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There are lots of benefits to learning from home 🏡 — but sometimes it’s hard to stay focused and motivated. From taking breaks to finding community support, check out our 7 tips for finding success with online learning. https://bit.ly/3WIOo8H

🌟 Discover the Power of LMS for Nonprofits! 🌟 Are you a nonprofit organization looking to elevate your mission and make an even greater impact? Our latest article explores how the tailored Learning Management System (LMS) for nonprofits can revolutionize your training, streamline progress tracking, and empower your team to create a lasting difference in the world. 🚀 Unlock the full potential of your nonprofit's mission with LMS technology designed for your organization's needs. Dive into the world of customized LMS and discover how it can supercharge your operations. Read the article to embark on a journey toward greater impact and success! 🌍💪 #Nonprofits #LMS #EmpowerYourMission #LearningManagementSystem #LMSforNGO

📚 Learn Anywhere, Anytime: Dive into Self-Paced Training! 📚 Looking for flexibility in your learning journey? Our self-paced training options allow you to learn on your own terms, anytime, anywhere. Here's why you should dive into self-paced training: 🌟 Flexibility: With self-paced training, you have the freedom to learn at your own pace and on your own schedule. Whether you prefer to study early in the morning, late at night, or on weekends, you can customize your learning experience to fit your lifestyle. 🎓 Accessibility: Access your course materials from anywhere in the world, at any time that's convenient for you. Whether you're at home, in the office, or on the go, all you need is an internet connection to dive into your studies. 🔍 Control: Take control of your learning journey and focus on the topics that matter most to you. Skip ahead to more advanced concepts, review challenging material as needed, and revisit lessons as many times as you like until you feel confident. 📈 Progress Tracking: Monitor your progress and stay on track with built-in progress tracking features. Set goals, track completion percentages, and see how far you've come as you work through your course materials. 🤝 Support Resources: While self-paced training offers independence, you're never alone on your learning journey. Access support resources such as discussion forums, FAQs, and email support to get help when you need it and connect with fellow learners. 🌐 Global Community: Join a global community of learners who are also on their self-paced learning journeys. Share insights, collaborate on projects, and learn from each other's experiences to enhance your learning experience. Take charge of your learning with self-paced training and unlock the flexibility and convenience you need to succeed! Click here to know more: https://lnkd.in/ghUuYn2Y #SelfPacedTraining #FlexibleLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment #CareerGrowth

We’ve opened sign-ups for the November cohort of our Huddlecraft 101 training! This is 7 years of practice, experimentation and learning from across our community, bottled into 3 days’ of online training and spread over 5 weeks. Our approach to collective learning is based on 2 simple ideas: *That groups and networks are built on the strength of their smallest units *That complex changes (like how we need to adapt to what’s happening in the world) are best spread through tight clusters of strong relationships (see the great work from Damon Centola and Network Dynamics Group for more on this…) So our approach creates the conditions for strong co-learner relationships at every level of our design. We call this ‘the snail’, or Steve to his friends. Here are some of the questions we look to answer at each level: - Self: The core ‘relational ingredient’ in any collective learning process. How to design learning that invites individuals in as co-learners, ready to play different roles and take on more responsibility? - Pairs: If groups are built on the strength of their smaller units, how can we effectively craft pairs to be a powerful building block of larger networks? - Groups: the power of small groups to multiply the potential of everyone in them is huge. How can we design groups to best pool resources, distribute power and seed different cultures?  - Interventions: When applied strategically, peer approaches can create significant impact and scale rapidly. How can we design our interventions to make the most of the power of peer-to-peer? - Ecosystem: Learning never happens in a vacuum. How do we build an awareness of the wider system we’re working in, and use that awareness to influence the design of our intervention? If you want to go deeper into the responses to all these questions, then sign up for Huddlecraft 101: https://lnkd.in/eDPzwP9B We also have a lunch & learn next week where we’ll be saying a bit more about each level and what it means for those of us who bring people together: https://lnkd.in/ed6gEjxD Join us to find out more! 

What actually is social learning and how can you implement it within your organisation? Read our latest article on Learning News where we explore what social learning is and how implementing it can revolutionise workplace training programmes to create a positive learning culture. Using Learning Cloud Share, our new social learning application as an example, we discuss the practicalities of how your L&D strategy can be supported and enhanced with the use of the right tools. Interested to hear more about Learning Cloud Share and how it could benefit your organisation? Click the link in the comments ⬇⬇⬇

Think Forward Educators is offering a new professional learning series called “Science of Learning for beginners”. The goal is to have more extended professional learning with coaching and support from expert teachers as well as peers in small groups. Express your interest here: ➡ https://lnkd.in/gVcvujxf Cycle 1: Building routines - Starting on 28 May Brendan Lee and Karina Stocker will present specific practices that teachers can implement straight away, for example: Silent entry, mini whiteboard use, transitioning. Brendan and Karina will detail these routines, provide examples of what they look like in practice, and answer participant questions. Participants will have time in between each session to practice the routines and will be invited to a virtual discussion group to discuss implementation questions as they go. In the second and third session, Brendan and Karina will support participants to discuss any implementation issues that arise and find solutions. This series will work in cycles of three virtual sessions, one hour each, with time in between to enact practice. Session 1. Presentation by expert teachers (followed by two weeks of trialing) Session 2. Discussion in small groups about implementation successes and ongoing concerns (followed by two weeks of trialing) Session 3. Q&A with expert teachers and peer groups Cost per cycle  We are charging a small fee for being part of this program which will go to program operations and support Think Forward Educators as a not-for-profit organisation. $50 per person for TFE Professional Members $100 per person for non-members This includes all three sessions in the cycle. Discounts for group bookings.   Dates for virtual meetings:  Tuesday 28th May at 7:30-8:30pm (AEST) - Introduction and presentation from Brendan Lee & Karina Stocker Tuesday 11 June at 7:30-8:30pm (AEST) - Participants meet in small groups to discuss and reflect Tuesday 25 June at 7:30-8:30pm (AEST) - Final session with Brendan and Karina for reflection and wrap up *This series will work best for practicing teachers. Non-teaching leaders or other non-teaching educators may not get as much out of these sessions*

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Where does accessibility fit into your 2024 learning and development strategy? Accessibility is one of the five learning and development trends we identified for this year. We support organizations that are committed to providing equitable learning opportunities that take into account their team's needs. This includes people with disabilities, whether visual, auditory, psychological, physiological, or environmental, and those who face other types of barriers.  Of course, it is essential that accessibility functionality is available, such as closed captioning and transcripts for all video and audio offerings, and that digital materials are accessible for people using screen readers and mouse-free navigation. We also want to make sure that people have opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge in different ways. For example, in a virtual learning session, people may be invited to share their thoughts verbally, but also in the chat if they prefer. Companies with outstanding cultures of inclusivity are focused on making sure all employees can access the information they need, and provide information to others, in a way that works for them. Please share in the chat how your organization is improving digital accessibility in your organization this year. We love to learn what organizations are doing in this area. See all our 2024 L&D Trends: https://buff.ly/41qBIDN

I had a client express to me recently that they love our conversations about learning design and wish they could do more of it in their work. It’s not the first time I’ve had someone express this to me during one of our conversations to build a great and effective learning experience for their participants. Of course I love learning design conversations because it’s my business (!) but I really get a thrill when our clients say it. It means that we’ve been able to take what can seem like a daunting process, or their fears around, “Um, just how am I going to DO this?” and bring some structure, intentionality, and yes, fun, to starting - and finishing - a great course build that everyone can be proud of. If you are working at an organization (particularly provincial or national nonprofits or associations, with whom we do a lot of work) and have just realized that you might need to build a learning experience yet don’t know how to do it, we can help. You know your subject; we know how to work with you to design an effective learning experience – either in person or online. We have templates and resources to support the process, and we teach you stuff along the way! When our clients say this to me, that they love to have these types of conversations, it makes me feel good about the work that we’re doing. Not only do we like having these conversations too, we know when we follow our design process to help people and organizations, it actually works!