Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 25, 2011

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. An excellent article from Cross Pollination Media, titled “ Are ‘Digital Natives’ Better Suited for Mobile Learning? Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 18, 2011

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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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

This article by Tom Kuhlman provides some great tips on helping your client see training differently. Train Your Client On Training&# Elfreda Chenauls March 5, 2011 at 2:27 am # Hello this is a unique article. He ends the blog with this key message: The goal is to build a course appropriate to your client’s needs. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? I think social learning must be informal and fun. Do you have suggestions about how one can avoid pitfalls to make learning transfer strong? Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 1, 2011

Matt Blum at GeekDad wrote an article this week called Why Watson’s Jeopardy Win is Mostly Meaningless saying: IBM’s supercomputer software Watson’s win on the game show Jeopardy! The fact that a computer can win a trivia contest that relies on fast reflexes and fast information retrieval doesn’t seem much like news to me.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). Quickly, the videos gained an online following, grew like wildfire, and today Khan Academy has delivered more than 42 million lessons.

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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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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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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

But we need to bring technologists and the learning theorists and researchers together to design the roadmap. I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it. And contrary to my statement in the third paragraph, hopefully we’re not too far off. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 7, 2011

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. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

Most of my PDL is done reading daily news articles, marketing blogs, adult learning webinars and more via the internet. IOL is facilitated through the use of tools like Yammer that connect coworkers across the globe. ASL, by definition, can happen anytime, anywhere. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

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. Fortunately, the question Why persists, and I am beginning to better understand why (and how) we should incorporate games in learning. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

According to an article released by mlive.com , more than a quarter of new jobs created this past year were temporary jobs. However, conversation quickly turned to the temporary staffing industry in general. Beth’s experience looking for work as a private contractor exposed her to the current temporary staffing boom. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

But we need to bring technologists and the learning theorists and researchers together to design the roadmap. I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it. And contrary to my statement in the third paragraph, hopefully we’re not too far off. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

That’s why this article from Terrence Wing is so intriguing. Terrence talks of the promise Facebook shows as a tool for developing training, specifically in its role as an LMS (Learning Management System). Facebook dominates the United States, and Europe and Latin America aren’t far behind. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

That’s why this article from Terrence Wing is so intriguing. Terrence talks of the promise Facebook shows as a tool for developing training, specifically in its role as an LMS (Learning Management System). Facebook dominates the United States, and Europe and Latin America aren’t far behind. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

TweetDeck – I recently read an article stating that if you aren’t salaried by a big company to generate brand new ideas, it’s a waste of your time to do so. I saved the #sociallearning and #instructionaldesign categories and access them on a regular basis to see who is saying what about these subjects. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Learning 2.0 - The Things How we read online. - Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Try Before You Buy Tools Used Better Conferences - Response Needed Roles in CoP's The science of learning Learning 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0: Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

A truly excellent article by Matt Thompson, titled An Antidote for Web Overload , addresses the reasons behind Wikipedia’s increasing replacement of traditional news sites as the go-to source for breaking news items. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Thank you so much. Mo Yang February 15, 2011 at 3:26 pm # Very true! 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. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Thank you so much. Mo Yang February 15, 2011 at 3:26 pm # Very true! 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. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 26, 2011

Check out this article in Fast Company last week called How Mint Exec’s New Company is Going to Make Teachers Out of Us All. Tools like Mindflash and Brainshark are quickly gaining traction in the marketplace, as ways to turn everything a company has “laying around,” like Powerpoints and videos, and turn them into training. Properly d.

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