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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. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

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Mayer’s research is from the 1990s, but the finders were recently validated again in a study from Carl Wieman that college students learn more, attend class at higher rates and are more engaged in their education when teachers take a more interactive approach in the classroom. It was delivered in two sessions.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

to come out of 2008's SXSW Conference was for moderators of panels to use Twitter (or back channel tool) to poll the audience upfront and monitor it in real time. While this advice is more appropriate for the classroom, Vicky Davis shares how she manages the back channel. One of the reflections.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

However, some webinar platforms have a real-time polling feature, the virtual equivalent of asking people to raise their hands if. The poll revealed that revealed 40% were beginners/novices and 60% intermediate or experts. I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. Know of any? look here ).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. Vicky Davis, CoolCatTeacher Blog, writes about how it might be used in a classroom. Some say it is impossible and a poll by wikimedians here.

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