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

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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. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? They mean by saving lives.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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Check out these links for more insight on the topic: [link] [link] [link] And in case you read through this entire article in the hopes of hearing the song by Simon & Garfunkel, and are now really upset, here you go: Blog this! Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

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An excellent article from Cross Pollination Media, titled “ Are ‘Digital Natives’ Better Suited for Mobile Learning? When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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My passions in life include music, sports, Minneapolis and adult learning, so I search for experts in these fields and follow them for up-to-the-second updates (Tweets). Searches – Just like any other application, searches on Twitter allow you to find information that contains the keyword you use to search with.

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What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? | Social.

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In an aptly named article, “ Why Charlie Sheen Should be Your Social Media Manager ,” Osas Obaiza at iMedia Connection brings up an interesting example of how this plays in the external marketing world: Take a look at the McDonald’s Twitter account, it boasts at paltry 90,925 following. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. 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. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices | Social.

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I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? John states: “We’re committed to providing flexible, accessible, and customized learning opportunities.