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How does your nonprofit involve the local community in its programs and initiatives?

Blue Avocado

We partner with local schools, universities, and organizations to offer internships and collaborative learning opportunities. We also offer workshops at our facility to instruct people in different ways to use our rescued materials instead of buying new and we partner and support other local nonprofits whenever possible.

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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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Peeragogy: Self Organized Peer Learning in Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It focused on collaborative e-learning. I interviewed ten online educators in five countries about how they planned and organized collaborative learning activities. whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork.

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Learning and Development Trends We Will Keep an Eye on in 2024

Gyrus

But to do this effectively, businesses need to leverage the power of Learning Management Systems (LMS) that have the capacity to manage content and instructional design – and help in carving out personalized learning paths for the learners. In fact, mobile learners tend to complete online training courses faster.

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Learning and Development Trends We Will Keep an Eye on in 2024

Gyrus

But to do this effectively, businesses need to leverage the power of Learning Management Systems (LMS) that have the capacity to manage content and instructional design – and help in carving out personalized learning paths for the learners. In fact, mobile learners tend to complete online training courses faster.

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Learning and Development Trends We Will Keep an Eye on in 2024

Gyrus

But to do this effectively, businesses need to leverage the power of Learning Management Systems (LMS) that have the capacity to manage content and instructional design – and help in carving out personalized learning paths for the learners. In fact, mobile learners tend to complete online training courses faster.