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Leadership lessons from breaking news

CLO Magazine

This is not a political article. Once, I took a group of rising leaders to the fields of Gettysburg and we talked deeply about courage, conflict and lessons from that battle. As I said, this is not a political article. Another time, I brought my friend Kathleen Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and niece of John F.

Lesson 74
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eLearning as Part of an Informal Learning Strategy

Integrated Learnings

Much of my learning came from brainstorming with peers, participating in online forums , reading (articles, books, blogs, etc.), Compare that to making time to complete a 1-hour lesson. We could make short eLearning lessons available as a supplement to new employee training, or any other formal course. By Shelley A.

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Using Facebook as a learning platform

eFront

Let’s start this post by stating that Facebook was not actually created as a learning platform, it can however clearly be used to enhance and support elearning. Facebook makes it easy to network and interact with other virtual students, and because most people know how to use Facebook they don’t need to become familiar with a new platform.

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Lessons from my 2021 Social Media blackout

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

My last post, on July 5th, was to announce I’d be off my blog, Twitter, LinkedIn and, for the most part, Facebook too from July 9th. Oh boy, I have not missed that – doomscrolling!! I don’t know how or where that will be, but I’ll keep you posted.

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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

Dashe & Thomson

From a recent article at Knowledge@Wharton called Technology and Teaching: Flipping the Model : Khan stumbled upon the idea for his free web-based academy while trying to teach math to cousins in New Orleans. In an effort to bridge the time and distance gap, he started making 10-minute videos of math lessons and posting them on YouTube.

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

Dashe & Thomson

The New York Times recently featured a fascinating article by Andrew Martin and Thomas Lin that details the shift in thinking within the military that may soon take it to the forefront of virtual training. What’s more, they don’t just mean by saving money or time (although their games are doing that, too). They mean by saving lives.

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What Do Businesses Think of the Creator Economy (and how you can position yourself to earn from it)

LearnDash

Other social sharing platforms (like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok) have survived. Because creators like these are driving usage of their platforms, social media giants like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and yes, TikTok, pay creators to keep the traffic coming. How many lessons?) Businesses.