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

Dashe & Thomson

Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems. Because the people on the edge were more likely to be connected to other network clusters, and therefore had access to information that was not available to people who were “buried” at the middle of a cluster.

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Top 50 eLearning Posts For 2011

Upside Learning

So we thought it would be interesting take a journey down our blog for some of the most popular and noteworthy posts of 2011. So without much ado, here are Top 50 eLearning Posts of 2011 from our blog as determined by you, our readers. Learning In The Future – Exploring Five Themes. What Is Game Based Learning?

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dominKnow Learning Systems announces Claro by News Editor

LearningGuild

dominKnow Learning Systems will make Claro, their collaborative e-Learning. creation and publishing solution, available April 27, 2011, but Learning Solutions Conference and. Expo attendees can get a free 1-year subscription now.

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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

One of the areas that always gain interest and usage are open source systems, that is to say, free open source code (some are not), to which any organization, company, educational setting, government and so forth can build their own system (often noted as home-grown) and do what they wish with it. They are not. . Never was open source.

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5 Trends to Watch 4 n 2011

eLearning 24-7

It is that time of year when everyone is coming out with there trends to watch in 2011, and with that I jump on the bandwagon. Numbers will continue and I see a real jump in percentile of these types of systems. Plus, the key factor for these types of systems – is storage. I see double digit growth in Lite LMSs in 2011.

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5 Trends to Watch 4 n 2011

eLearning 24-7

It is that time of year when everyone is coming out with there trends to watch in 2011, and with that I jump on the bandwagon. Numbers will continue and I see a real jump in percentile of these types of systems. Plus, the key factor for these types of systems – is storage. I see double digit growth in Lite LMSs in 2011.

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Learning Styles and E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

All those who say learning styles do not exist – are basically saying to those who say they exist, as being wrong. ” A senior executive at one of the most well-known learning systems in the world, equally believed that personal learning styles exist but it stays at the preference level. Micro-learning?