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Top 5 eLearning Skills for 2011

eLearning Weekly

What are the skills you need to land an elearning job? Working in elearning taps into many skill sets. I focus here on what I think are the top skills for elearning now, in 2011. These are skills that will show up on job descriptions where they list job criteria, requirements or experience. Graphic Design.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

Our conversation centered on whether or not companies should limit their employees’ use of the internet and social media while at work. One friend mentioned that her company doesn’t allow her to use the internet, period, because they expect her full attention to be on patients for the entire day. And she felt this to be acceptable.

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The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? | Social.

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Medical students and residents regularly learn new skills by first observing a procedure, then practicing the procedure under supervision, and finally teaching, or modeling, the procedure for another. Once skills are mastered, workers can figure out how to apply them in new ways to further business goals. All Rights Reserved.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

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In an era of government belt-tightening, the use of combat simulators is giving soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines the ability to practice combat scenarios over and over, honing critical skills without using expensive equipment or ammunition. An example cited by Martin and Lin is called “ VBS 2 ” and runs on laptops. All Rights Reserved.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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In the article she gives some scary statistics: Our recent study showed that 30 percent of US companies spent money on informal learning tools or services in 2010. Toni Bowers of Tech Republic writes about this issue in her latest blog, Do Your IT Trainers Really Have Training Skills? ILT vs. WBT vs. informal learning).

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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Kirkpatrick says participants need to achieve certain knowledge, skills, and attitudes to get to the desired behavior and results. knowledge, skills, and attitudes?have He recommends performance tests to measure an increase in skills. skill practice, role plays, and training simulations? Level 3: Behavior.

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Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain by Jolene on February 23, 2010 in Wikis In his December Training Magazine article Training in a Web 2.0 All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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