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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The slow adoption of social learning is not localized to Minnesota and North Carolina. Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. The figure was highest among large businesses, 42% of which spent money on informal learning during the year. Properly d.

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network by Jolene on April 28, 2011 in Informal Learning , Instructional Design , Training Development , Video , social learning According to the 1996 report from the U.S.

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Is Your Measuring Stick Allowing You To Manage For The Better.

Dashe & Thomson

A system developed by which statistics were recorded and bets placed. Sure baseball became popular when money got involved, but the game improved dramatically when statistics allowed one to objectively decide who was good and who wasn’t. And how did that happen? Nuances like box scores, trades and scouting were all born. Properly d.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

An excellent article from Cross Pollination Media, titled “ Are ‘Digital Natives’ Better Suited for Mobile Learning? Properly d.

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What Is the Learning Curve? The Science of Boosting Knowledge Retention

Maestro

One day after learning, it drops to 30 percent and by the time a week passes, learners may only retain 25 percent of what they learned. What the learning curve means for L&D. Statistics like these can be a little scary for learning professionals. Two strategies for implementing the learning curve.

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Analyzing the ROI of Social Media in Training | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

We frequently cite a study from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which demonstrated that approximately 70% of all on-the-job learning is done informally, through employee-driven initiative, and through employee-to-employee knowledge transfers. Properly d.

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Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009

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Statistics - Kapp Notes , November 16, 2009. Workplace Learning in 10 Years - The Learning Circuits Blog , March 1, 2009. Learning Strategies You Can Use - Road to Learning , September 9, 2009. E-learning in the Corporate Sector , March 16, 2009. E-induction - Lars is Learning , March 20, 2009.