Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

by Paul on April 20, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Informal Learning , social learning Over the last few months I’ve discussed with my brother, a professor at Bethel University here in Minneapolis, how to incorporate social media into his classes. I’m merely attempting to show how confusing this new world of social media is.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. In particular, Weber talks about the power of human interaction in teaching (aka social learning): Interpersonal intelligence engages others best in curious, equitable, and caring situations.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

by Paul on April 20, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Informal Learning , social learning Over the last few months I’ve discussed with my brother, a professor at Bethel University here in Minneapolis, how to incorporate social media into his classes. I’m merely attempting to show how confusing this new world of social media is.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

My experience is that when implemented and administered effectively, wikis can essentially serve as an institutional knowledge reservoir and stop the brain drain, or at least slow it to a trickle. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

My experience is that when implemented and administered effectively, wikis can essentially serve as an institutional knowledge reservoir and stop the brain drain, or at least slow it to a trickle. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

Since I became an active Twitter user a few months ago, the application has grown on me to the point where it’s now far-and-away my favorite social media tool. Sure, these are great tools, but how do we utilize them effectively to change how people learn in the workplace or at school? And I use the word ‘tool’ for a reason.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

To be effective the game must make work seem like play. There are many elements of games and simulations that, when designed effectively, can help our learners achieve a state of flow: rich back stories and characters, compelling plotlines, and that delicate balance between something that is difficult, yet still achievable. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

What more would you need to learn effectively on your mobile device? Envision a phone application that allows you to browse FAQs, search for desired training content and access collaborative workspaces including wikis and forums that contain user-generated content. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

What more would you need to learn effectively on your mobile device? Envision a phone application that allows you to browse FAQs, search for desired training content and access collaborative workspaces including wikis and forums that contain user-generated content. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 17, 2011

We all know social networks promote learning; while the mechanisms aren’t documented or well-understood, that it works isn’t in doubt anymore. But we must ask, are the ‘social media/networking systems’ out there promoting this learning? Today, I’m going to adopt a contrarian view. Or does it happen in spite of these systems?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 27, 2014

Even though there is a trend toward open-space workplaces, views about the effectiveness of this design vary widely. Instead of IM''ing each other, we''re talking in person. Fast Company editors Jason Feifer and Anjali Mullany take up this debate in a FC interview for an article titled, “Two Cube Dwellers Argue Over Open Offices.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 2, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Analyzing the ROI of Social Media in Training by Jim on May 3, 2011 in social learning A continuing theme among my blog posts has been the difficulty of demonstrating the ROI of social learning initiatives.

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Rustici Software

JANUARY 8, 2019

The bite-sized chunks of information available via social media often miss that context; context matters. As many people know well, GDPR went into effect early in 2018. The best Christmas letters have a way of highlighting important moments in the year and providing context for how they contributed to the year-at-large.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Welcome to Creepy Valley - Motion Portrait - 3D Facial Animation | Main | Big Basket of Stuff #2.in in which even amnesiacs can remember games.students get connected and wikis get adopted. sure to check out the "Room" feature.

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eFront

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Resources authored in eXe can be exported in IMS Content Package, SCORM 1.2, or IMS Common Cartridge formats or as simple self-contained web pages. Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users. to version 3.6.6

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 15, 2009

Im not sure I buy how much real impact any of this will have on bottom line measures. Do we really believe they will be proxies for effectiveness? Social media has costs in terms of time, distraction, resources, attention span, etc., Im not trying to be flip. Rachel Happe suggested some measurements of ROI.

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TalentLMS

JANUARY 14, 2019

So, make sure to include this information in your onboarding kit for new employees: A directory of employee profiles including names, contact details, and usernames on company messaging applications like Slack or IM. Links to the company website, social media pages and blog. An organizational chart. Personalized welcome items.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Just as water will always find its own level by the path of least resistance, individual learners, working in collaboration and unhampered by the precepts of authority, tend to do an excellent job of finding and sharing what they need to know efficiently and effectively, even if they don’t necessarily know what they are looking for to begin with.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) Level 4 Eval traditionally done during Learning Outcomes (there were a lot more things on his chart, but Im not that fast and it was somewhat complicated.) Some are doing Level 2 recall or decision making.

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eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It is important that e-Learning professionals, researchers, experts, and learners have a common basis in order to communicate effectively. These two facts make communication and common understanding of e-Learning issues hard to follow. In other words, they need to “speak the same language&#.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

The bonus of so many of the social media tools we use is that our pictures are attached. Or is it substituted by other tools (how effective?)(web If I notice Im losing someones attention in class, Ill instantly make direct eye-contact, maybe raise an eyebrow, and start talking directly to that student, and most of the time.

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eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

Traditional instructor led training is expensive and, in some cases, difficult to track its effectiveness. News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/02/2011 Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch for 2011 2011 is the e-Learning year!

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eFront

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Effective Team Learning. For your group learning strategies to be effective, the group should work as a cohesive unit , with learners feeling responsible for the shared progress of the group, but also be personally motivated at the same time. Increasing Workplace Productivity With Collaborative Learning.

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eFront

JULY 12, 2010

Before CSS3 we would need to work with images or javascript to produce a round box effect. Actually, there are dozens of wide spread techniques to produce the round corner effect (for example, check [link] ) – which by its turn is a clear signal that there is no perfect solution.

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learnWorlds

JANUARY 24, 2022

Teachable provides an easy and simple solution for uploading your learning content, customizing your online school, and communicating effectively with your students. As a learning platform, it provides a range of social and blended learning features that can make any type of training engaging throughout its course. Who is it for?

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 16, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Give User Adoption the Respect it Deserves by Paul on May 17, 2011 in user adoption User adoption is the single biggest challenge when implementing new technology – it is now and it has been for 15 years. Properly d.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 25, 2008

Some leaders may be bornwith a genetic head start, but all truly effective leaders are made, not born." Im on board with that but then comes this article in The Escapist, " This is your brain on smart drugs. Im on board with that but then comes this article in The Escapist, " This is your brain on smart drugs."

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

How many of you have posted questions regarding LMSs on Quora, Linkedin or the various other social media sites available on the net? SCORM/AICC/PENS/IMS. Collaboration, create learner groups for social, some type of chat function. Market themselves effectively. How many times have you wished they didn’t?

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eFront

JUNE 1, 2010

Previously you had to create 4 different courses to achieve this effect. Consider a scenario in which you have a school with a physics course (which includes several lessons), separated in 4 different classrooms. Each classroom has its own teacher(s) and students.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the same time, Facebook is one of the fastest growing social networks that helps people communicate efficiently with their friends, families, coworkers, and classmates. Some of them are your learners and they know how to use Facebook effectively! 50% of Facebooks active users log on to Facebook in any given day.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

DECEMBER 20, 2007

You might ask, what do I think about when Im shoveling? Well, its a bit out of my budget for the moment; however, Im going to Hawaii in another sense this spring. There is about 3 feet of snow outside and I have been shoveling dutifully for several days. Well, this morning, I was thinking about Hawaii. Where theres no snow! Are educat.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 31, 2008

Look at this little selection I got when I searched the online program for games (I hope these links work): A Constructionist Approach to Learning Through Designing Games: What Videogame Making Can Teach Us About Literacy and Learning What Do We Know About the Effectiveness of Instructional Strategies in Computer Games?

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E-Learning Acupuncture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

Im glad to say I was pleasantly surprised! So after examining this very excellent learning object I can now say I know how Im going to vote on Oct 10th. There are a couple of ways I can go about to find the answers to my question. I could try to Google those two methods and read about them. It is also available in two languages.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 23, 2007

So aside from the fact that as an anthropologist, Im just interested in this sort of study, why should anybody in the "learning" industry care? Well, ever try to turn a battleship? Here is a hint - it doesnt happen quickly. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

> Resources Down-and-dirty Guidelines for Effective Discussions in Online Courses Joanna C. Dunlap Improving the Odds of Effective Collaborative Work in Online Courses Joanna C. for Associations Jeff delivers an easy-to-read primer on how to leverage social media tools to expand the learning value that associations deliver.

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Mark Oehlert

APRIL 22, 2008

;-)).are not crafted in stone and can and should change and that BY ALL THATS GOOD AND PURE the classrooms and instructor-led training were probably NEVER studied RE their effectiveness as learning environments but rather as production environments. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Big Basket of Stuff #1: Wikis, IMs, and 3D | Main | Big Basket of Stuff #3.the Tetris Effect ) Special Reports 10 Emerging Technologies 2008 (Technology Review): includes Offline Web applications , Connectomics , and reality mining.

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