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

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Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. Group Photo with Certificates. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation.

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E-Mediat Day 3: Digital Activism

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The final exercise was a competition where each in-country team had to create a campaign, give a brief presentation, and got feedback from judges (IIE staff). The Jordan Team won! She used the white board to draw the concepts in the slides. We lost electricity and could not use the powerpoint. Mary did not loose a beat.

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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. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.