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"Preparatory video for first-time participants and/or hosts of a World Cafe conversation. Originally made to introduce faculty at Florida State College at Jacksonville to the underlying principles of the cafe process."

""With a better presenter it might seem like you are taking more in, but it doesn't mean that anything has actually been learned - it doesn't mean there has been an 'Aha!' moment," Professor Mazur said. "The hard work has to be done by the learner - there's not much the instructor can do to make the neuro-connections necessary for learning.""

"It can often be difficult to come up with new ideas when you're trying to develop or improve a product or service. This is where creative brainstorming techniques like SCAMPER can help. This tool helps you generate ideas for new products and services by encouraging you to think about how you could improve existing ones. We'll look at SCAMPER in this article."

"The Big Four Community Ning is a year round learning network to support Instructional Coaches, Classroom Teachers and Educational Leaders."

"Change is complicated... Instructional coaches can help alleviate some of the burden of change. Instructional coaches are on-site professional developers who teach educators how to use proven teaching methods. Some problems are too big for one teacher... Instructional coaches are partners in the change process. They work one-on-one with teachers to make it easier to adopt the instructional methods that can make a difference to students' success. Instructional coaches are team members, who help pull together and lead the right combination of school staff to reach common goals. Building networks for change in schools... Drawing from lessons learned during nine years of research on coaching, KU-CRL offers Instructional Coaching Institutes to explore issues and ideas related to this popular and effective form of professional development. Click here to learn more"

"Let's explore what instructional design doesn't typically work with students, or anyone's learning for that matter, when you teach with PowerPoint--as well as how you can avoid it. It all begins with a little concept called "cognitive load.""