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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For those of us who also focused on training, instruction, and professional learning for nonprofits, the New Media Consortium , has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale for the past ten years.

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Philanthropy University Offers Amazing (Free!) Online Courses

Tech Soup

There are seven free online courses available starting in mid-September by people like Paul Brest, former head of the Hewlett Foundation and a faculty co-director of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. He is teaching The Essentials of Nonprofit Strategy. What You Can Learn at Philanthropy University.

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Khan Academy and the Revolution in Online Free Choice Learning

Museum 2.0

She was a free agent for a long time, until the beginning of 2012, when she joined the teaching staff of Khan Academy. Khan Academy, the free, nonprofit online source for educational instructional videos, is a young powerhouse in the online learning space. Khan Academy is interesting in itself as an online learning space.

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What are Learning Management Systems (LMS)?

sgEngage

No matter how many classes they are taking, everything is available and accessible anywhere through one secure login. Repurposes Existing Resources Educators can upload pre-existing teaching resources to expedite the process. While there are many factors to consider when choosing an LMS, their main benefits include: 1.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'll be using a new online learning platform that I haven't used before and the participants are a slightly different audience than nonprofit staff or at least I think. Urban Sprouts School Gardens - a program that teaches youth to plan, grow, and eat vegetables from a school garden. For teaching and learning.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

Libraries + Learning. I have a few topics that I am passionate and knowledgeable about and happy to teach or help others interested in learning more. With platforms like School of Everything and the Free School, I’m willing to sign up and put on small classes or provide training for free. But it happens in a vacuum.

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Teaching with Tech: The Incredible—and Inevitable—Evolution of the Digital Classroom

Byte Technology

a single computer running basic DOS for an entire school was considered the very cutting edge of the tech-enhanced learning environment. Today 48 states support online learning programs, and 95 percent of institutions of higher learning offer online classes.

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