Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

2023 is a unique time for conference-goers. While in-person events are beginning to open up again, many have pivoted to a hybrid learning environment. These tracks cover innovation, activism, comms, education and tech. SXSW EDU is more focused to educators, government and people working in the ed space. .

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. Founder Adam Braun started the organization with a dream of creating educational infrastructure in the communities that need it most and a deposit of just $25. Learn More About C.J.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Ask yourself: Has there ever been a time when you sought the services of a nonprofit organization but something just didn’t feel right? She is the wellness administrator for the Cartwright School District, advocating for a school learning environment that promotes and reinforces health and well-being for students, staff and the community.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 8, 2016

Learning Management Systems (LMS) must evolve as the dynamic learning environment of its users change. For example, learning no longer only takes place in classrooms, it happens online, in social settings, and on mobile devices: virtually everywhere. If the LMS does not change then the user’s education suffers.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 29, 2016

Your learning program has been managing itself for years, or at least that’s what your boss thinks. You spend a ridiculous amount of time organizing and determining methods of learning dispersal among personnel within your organization. A Learning Management System Means… More Time. Let’s face it.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2020

For this year’s Higher Ed Super Session , I was joined by Cara Giacomini , Chief Research and Data Officer at Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), James Wiley, Principal Analyst at Eduventures, and Jamie Harper, Vice President of US Education at Microsoft. Higher Education R esiliency .

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Gyrus

AUGUST 5, 2016

The Olympic Games as they are known are a tremendous time to capitalize on action-oriented content. People are fixated with medal counts and want to know how their country is doing at all times, including intrigue in sports that they have never once given consideration to. Admit it, you were waiting for me to get to this point.

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

The best way to ready ourselves for this shifting environment is Continuous Learning. Continuous learning is an established persistent learning process, designed for bolstering the knowledge and skills of your workforce over time, and presents itself in many forms.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The 70:20:10 rule, suggests that learning should be delivered in a manner that is 70% knowledge acquired from job-related experiences, 20% from social interactions, and 10% from formal educational objects. This mix is widely accepted as an industry standard and practiced across a huge assortment of learning segments.

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Socialbrite

JANUARY 15, 2021

Acquiring knowledge either through research, training, and education (explicit knowledge) or through daily experiences and know-how (tacit knowledge) should be done across the organization — individually or as a group. After knowledge is gained through distribution and presentation, it is now time to apply what was learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 16, 2014

Think back to a time where glue sticks, pencil sharpeners and new folders and books were abundant. They’re no stranger to a fun and engaging learning environment. After all, their organization was built to provide programs that help students in the classroom by providing resources and making education interesting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2009

for online community managers or what education technology bloggers like Stephen Downes call " Personal Learning Environment." Exportable OPML feeds for all blogs and hot posts. It strikes me that this a fantastic model for professional development 2.0 Also, if I was new to the field - it's really overwhelming to play catch up.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2010

Over my first year in museums, I worked at five different institutions as an educator, exhibit builder, exhibit cleaner, art model, and whatever else I could find. I never stayed at any one institution for longer than I was learning (about 3 months on average), and I never made more than $7 an hour.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

" There was an acknowledgment from a panelist about the tensions between the need to look at results and the need for experimentation and pressures of timing. New learning environment puts games at the center. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. This is a time pressure question!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. local time). It starts in the home.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Disclaimer 2: There is a high likelihood that much like the debate itself, I will go over my self-allotted time limit. There were a lot of weird aspects of this first debate, for one, the debate marked the first time that a spouse of one of the candidates had themselves been a former President. Topic 1: Current State of the LMS.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

LXP: Should you invest in a learning experience platform? A learning experience platform (LXP) is an innovative tool that associations and other learning businesses can use to disseminate educational content to members. On the other hand, LXPs are: Focused on personalized learning experiences. Let’s dive in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

I do this all the time with annotated screen shots to provide "just in time" answers versus typing out instructions. There's been lots written on educational technology blogs about personal learning environments that assume deep understanding of the topic. Here's an example.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. Curiosity got the better of me, and that’s how I met Bob Whicker, a K-12 Education Development Executive for Apple.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2019

Prior to the ASU Lodestar Center’s American Express Leadership Academy , I was somewhat of an education junkie. With the ability to take classes online from some of the most prominent institutions in the world, I was enrolled in tons of classes and getting a lot of great education.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

A software application used to organize and distribute e-learning materials, assignments, and assessments; track and calculate grades; and facilitate communication among students and teachers. However, we’ll take this time to outline the systems and their importance, in a manner that represents something more than simply what it is.

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

We currently live in a time where almost anything is possible. The future is bright and full of potential technical advancement, included somewhere within that progression is a small segment for Learning Management Systems and how they are already trending towards something completely different. But, where can they go from here?

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Gyrus

APRIL 3, 2018

The 70:20:10 rule, suggests that learning should be delivered in a manner that is 70% knowledge acquired from job-related experiences, 20% from social interactions, and 10% from formal educational objects. This mix is widely accepted as an industry standard and practiced across a huge assortment of learning segments.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 23, 2016

There was a time in the very recent past that having a room of electric typewriters, a handful of televisions or even (gasp!) a single computer running basic DOS for an entire school was considered the very cutting edge of the tech-enhanced learning environment. But the times how they have changed.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

My story is about radical educational philosophy. I'm a strong believer in free-choice learning, and I see museums as places to circumvent the hazards of compulsory education and support a democratic, engaged society of learners. What is free-choice learning? They don't need to be cajoled or threatened into learning.

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