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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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Summit makes short work of analyzing plenty of tough problems. Although this explanation sounds more like it belongs in the classroom than the office, my takeaway is the focus on uniquely human skills. Don’t waste valuable brain power. quadrillion floating-point operations per second.

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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Relevant Content Marketing

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A story that compels includes a protagonist your audience cares about, important problems that must be overcome, a solution that overcomes the problem (something to root for), and (4) an ending—hopefully a happy one. . Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. Answer: “ If the ocean dies, we all die. ” .

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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. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. The flexible classroom is a large open space. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

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Its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts has enabled GlassLab to develop SimCityEDU, a game-based classroom tool that uses the beloved SimCity franchise to engage students in real-world challenges. Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start!

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

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Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. With a small amount of time, focusing on one person’s actual problem takes less time.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. For webinars, the platform is your classroom setup, so it important to understand how the Q/A and chat features, whether everyone can see everyone else’s chats or just the presenter. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual).

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Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Flipped Classroom is mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning. It’s being done in elementary, high schools, and colleges. While there is no one right way to use the technique, what would customarily be defined as homework (problem sets, essay writing, etc.)