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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. “He Remember how crucial the Section 121 copyright exception was to creating Bookshare?

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I saw a black board in the corner of the room, wheeled it over and wrote the key words of the presentation and shared my favorite advice about issues of incorporating technology into your instructional practice: "It isn't a matter of if technical glitches will happen, it's what are you going to do when they happen. Data easy to reuse.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although legal and regulatory requirements stipulate that schools must provide accessible ‘equivalent’ resources for students with disabilities, in practice the majority of these students do not have equal access to textbooks and other instructional materials that make up the primary resources of the general curriculum.

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Web Video for Social Benefit Sector: Some learnings.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was up too late editing a screencast to do a content analysis yesterday, instead I found a great thread on Nonprofits and Vlogging over at Social Edge facilitated by Patrick O'Heffernan. May need to get some technical instructions on how to convert the file formats or use a service like hipcast. It isn't over yet, so do go check out.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Find a spokesperson or facilitator who is familiar to your audience; ideally, someone who is perceived as a colleague or fellow member of the community. instructional video. Copyright © 2008. E-mail marketing. event managment. Feedburner. Fundraising. General News. General non-profit interest. Google Analytics. membership.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. Tagging helps found things stay found as well as facilitate the wisdom of the group. the work of copyright holders. adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). Step 1: Find People.

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This Digital Marketing Process Will Make You Write Better Content

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Next, with as much detail as possible, provide step-by-step instructions on how the results were achieved. Your ability to add value to the conversation, whether by facilitating a thoughtful discussion or by presenting industry changing data, is what gives your content meaning. Avoid Copyright Infringement. Conclusion.

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