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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? Instructional designers would be wise to become versed in basic video production, since its utility and ubiquity as a learning tool will only continue to grow.

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Formal Learning vs. Informal Learning

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In this post, we’ll distinguish between informal and formal learning and explore ways to identify and encourage informal learning within your organization. What is informal learning? Cross defined informal learning as “personal, social […] unofficial, unscheduled, [and] impromptu.”

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The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? | Social.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? by Andrea on February 23, 2011 in social learning The other night I attended a lecture at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Fascinating stuff.

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UpsideLMS Is One Of The Five Emerging Learning Managements To Watch!

Upside Learning

I am pleased to share that our flagship and award-winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS , has been named as one of the “Five Emerging Learning Management Systems (LMSs) to Watch&# by Brandon Hall, chairman of Brandon Hall Research in Chief Learning Officer magazine’s July 2010 edition.

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Informal learning: Why it matters to a business

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The emergence of social media challenged businesses to optimize performance in many areas but what they should certainly be given credit for is making companies dependent on this viable medium beyond what they could have ever imagined. If applied right, informal learning can become the competitive edge for every company.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

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Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. I am a member of the Dashe & Thomson running and biking teams, and captain of its small but emerging chess team. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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Leveraging the Law of the Few to Manage Change in the Workplace.

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Just as the corporate world thought they had caught up to adult learning norms with the adoption of eLearning, and some with blended learning, along comes social learning. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Social Learning Blog - March 7, 2011 [.] then I got to thinking about it a little more.