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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

These are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on “awesome projects.” . They focus on supporting smaller and newer 501(c)(3) organizations so that the foundation’s gift can make a more significant contribution to the work of the recipient organization. Areas served: Worldwide. New Earth Foundation.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

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Full disclosure: Web Courseworks, the company Dr. Hicken and myself work for, has developed a learning management platform specific to delivering online professional development for associations, including the AAMC, medical and health professions societies, and CPD departments. Chapter 4, by Ginny Jacobs-Halsey and David A.

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How We Learn – Capitalize On Knowing

Gyrus

Our learning instruction we receive from youth into early adulthood is fairly regimented; teachers are taught how to convey information to students, and for the most part, they engage in the same methodology across their efforts. Do the one-size fits all approach not work? Work with individuals who need more personal attention.

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Why we need Learning Management Systems

Gyrus

As to not shroud this document with bias, I have taken the liberty of pulling the dictionary.com definition of a Learning Management System, which appears below: noun. That question being, “does this initiative actually work?” This program indeed works, and now, I can find ways to make it work better.

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Academic vs. Corporate LMS – Where the Lines Blur

Gyrus

They allow teachers and administration to measure a student’s amount of correctness, and an overall average of cumulative courses. Which creates an all-encompassing student profile on individuals for reporting purposes. The work comes first and foremost and the training follows to improve career activity and function.

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The Concept of Microlearning

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Microlearning is a brief (less than 5 minute) learning component with a focus on a very particular learning object (specifically a skill, behavior, or compliance piece). Wait, it appeals to shortened attention spans and works great with our hustling staff who is constantly on the go? The concept of Microlearning is not that new.