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

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At the conference, a representative from Raytheon Corporation spoke about a study they had conducted among their vast employee population. less big companies, for more than 20 years. By taking inventory of employees’ “connections” (this was still a novel concept in 2005), they found that people had grouped into natural clusters.

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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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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

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The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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

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by Andrea on February 23, 2011 in social learning The other night I attended a lecture at the University of Minnesota Medical School. But more than that, these patients and their families realize that, no matter the outcome, the results of the trial will matter…to this research, to another study, to another patient down the line.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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Case studies, exercises, and simulations can be part of a continuum linking Levels 1, 2, and 3. You can draw on the “before-and-after” business and human resource metrics that are readily available in any company. skill practice, role plays, and training simulations?with with a post-test to measure learning for the entire program.

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Impressions of the Masie Learning 2011 Conference

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Last week I was fortunate to attend the Learning 2011 conference, organized every year by Elliott Masie. And although the smartphone is becoming ubiquitous, few companies supply them to the majority of their staff members. Bill Clinton at Learning 2011 — at least, I think it was Bill Clinton.

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