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Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

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Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.” Instructional Design Notes.

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How Nonprofit Staff Training Is Evolving Due to COVID-19

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If you’ve caught the news at any point in the last year, you know that the trending topics are different than anything we’ve encountered before. The mass migration to working from home, new terms like “social distancing” and “N95/KN95 masks,” and Zoom-based schooling are all buzzwords.

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Guest Post by Gordon Mayer: Playing Learning Games to Spread Nonprofit Social Media

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One thing I haven't been doing over the years is documenting the instructional design or lesson plan. So she recommends and I think she’s right that at least one person in each team has to be at least a bit conversant with Web 2.0. (no, (Reflections coming soon!) His reflections below. It's been in my head.

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Designing Professional Development for the Distracted Learner

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.