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JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. I am not always lucky to be teaching in a classroom that is designed as a flexible space to be molded into a learning environment by the instructor guided by the instructional design.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s. For more about the techniques, see the Peer Instruction Blog: Turn to Your Neighbor is written by Julie Schell , a researcher for Eric Mazur.

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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.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

One metaphor is to think of the AI as an intern that you need to clearly communicate instructions to and then check their work and revise. Devi also emphasized the concept of “copilot” where the human is the pilot and always in charge.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

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.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Instructional Design. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Training. Design Thinking As Instructional Technique.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. It would be a video, instructional role play, or case study, where a network leader would share their story of events leading up to the groan zone and getting past it.

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MARCH 22, 2013

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. How does the room set up support or fight your instructional design? Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed many years ago in China.

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JULY 25, 2017

Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. I typically draw a vertical line down my notebook page, and label each column “Content” and “Instructional Process” to capture both types of notes.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise. There are usually two aspects of this.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

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MARCH 8, 2019

Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. I create lesson plans for every workshop where I ponder the instructional goals, what I know about the audience, the mechanics of the interactivity, the room layout, AV, and supplies. There are many ways to do it.

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Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 87

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work. However, these days so many of my meetings take place online, typically on Zoom, and interactivity can be a challenge. These activities are called icebreakers.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Here’s some step-by-step or eye-by-eye instructions. These exercises are intended for people who have generally healthy eyes but who suffer from eye strain or overly tired eyes, often due to heavy computer usage. Three Minute Mental Vacation Break: Mental visualization can also be helpful in providing quiet time during your day.

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JUNE 24, 2015

I’ve never met him face-to-face, but I’ve learned some much from reading and using his curated instructional materials. A stellar example of content curation : Content curation is not aggregation or a big gigantic list of links. A content curator v ets, filters, organizes, and presents information in a instructional way.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

I’m participating in the GivingTuesday Summer School where you find an instructional video from me discussing how to use giving days like Giving Tuesday to experiment and improve your online fundraising with social media. See you in Summer School!

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AUGUST 16, 2005

I got a cheap Olympus Recorder (WS-200) after reading Andy Carvin 's and Brian Russell 's posts. I did my first recording with a Thai Dancer who speaks Cambodian, along with my son. It's here: Download firstpodcast.mp3. My big mistake was that I neglected to make sure the recorder was turned off while transferring the files to the computer.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

And then immediately create instructional materials and trainings for the community. When Maddie Grant at Social Fish invited me to do a FREE webinar over at the 365 Engage Community, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to reflect the practice of incorporating social media into instruction. Audience Research.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Each method provides step-by-ste instructions, examples, templates, and additional reading links. . – Sharing Knowledge Wiki -This wiki was created by The ICT-KM group of the CGIAR to catalog and document processes for nonprofits that want to share knowledge across partners doing development work.

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Facilitation Product Design Sweden 109

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Good instructional design to create an environment for peer dialogue begins with good on boarding and for people to connect with something they already know or believe. So, one of the things I highly value about instructional design is the time and space to reflect on what worked and what didn’t work.

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MARCH 8, 2010

I like to use videos as part of the instruction to trigger discussion or something at the end as a group bonding mechanism. I like to use videos as part of the instruction to trigger discussion or something at the end as a group bonding mechanism. I'm knee deep in creating some new workshop curriculum.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas. Please leave a comment.

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Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Teaching, leaning, and training has been my passion for 20 years.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

These are some of the best practices of planning a high quality session. Recently, Points of Light offered an instructional webinar on how to design a conference session. Pay attention to instructions or tips on different segments of the proposal form. Lori Jean Mantooth offers a summary. Follow the guidelines.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail? What: The art of social instructional design. Social Instructional Design.

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MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. This would require clear instructions on the outcome of the peer coaching and to provide some instructions on the right balance between listening and telling. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Here’s just a few: Instructional. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods. Peer Learning / Coaching. Reflective Practice. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Making Decisions and Getting Consensus.

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MARCH 14, 2013

I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. … Read More

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Social Media Management Instructional Design Media 101

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I did a TwitterChat with them to help promote the conference, but in the process discovered it was even more valuable to help design instruction. All in all, a pleasant way to prepare for instruction.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. All of the instruction is aligned to a network frame. . In comparison, this was a shorter time amount of time, different instructional styles across faculty, and the overall frame was social innovation.

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Program Reflection Instruction Instructional 78

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Resilience: This theme is related to all the writing, curriculum development, and instruction that I will do this year based on my work on the Emerging Leaders Playbook and The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.

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APRIL 8, 2020

You could give the instructions ahead time and ask people to bring an objective meeting they want to share that represents their connection to your nonprofit (a good exercise for board members). . Small Group Activities.

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Exercise Reflection Structure Google 177

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MARCH 25, 2014

I’m very interested in the train the trainer concept, so for my own learning I have been taking many trainings to learn new instructional techniques – hopefully gaining some empathy for being a student in a train the trainer session. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. It's a shift from sage on the stage instruction to honoring the learners for what they know. This has had an impact on the design of the cards, game instructions, etc. Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities. What's the Hash Tag?

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Social Media Game Media Social 87

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JANUARY 2, 2015

I wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits. I have a goal for one learning day per month where I will take workshop on instructional topics and share those here.

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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. Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

This is a smaller collection of recipes to facilitate with Post-It notes, many are described in ” Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes ” by David Straker published in 1997, but 3M web site gives you step-by-step instructions with links to its much expanded and more colorful product line. The brainstorming methods remind me of the (..)

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