Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? You can play nice and develop whatever type of training your client wants, whether it provides tangible value or not. I was wondering if I can reprint some of it on my site? The heart of the [.]

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Make Learning An Experience. by Michael on March 7, 2011 in blended learning If you still believe that “classroom learning is the best learning” for your training and learning programs, I have some news for you.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Social Learning Blended 141

Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 17, 2011

At the end of Level 1, Kirkpatrick now recommends a focus group to get information that wouldn’t be available right after the course was completed and to provide links to Levels 2 and 3. Level 2: Learning. There should be a request for suggestions on how to improve the course and an action plan to address identified weaknesses.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

This month’s big question brings one big shift in the L&D space (addressing learning needs on-demand) into stark relief. In my opinion, it’s not that providing on-demand learning and performance solutions is a new idea. We have to evolve, or be left behind. Properly d.

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Social Networks Performance Support Blended Learning Wiki 162

Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Charles Jennings hits the nail on the head when he says: We are moving to the world of the sons of Socrates, where dialogue and guidance are key competencies.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Personal Personalization 140

Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Can Games Transform the World? Games seem like a really cool way to add some fun to learning and seem to pose little or no risk to the learning outcome. To be effective the game must make work seem like play.

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Social Networks Social Learning Blended Learning Games 124

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. When this happened to us recently, we turned to Vanilla Forums to provide the answer. What do you do? Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

Find out which meetings your SMEs are attending and get invited those that will likely provide valuable content. That way you learn as your SMEs learn. Provide SMEs with opportunities to report their readiness. The SME can then visit the site when they have time and do a structured brain-dump. Properly d.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Wiki Delicious 113

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

Find out which meetings your SMEs are attending and get invited those that will likely provide valuable content. That way you learn as your SMEs learn. Provide SMEs with opportunities to report their readiness. The SME can then visit the site when they have time and do a structured brain-dump. Properly d.

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Social Networks Social Learning Blended Learning Blogging 113

Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 23, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional by Jim on April 24, 2011 in Project Management/Project Delivery When we think of the concept of “success,” it often seems relatively straightforward.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Project Compliance Training 140

Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The band director provides a safe environment and plenty of opportunities. I’m not sure I would have seen the concert through the lens of social learning had I not attended DevLearn ’10 last month. The kids seize the opportunities, take risks, and flourish. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The band director provides a safe environment and plenty of opportunities. I’m not sure I would have seen the concert through the lens of social learning had I not attended DevLearn ’10 last month. The kids seize the opportunities, take risks, and flourish. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 8, 2011

Some folks are uniquely suited to learn this way but, in my experience, most are not. Learning in a vacuum is simply not optimal for the majority of us. We need the motivation that learning with others provides in numerous ways. But that is a topic for another day.

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Blended Learning Social Learning Social Social Networks 145

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. When this happened to us recently, we turned to Vanilla Forums to provide the answer. What do you do? Properly d.

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Social Networks Wiki Blended Learning Free 124

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

This month's LCBQ is What are your Predictions and Plans for 2011? Tony Bates - eLearning Outlook for 2011 1. Learning Analytics 6. Of course, you can’t look at learning in 2011 without mentioning mobile learning. We would welcome lots of discussion. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0

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Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Because of the vast range of services we provide as a management consulting firm, we’re something different to every client. Many consulting firms in our industry become too niche and lose out on work they can easily provide but do a poor job of marketing. Crafting the appropriate message is a balancing act. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Gliffy is an online flow charting tool that provides a cost effective way to create and publish high-quality flow charts and diagrams. It provides free collaboration tools and automatic revision tracking that make sharing your work a snap. I’m also pleased with the variety of publishing options the tool provides.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

Gliffy is an online flow charting tool that provides a cost effective way to create and publish high-quality flow charts and diagrams. It provides free collaboration tools and automatic revision tracking that make sharing your work a snap. I’m also pleased with the variety of publishing options the tool provides.

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Content Developer Social Networks Blended Learning Tools 100

Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Many accuse him of creating hasty generalizations, while others believe he provides wonderful insights about our world and ourselves. In the new culture of learning, people learn through their interaction and participation with one another in fluid relationships that are the result of shared interests and opportunity.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The rule requires that one person try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided. According to sociologists, one of the most widespread and basic norms of human culture is embodied in the rule for reciprocation. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d. All Rights Reserved.

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Social Networks Wiki Blended Learning Delicious 100

Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The rule requires that one person try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided. According to sociologists, one of the most widespread and basic norms of human culture is embodied in the rule for reciprocation. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d. All Rights Reserved.

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Social Networks Wiki Blended Learning Delicious 100

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.”

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Blended Learning Social Networks Roles Mobile 100

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.”

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Blended Learning Social Networks Roles Mobile 100

Learning with e's

MAY 26, 2014

This is number 7 in my blog series on major learning theories. My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. In the last post we examined the work of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi on Flow Theory. Reference Dewey, J.

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Learning Visions

MAY 24, 2011

These are my notes from a session with Allison Rossett “Falling in Love All Over Again—With ISD” at ASTD ICE in Orlando, May 24, 2011. From the war, these trainer types went into industry – telecom (ATT) Walter Dick – “ISD is applied educational psychology” Instructional design is all abut theory. People learn better from controversy.

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Instructional Design Social Networks Theory Learning Theory 184

Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 14, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew? And when you hear him speak, you can tell immediately that the man is fascinated with and passionate about how the brain takes in and organizes information; the essence of learning.

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Brain Blended Learning Social Learning Social Networks 162

Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Not only does the site possess an “army of amateur editors” able to synthesize information quickly, but it also provides the easily accessible background knowledge, in the form of wikilinks, that non-expert readers crave. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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Wikipedia Social Networks Collaborative Learning Blended Learning 124

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Mo Yang February 15, 2011 at 3:26 pm # Very true! Thank you so much. I appreciate that you took into account the subject matter complexity. Many times, as the instructional designer, people forget that we have to get somewhat familiar with the subject matter itself to even begin to ask the right questions from the SME. Properly d.

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Ratio Social Networks Blended Learning Off-shore 167

Integrated Learnings

MAY 16, 2011

This year's 2011 Lectora user conference provided my first opportunity to hear learning futurist Elliot Masie ( of The Masie Center ) speak live; he didn't disappoint. We were treated to both his keynote and a follow-up conversation on his view of the learning industry's present and future. By Jay Lambert.

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Performance Support Masie Support Lectora 212

Dashe & Thomson

MAY 2, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Analyzing the ROI of Social Media in Training by Jim on May 3, 2011 in social learning A continuing theme among my blog posts has been the difficulty of demonstrating the ROI of social learning initiatives.

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Social Media Social Networks Blended Learning Wiki 182

Vignettes Learning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Known the world over as the leading visionary in virtual learning environments, artificial intelligence, learning theory and cognitive science, he is the CEO of Socratic Arts, a company that specializes in the design, and implementation of story-centered and learning-by-doing curricula both in the academic and corporate worlds.

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Cognitive Roles Theory Virtual Learning Environment 40

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Mo Yang February 15, 2011 at 3:26 pm # Very true! Thank you so much. I appreciate that you took into account the subject matter complexity. Many times, as the instructional designer, people forget that we have to get somewhat familiar with the subject matter itself to even begin to ask the right questions from the SME. Properly d.

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Ratio Social Networks Blended Learning Off-shore 133

Dashe & Thomson

JUNE 28, 2011

Per-person consumption of traditional Web content fell by 3 percent between March 2010 and March 2011 in terms of minutes. The article that provides the background content for this post is mainly aimed at the advertising industry. A brief overview of the content of the article: Traditional use of the Web (i.e.

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Web Social Networks Facebook Social Media 227

Janet Clarey

JANUARY 25, 2011

The annual predictions for e-learning in 2011 are in at eLearn Magazine. Some will say this much of this is already happening – and it is for some – but corporate e-learning is still heavy into creating e-learning courses using rapid e-learning tools and web conferencing tools for live online training.

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Predictions Blended Learning Augmented Reality Virtual Classroom 70

CLO Magazine

MARCH 4, 2014

After the Sentinel program was implemented, scanning errors declined from about 15,000 to 20,000 a week in December 2011 to about 3,000 in July 2013. Employee turnover fell from 40 percent in 2010 to roughly 15 percent in 2011 and 2012. And in 2011, Iron Mountain saved about $4.5 Claims costs went down another $2.5

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Coaching Scanning Blended Learning WebEx 39

Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

Since then I’ve been trialling this learning model in our Rapid eLearning Development course. Here you can see a recording of a Pecha Kucha session I delivered at an eLearning Network conference in June 2011. It gives a quick overview of the learning model. There is a further challenge to do with how our brains are wired.

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Social Networks Social Network Rapid eLearning Brain 49