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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

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Note from Beth: I’ve been a fan of the Games for Change Festival since I first attended in 2006. GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. In Education. Around Gender.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

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Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. New learning environment puts games at the center. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. This is the research and development of learning materials. Development. Implementation.

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

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It reflects best practices in adult learning and provides a framework that results in positive change. The goal is to ensure that adult learners are prepared to learn new information, and then able to transfer that information to application after the event. Step 4: Implementation and Beyond.

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Can Networks Have Social Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change. A peer learning environment requires creating a safe space for conversation. It's like changing a tire on a moving car. ".

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Your Ideal LMS. Have Your Cake And Eat It Too.

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In this search for information, it is vital to focus on the objectives you want to achieve by the e-learning courses or training. How about, will it work within your pre-existent learning environment? This factor will determine nature of e-learning activities as well as the level of multimedia integration. Any guesses?