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

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Although this explanation sounds more like it belongs in the classroom than the office, my takeaway is the focus on uniquely human skills. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. A culture of learning, where curiosity is valued and debate encouraged, creates fertile ground for critical thinking.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. The flexible classroom is a large open space. The model is called “SAVI” : Moving and doing (Somatic).

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Calbright College: Prioritizing Diversity & Inclusion in Recruitment & Admissions

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The College opened for enrollment shortly before the pandemic began and offers a uniquely flexible and competency-based education model. Students move ahead by mastering content, not by spending a prescribed number of hours in a classroom. Utilize marketing to better reflect the diversity of your student body. .

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized.

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

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Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. One of the reflections. (Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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Peeragogy: Self Organized Peer Learning in Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic).