunteerMatch – Greg Baldwin and Jay Backstrand.

Training

Training Train Audience Activities

Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

Learning

Learning Classroom Classes Student

3 Strategies for Effective Nonprofit E-Learning

The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

From the interactive elements you can include, the scenarios you can walk-through…e-learning has evolved. Valerie isn’t going to appreciate interactive games if they don’t give her actionable, valuable tips. Otherwise, it’s just using up some of her time—which, we’ve already discussed, she doesn’t have a lot of.

Effective

Effective Learning Strategy Course

NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Next, of course, is diving into the design task of identifying goals and framing for the session and specific roles. The scribe should only interact with the lead facilitator, not the group.

Reflection

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation

Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. It was delivered in two sessions.

Design

Design Effective Experiment Learning

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

Morocco

Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference

Social Media Measurement and Learning Analytics: How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I came across the term “Learning Analytics” in an NPR story about the effectiveness of college lectures and ways to make learning more interactive. There are different definitions. Measurement Love: Connecting measurement to decision-making and getting better results. Learning Analytics. Please leave a comment.

Social Media

Social Media Measure Analytics Learning

5 Essential CME LMS Features for Your Healthcare Association

Forj

MAY 25, 2021

But, before we dive into the five features that you should seek in your next CME LMS, let’s discuss why you’re seeking a new solution to begin with. Your association needs to report to PARS for all accreditation activities. No one wants to interact with a CME LMS that’s clunky and hard to use. An attestation statement.

Associations

Associations eLearning Module Course

Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. Recently, Jennifer Ahern Lammer who is the program director for the Alliance of Nonprofit Management , shared several good design points developed by Peter York from TCG and how she applies it.

Training

Training Train Reflection Design

10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Either way, we’d guess it looked quite different from the eLearning assessment types we’re going to discuss today. When it comes to eLearning assessments, there is a wide range of possibilities when it comes to interactivity and engagement. Group Collaboration with Feedback.

eLearning

eLearning Course Test Knowledge

2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. We manage continuing education (CE) credit transactions: a learner completes a CE activity and receives CE credit, or “credit hours,” in return.

Hype

Hype eLearning Model Badge

Tips for Taking a Tech-Fueled Approach to Nonprofit Training

DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Elevated Engagement and Interactivity: At Artisan, we worked with the American Red Cross to transform a less-than-engaging PowerPoint into a self-paced e-learning course. Now that we’ve discussed the benefits of technology in nonprofit training, let’s get into the nitty-gritty of what this looks like in practice.

Training

Training Train Tech Tips

Experiential Leadership Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

So, this trip was a gift in terms of getting new ideas for instructional design. When you are a trainer, you are a designer and facilitator of learning experiences. As a participant, you can also learn a lot by observing and reverse engineering the instructional design.

Leadership

Leadership Develop Exercise

Nonprofit Technology

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

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Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

3 Strategies for Effective Nonprofit E-Learning

NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Social Media Measurement and Learning Analytics: How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

5 Essential CME LMS Features for Your Healthcare Association

Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Tips for Taking a Tech-Fueled Approach to Nonprofit Training

Experiential Leadership Development

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