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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

During the pandemic, these local education leaders have been critical in identifying and launching initiatives that not only assist girls in continuing their education during school closures, but also help them get back in the classroom when schools reopen. The game-changing part of Nayla’s platform? It doesn’t require internet access.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Content Delivery Is Not Learning. On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them.

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PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

This site carefully aggregates and vets educational content from places like the nonprofit Khan Academy , PBS Kids , Discovery Channel , and other reputable online educational sources. Educators can also create "classes," which are groupings of students (one to 1,000) that they want to share playlists with.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. The first 90-minute webinar to introduced the content. This would require clear instructions on the outcome of the peer coaching and to provide some instructions on the right balance between listening and telling.

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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

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. This means that you can’t be in the front of the room delivering content all the time! Most likely, there will be some content delivery you share during your workshop.

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Cambodia Culture Quest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While doing research on the Web for the course content, I stumbled upon an article called " A Field Guide to Cross Cultural Projects " which lead me to an educational technology integration model called CultureQuest.

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