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Choosing the right learning or talent management technology is a daunting task. A bad decision could cost an organization immeasurable time and dollars, not to mention the negative impact on talent development. Whether an organization is considering keeping its current learning or talent management technology, or exploring the replacement or supplement of its current technology, Brandon Hall Group's consulting team can provide expert analysis and recommendations. Our proven technology selection methodologies accelerate the time to decision by leveraging Brandon Hall Group's key practices and great research from over 25 industry sectors, covering small and large organizations, public, government, non-profit, and global.

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iPad curriculum is a set of best in applications, practices, and deployment of the iPad as a learning device.

"A Parent's Guide to 21st-Century Learning Discover the tools and techniques today's teachers and classrooms are using to prepare students for tomorrow -- and how you can get involved. More Resources: How to Strengthen Parent Involvement and Communication A Teacher's Guide to Generation X Parents Facebook Group for Parents blue cover with students Six Tips for Brain-Based Learning By understanding how the brain works, educators are better equipped to help K-12 students with everything from focusing attention to increasing retention. More Resources: Neuro Myths: Separating Fact and Fiction in Brain-Based Learning Brain-Based Learning: Resource Roundup Big Thinker: Neurologist Judy Willis on the Science of Learning Yellow cover with students Ten Tips for Classroom Management Learn how to improve student engagement and build a positive climate for learning and discipline for grades K-12. More Resources: How to Develop Positive Classroom Management Classroom-Management Video Tips for Teachers Positive Discipline Strategies Yield Quick Results Purple cover with faces framed in circles Top Ten Tips for Teaching with New Media Whether you're new to teaching or a classroom veteran, this resource-packed collection of 10 new media tips provides fresh ideas and easy-to-use tools to engage your students and make learning more collaborative. (Updated: 6/14/11) More Resources: Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers Social Media in Education: The Power of Facebook Blue 2010 cover with faces framed in circles Summer Rejuvenation Guide Whether it's reading a good book or starting a new hobby, this resource-packed guide highlights ten fun ways to spend your summer. (Updated: 5/24/11) More Resources: Teacher-Tested Travel Grants Creating a Summer Reading Network How to Create a Professional Learning Community Orange c

"This site is designed to provide information about instructional design principles and how they relate to teaching and learning. Instructional design, also know as instructional systems design, is the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of instruction. Instructional designers often use instructional technology or educational technology as tools for developing instruction. Instructional design models typically specify a method, that if followed will facilitate the transfer of knowledge, skills and attitude to the recipient or acquirer of the instruction. Obviously paying attention to "best practices", and innovative teaching methods will make any instructional design model more effective."

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" esearch methods (pdf, 89kb) This table identifies the strengths of different methods of research to help you identify the most appropriate method for your programme or activity Research question bank (Word, 100kb) A question bank that offers useful and relevant research questions to help you customise questionnaires. Questions are divided into categories including: knowledge and understanding; skills; attitudes and values; enjoyment, inspiration and creativity and activity, behaviour and progression Guidelines on involving users (Word, 38kb) This document provides useful tips on how to involve users in identifying learning opportunites Interpreting visual images (Word, 774kb) This useful guide helps you to interpret visual images as research evidence. Particularly useful in researching the impact of your learning activity with children Focus group guide (Word, 40kb) This guide provides information and support on how to run a focus group "

The purpose of this guide is to offer suggestions for Federal agencies for successfully using their employee survey results in planning and implementing positive organizational change.

" What makes a learning organisation (Word, 43kb) This document explores the characteristics of a learning organisation Find out what your learning style is (Word, 52kb) An activity you could do with your staff or users to discover their preferred learning styles Defining learning: outline for a training session (Word, 52kb) This training session is designed to be used with groups of up to 15 staff, working with a facilitator to help them explore the broad definition of learning adopted by Inspiring Learning. The session should run for up to 1.5 hours. Building a learning team (Word, 58kb) A document to support you to build a learning team. It identifies that a balance needs to be struck between achieving a task and providing opportunities to reflect on the process itself to promote individual and collective learning within your organisation."

Welcome to the companion website to our ELI presentation on Assessing Learning Spaces. We have made many of our instruments and resources available for your reference. However, since we have worked in cooperation with several institutions and modified their instruments for our use, we'd ask that you contact them directly to get permission to do the same. The San José State University Academic Success Center opened in October 2006 with a goal to increase student success by providing 21st-century technology, informal and formal learning spaces, and the services and support. The objective was to build an integrative center that provides students with an innovative space and technology tools for collaboration and promotes faculty pedagogical innovation through the use of our Incubator Classroom, winner of the 2007 Campus Technology Innovators Award. By combining physical space, technology tools, and an intensive professional development program, the ASC exemplifies a new synergistic model for the campus.

"Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - Activity Analysis Tool Purpose: This tool is designed to analize classroom activities and units for the balance of Higher Order and Lower Order thinking skills. Analysis can either be a simple overview of task construction or a analysis of time allocation to each specific taxonomic level.

"An infographic explaining how to create the "perfect modern resume" utilizing current technologies and trends. "

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Step-by-step guide on how one instructor integrated iPads in the classroom which allowed the combining of student response, just-in-time teaching, constructivist development and several other educational buzz terms in one simple device.

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Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...