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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” And you’d be wrong.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Cammy Bean’s latest blog post provides many ideas as well as real-life examples for Using Social Media for Learning. Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. ILT vs. WBT vs. informal learning). Go take a peek. Properly d.

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

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In addition to the use of video games for recruitment purposes, which have been available for some time, the Department of Defense has begun embracing the use of combat simulators, culture-based eLearning , avatars, and even cell phone apps, all designed specifically for military use. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? | Social.

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Blended learning may be a newer phenomenon in the corporate world, but coaches have been using a mixture of video, instructor-led, experiential and peer-to-peer learning for decades. Similar to corporate training, this brings disparate levels of familiarity to a common baseline understanding. Thank you CBS and Turner! Properly d.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

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If your client wants you to get an elearning module built based on storyboards developed in-house, make sure it’s clear that your work is entirely dependent on their work. For example, writing “All milestones will be completed on time” as a success factor doesn’t give enough leeway that you may need in the normal course of events.

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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. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Train Your Client On Training.

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And by showing them examples, you’ll help them see [training] from various perspectives. He ends the blog with this key message: The goal is to build a course appropriate to your client’s needs. Sometimes the need is simple and sometimes complex. By clarifying their objectives you’ll know what type of course to build. Properly d.