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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

Tech Soup

If creating such a resource seems out of your league, you might want to consider building a wiki. What Is a Wiki? A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Building a Wiki.

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Working Wikily: Establishing A Giving or Gifting Culture in Wiki Community

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I thought about that story when I saw Dave Cormier's Connectivism Wiki or MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses). The philosophy is: I'd suggest we follow the ADD DON'T TAKE AWAY model of wiki building. So, I asked Dave via Twitter " Wow do you build a giving culture on a wiki?" between students evaporated.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th

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Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

The goal is to get professors — and, in turn, their students — involved in producing more articles on public policy and improving the quality of the articles that already exist." The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convene on a wiki to review research, practice, and significant trends. It also has benefits to students themselves who can use the data to customize their participation in the class.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikis The Commons is a free collaborative online newsmagazine about non-profits that serve the Silicon Valley, the people behind them, and the people that they help. It is written, edited and produced by students and other volunteers in the valley. Meanwhile, library geeks are talking about tagging.

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Raspberry Pi for Educators

Tech Soup

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better.