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SparkFireLearning is about helping faculty uncover, or discover, their passion for teaching so that they can pass on to their students this sense of amazement for learning and zest for life.

So, if you want to learn a lot, check us out. If you want to have fun doing so, come on in.

Yours in learning,

Elaine Garofoli, President and Owner,
SparkFireLearning

 
 
Glints from SparkFireLearning
instructional design that sparks the imagination
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