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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 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. In dollar figures, spending is minimal.

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Top 5 eLearning Skills for 2011

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Designing or developing elearning requires experience in training and project management as much as audio and video production. I focus here on what I think are the top skills for elearning now, in 2011. More companies will have one or two elearning people handling all the elearning duties for their team. Rapid Development.

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My Favorite Things: Tools and Tips to Facilitate Content Development

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You may even gain a little peace of mind the next time you need to share or collaborate on a flow chart or diagram during the course of your content development efforts. Andrea March 28, 2011 at 4:47 pm # Thanks for the tip Dave. It is my intention to share some of my favorites with you over the coming year.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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And every company has agreed to use “Level 1: Reaction,” or?as Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. What is measured doesn’t seem to be what companies are interested in. as it has come to be known—the “Smile Sheet.”

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

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Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems. less big companies, for more than 20 years. It’s not enough for people within functional areas (clusters) to connect. Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. Properly d.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Return of the (Digital) Native by Jim on March 25, 2011 in mobile learning In recent years, we’ve all heard a lot about digital natives. Already, the first classes of DNs have entered the workforce.

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

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Military by Jim on May 19, 2011 in Gaming Theory Think game-based training doesn’t have anything to offer your organization in the way of savings? The Army even recently held a contest for soldiers to develop the best military-applicable smartphone app. The Department of Defense disagrees with you.