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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Working Wikily: Bridging Online/Offline Learning and Content Creation/Community Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you look at the work plan, the content development part of the project is coming to a close (there's one module left to build on experimentation) and "instructional" part of the project is ramping up. Here's what lies ahead -- a division and then a bridge between online/offline learning and community/content.

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Downadup/Conficker worm update

Tech Soup

Fast forward two months, and not only has the problem not been suppressed, Downadup aka Conficker has evolved and its variations have grown more sophisticated and potentially more virulent. Based on the code, some experts think that starting on April 1, infected computers can be activated to receive instructions as a massive botnet.

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Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Getting meta: Why the #CommBuild chats have evolved for three years and counting

NTEN

Claire Sale, a longtime #CommBuild champion, says this is her favorite part: “Mixing the online/offline builds stronger bonds between people and projects.” I host sometimes because I have a real-world problem I need feedback on, sometimes because it''s good visibility for my career.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The platform initially had some technical problems where the voting pages and leaderboard landing pages did not load quickly or at all. Friendship Circle, has a web contest landing page that provides instructions on how to vote and a direct link to the Facebook app page. . Organizing Offline and Online. For example.

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