Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

First, I've been following the recent stream of posts about "personal learning environments" but haven't delved in depth yet. I was delighted to discover Stephen Downes screencast created with Camtasia for several reasons. I'm interested because it is what I attempt to do with my blog, screencasting, and all the other web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

These are complex learning environments where young people are making decisions, learning and collaborating with peers, etc. Learning is happening outside of school and it needs to be understood better. "It is important to recongize that these are complex learning environments and information systems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

I was reminded yet again about the importance of play and experimentation as part of the online spaces, particularly those that are learning environments. Download pumpkins-apples-not-blogging.wmv. During the Full Circle training on online facilitation that I took this last month, we had a sandbox.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2007

What I discovered is that creating a screencast is a terrific personal learning environment because you can't create a media piece unless you really know the topic. And yes, learning is time consuming and you can't really master a topic like this in 90 minutes let alone create a media piece. I blogged about that here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2005

Since the workshop is essentiallly about designing more interactive face-to-face learning environments, I don't want to model a 85 minute lecture with 100 slide powerpoint, leaving 5 minutes for q&A at end.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The focus was on learning about "Network Effectiveness" and the specific topics included strategies for network impact, approaches to evaluating networks and tools for accelerating and assessing network impact. A peer learning environment requires creating a safe space for conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

You also need to consider the learning environment, any constraints, the delivery options, and the timeline for the project. The physical space you are working in will also help inform your design. I prefer flexible space but that isn’t always possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

There's been lots written on educational technology blogs about personal learning environments that assume deep understanding of the topic. Looking for an easy way to record Skype calls, Evoca just released a new feature that does just that. Marshall Kirkpatrick gives us the run down.

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