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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

In my opinion, giving a learner a self-study eLearning program as their only form of training or support is not much different than handing them a manual to read with some exercises. In this lonely form of learning, there is no opportunity for social learning to take place, either in the moment or as a follow up.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

Dashe & Thomson

Properly documenting expectations, responsibilities, and success factors can be one of the most vital aspects of successful project management, but it’s so often overlooked or treated as merely an exercise. Ultimately, these ideas only scratch the surface of what is important in demonstrating success to your client.

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Embracing Innovation in Learning | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Trust me…trying to train folks on a software package that they will neither need nor use is an exercise in frustration for everyone involved, not to mention a waste of time and money. And the managers were completely comfortable with that (even if I was pulling my hair out over their decisions). It was for their own good after all.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

with a post-test to measure learning for the entire program. I can now see how Level 2 can be used to evaluate role-based eLearning and instructor-led training. Case studies, exercises, and simulations can be part of a continuum linking Levels 1, 2, and 3. Level 3: Behavior. This is really about follow-up and reinforcement.

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Learning to Work, Working to Learn

Learning Visions

Audio : I've been learning the basics of using Adobe Audition for sound recording and have been creating narration for a course we're currently building. PowerPoint : Tom Kuhlman's got some great demos and exercises on his Rapid eLearning Blog, like this one on building an eLearning Template in PowerPoint.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning to Work, Working to Learn

Learning Visions

Audio : Ive been learning the basics of using Adobe Audition for sound recording and have been creating narration for a course were currently building. PowerPoint : Tom Kuhlmans got some great demos and exercises on his Rapid eLearning Blog, like this one on building an eLearning Template in PowerPoint.

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Top 40 eLearning Articles and 5 Hot Topics for Early March

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Social snake oil - Learning and Working on the Web , March 1, 2010 Knowledge management (KM) was a most promising field until it was hijacked by software vendors who were selling IT systems for six figures. You can optionally, bookmark URLs in @replies to you, and they&# ll even even add a delicious.