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

Dashe & Thomson

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. It’s not enough for people within functional areas (clusters) to connect. Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

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Not Everyone is a Social Customer | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

The applications everyone from Wired to the Wall Street Journal are talking about are altering the way we interact with each other, the way we purchase goods and services, and the way we learn. This ever-changing technological landscape is currently held captive by social media, and for good reason. Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

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The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe) | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

As youโ€™ve no doubt come to expect from my โ€œinvestigative journalismโ€ style, I did a little digging (and I mean little), and what at least one source reports may surprise you. But is this really the case, Iโ€™ve often wondered? My vote to solve this problem? Some sort of surveyโ€ฆ Blog this! Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

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The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe)

Dashe & Thomson

As youโ€™ve no doubt come to expect from my โ€œinvestigative journalismโ€ style, I did a little digging (and I mean little), and what at least one source reports may surprise you. But is this really the case, Iโ€™ve often wondered? My vote to solve this problem? Some sort of surveyโ€ฆ Blog this! Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

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This Is Your Learnerโ€™s Brain on Coffee

Learningtogo

Thatโ€™s right, your delicious steaming cup of coffee is really a drug delivery mechanism, producing powerful effects. One study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that regular caffeine use in the workplace can make our behavior more ethical, especially if we are a little sleep-deprived. How Caffeine Works in the Brain.

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Top 99 Workplace eLearning Blogs

Tony Karrer

It's Tony Karrer delicious links. Personally I find that this is high value even though I try to stay up on all the latest and best content. I'll also mention that there's one source that's a bit different than the others. As I find interesting items that are not part of these sources, I manually mark those.

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The learnification of education

E-Learning Provocateur

Angela pointed me to the journal article Giving Teaching Back to Education: Responding to the Disappearance of the Teacher by Gert Biesta. I start this post by thanking Angela Towndrow , a fellow Aussie whom I met virtually via a mooc, and from whom I continue to draw insights on things related to education. And I’m glad she did.

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