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5 papers every learning professional should read

E-Learning Provocateur

I translate this dichotomy as the difference between “learning” and “development”, recognising that as a profession we tend to assign disproportionately more attention to the former – to our organisation’s detriment. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. I elaborate here. Siemens, G.

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Hot List - April 1, 2009 to April 11, 2009

Tony Karrer

It’s when people keep talking about eLearning when they actually mean ‘distance’ learning, or ‘online delivery’, or computer-based training (CBT). Blog CBT Distance Learning University 2.0 You know what really gets my goat? In the same way that everything has [.].Tags: payment, application, consultation, bookings).

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Most learning professionals view social media as valuable to learners, and usage is growing. IT and senior leadership buy-in can be particularly difficult perhaps because it’s easy to find evidence of abuse that can undermine implementing social learning technologies. As part of a learning plan. 2, 2005, pp.