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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. Research about the physical space can impact learning, can be found here. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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How We Learn – Capitalize On Knowing

Gyrus

Teachers used my IQ to recommend me for advanced courses, and such avenues awarded me the ability to attempt learning more difficult topics. But even then, I often felt my mind drifting off in class, doodled on notes, or encountered moments where I was not motivated enough to attempt to process the course content.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It also has benefits to students themselves who can use the data to customize their participation in the class. It is particularly relevant to those who are using online learning environments. This year, the rise of big data was the subject of discussions across many disciplines, including the nonprofit sector.

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PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

CFY was founded by Elisabeth Stock in 1999 with the mission of helping low-income students do better in school by improving their learning environments at home. Since then, the organization has partnered with hundreds of schools and provided digital learning resources to 50,000 families in five cities.

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Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition

Gyrus

This projection is set to grow throughout at least the next two presidential terms, and I for one would like to help educate potential users on all of the great features of which they can be getting out of their learning environments. Topic 2: Where is the LMS Industry Going? Topic 5: Setting Proper Permissions within your LMS.

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The Future of the LMS

Gyrus

The future is bright and full of potential technical advancement, included somewhere within that progression is a small segment for Learning Management Systems and how they are already trending towards something completely different. In the Learning and Development world training has migrated from solely instructional and self-taught.

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Can Dr. Seuss Help Your School Drive Admissions?

Connection Cafe

Your resolution is the experience and learning environment you can provide students and their families. Perhaps your audience is looking for smaller class sizes or specialized learning. Maybe their priority is single gender education or a faith based environment.

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