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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The ESI Award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy, and that challenge the status quo to create sustainable social value with a potential for large-scale impact.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

Forj

This book was written for students of post-residency education, for leaders in health care professions, deans of medical schools, nursing, and pharmacy schools, and all people responsible for faculty development. Moreover, I would add, CME conjures up images of physicians attending lectures. Turco spoke to her favorites: [link].

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How We Learn – Capitalize On Knowing

Gyrus

Our learning instruction we receive from youth into early adulthood is fairly regimented; teachers are taught how to convey information to students, and for the most part, they engage in the same methodology across their efforts. Do the one-size fits all approach not work? The answer is: it’s complicated.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

Museum 2.0

Single-speaker lectures languish while lightning talks featuring teen photographers, phD anthropologists, and professional dancers are packed. I don''t have the answer to how we can incorporate bridging across the various ways we work with intact and blended communities.

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Quick Hits: Projects, Workshops, Tools, and a Job

Museum 2.0

Machine Project is a gallery/educational program space with a focus on blending art and technology in craft workshops. I used it last night for backchannel chat during a lecture on gaming in museums with a group of about 20 students, and I was impressed by how easy it was for everyone to use. with no registration required.

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