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

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For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. The flexible classroom is a large open space.

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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

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Deep-dives into Google Analytics reports with specific examples for evaluating your digital marketing performance. Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free. It’s a revolutionary concept to scale the effectiveness of one-on-one tutoring.

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Exploring the Role of Apprenticeship in Today’s Economy with Tal Frankfurt + Robert Lerman

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So, even if a student is attending a lower-priced college, such as a community college, all that time being put in could have been used towards earning money, so that comes at a cost to the learner. Salesforce is a perfect example of a platform that’s powering business, but is very rarely taught in college classrooms.

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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

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Rufina’s new job is working for an education software start up that is developing operational software for schools It is called: EnTeEf: “Enabling Teachers’ Effectiveness “ in classrooms. They start the day with a student posting an inspirational quote on the board. www.enteef.com. How many beaches does America have?

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

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The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. And, as the facilitator, you have to be good at improvising and skilled at coaching some participants to adapt exercise so it meets their need. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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Tina Seelig's 9 Ways to Unlock Your Creativity Quotient

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This was one of numerous examples and stories Tina Seelig shared during her fantastic talk last night, Unlocking Your Creativity Quotient , hosted by UpStart Bay Area. Connect and combine things in unusual ways Example: She gave her students an assignment to combine two household items and create something with a new function.

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