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

Dashe & Thomson

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? Only recently has the training industry begun to tap into this realm of informal, social learning.

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The Great Training Robbery Continues

The Performance Improvement Blog

When I ask the training and development leaders who participate in my ATD Essentials of Developing an Organizational Learning Culture workshop to say what percentage of employees who attend training programs actually apply what they’ve learned on the job, the answers range from about 10% to about 50%, with most at the lower end of that range.

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Learning predictions in a time of unpredictability!

Learning Pool

In the learning space, however, it seems we’re still on the right track. In today’s blog, Director of Research at Fosway Group, David Perring shares his Learning predictions for 2021. So, what are my more immediate TOP 10 predictions for learning in 2021? A surge in skills centered learning.

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Investing in Training in Downturns and Upturns

The Performance Improvement Blog

At least, that’s what’s indicated by the leading organizations in this kind of research. in 2011 – the largest gain in three years. And Training magazine’s research found a 13% increase in spending on L&D in 2011. And Training magazine’s research found a 13% increase in spending on L&D in 2011.

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The Learning Curve and The Pivot Point

The Performance Improvement Blog

When Stephen Gill and I were researching and writing our latest book, Only Smart Companies Win, about what it means to create and work in a “Learning Culture”, we tried to imagine what it would mean to develop training programs in that culture. We know from the research that this model does not work. 6] Weibell, C.

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MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 3: Launching a MOOC

Learnnovators

IMHO, a MOOC is an evolving and dynamic learning and collaboration ecosystem that may encompass more than one technical platform and various modes of learning from short, byte-sized videos and e-learning capsules to user-generated content in the form of reference links, blog posts, discussion threads, and much more.

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MOOCS IN WORKPLACE LEARNING – PART 3: LAUNCHING A MOOC

Learnnovators

IMHO, a MOOC is an evolving and dynamic learning and collaboration ecosystem that may encompass more than one technical platform and various modes of learning from short, byte-sized videos and e-learning capsules to user-generated content in the form of reference links, blog posts, discussion threads, and much more.