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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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It sounds like Weejee is growing quickly with Ian and Tracy at the helm, but they too are frustrated with the slow adoption of informal learning. Wikis are an easy place to start the promotion of collaborative learning spaces, and clients seem to be willing and able to accept this informal tool into their everyday lives.

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Embracing Innovation in Learning | Social Learning Blog

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When moving to an environment of innovative and collaborative learning, managers lose an enormous amount of control over the training destinies of their staff. View all posts by Andrea → ← Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? It was for their own good after all. Yeah, right. Properly d.

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Not Everyone is a Social Customer | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Not Everyone is a Social Customer by Paul on February 11, 2011 in Development Tools , customer service , social learning A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog about the need to train your clients on the various methods of…training.

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Community and Collaborative Learning

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More and more, learning has focused on web-based training and distance learning. And yet, according to research, people learn best by interacting with others in a real world context. He says it is important to find ways of using technology to build community, not destroy it.

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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. Social Learning Blog - March 7, 2011 [.] We all know that social media will be a major driver in the 2.0 Twitter is where [.]

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The $2 Whiteboard Shows Power of Peer-to-Peer Learning | Social.

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My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. Social Learning Blog - January 7, 2011 [.] instead choosing to learn from those around him (check out Jon’s post on peer-to-peer learning here). less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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My Learning Resolution For The Year (Hint: It's not “to be.

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Collaborative learning? So now, I resolve to promote interactive, “do-it” training whenever feasible. Out with being told, in with doing… hurrah! What other good eLearning resolutions are out there? Playing to your audience , perhaps? Give the last year some reflection. I’d love to hear your thoughts! Properly d.