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A New Approach for Nonprofit Professional Development: Micro-Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, a nonprofit professional said to me, “I don’t have time to learn anything new because I have too much work to do.” Yet, we know that learning continuously in a complex world is critical because otherwise our skills are quickly outdated. That’s the future.

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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s. For more about the techniques, see the Peer Instruction Blog: Turn to Your Neighbor is written by Julie Schell , a researcher for Eric Mazur.

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Delivering a Better Volunteer Experience: 5 Tips for Nonprofits

Volunteer Hub

Volunteers should have clear instructions on how to reach someone from the organization quickly and efficiently. A few examples of training methods include hands-on training, written materials, online resources, and group discussions. Transparency. Leverage multimedia.

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10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

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At Web Courseworks, we specialize in both learning management systems (LMSs) equipped with assessment authoring tools and providing consulting services to help professional, medical, and trade associations create top-tier eLearning experiences for their members. What are the different types of online assessment?

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Stories of Resilience: Annie Wright Schools

Connection Cafe

Since they already used technology like gradebook and attendance platforms, they were able to quickly develop an online continuity plan to provide much-needed consistency with the in-person classroom experience. Instead of proceeding with the same online fundraising campaign, they adapted their focus.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is identified as mid-term adoption technology – as learning analytics continues to be an emerging field, one that is growing quickly, but is still just out of reach for most educators. It is particularly relevant to those who are using online learning environments. Learning and Knowledge Analytics.

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Peeragogy: Self Organized Peer Learning in Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He talks about the powerful combination of social media and peer learning. His post reflects on his years of “learning in action” on his instructional practice of peer-to-peer, global learning via social web. What struck me was his authentic co-learning process with his students.

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