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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

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The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

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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. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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E-Mediat Day 3: Digital Activism

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Day 3 of the Train the Trainers session was devoted to Digital Activism and facilitated by Mary Joyce. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy. 4) Mary had a “laptops down&# rule and only allowed participants to be online during breaks. It boils down to audience.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

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The curriculum is based on the workshops I've been leading for the past five years and includes the Social Media Game , Strategy Principles , Experimentation , and the practical and tactical. . Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

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I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I'm after are ways to tweak the design to improve learning and to improve instructional practice. I should have thought more about using my laptop and the projector. What worked? What didn't?