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

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What’s more, they are beginning to use it at an increasingly young age – a recent study from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop (producers of Sesame Street) found that 80% of children age 5 and under use the Internet at least once a week. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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

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The Washington Post recently ran an article on Project MMOWGLI (Massively Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet), a new MMORPG being rolled out by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) that will allow thousands of players to participate in solving geopolitical crises created by hypothetical pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

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Our conversation centered on whether or not companies should limit their employees’ use of the internet and social media while at work. One friend mentioned that her company doesn’t allow her to use the internet, period, because they expect her full attention to be on patients for the entire day. And she felt this to be acceptable.

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My Learning Resolution For The Year (Hint: It's not “to be.

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When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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The Renewed Importance of EHR Training – Meaningful Use Incentives.

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When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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My passions in life include music, sports, Minneapolis and adult learning, so I search for experts in these fields and follow them for up-to-the-second updates (Tweets). Searches – Just like any other application, searches on Twitter allow you to find information that contains the keyword you use to search with.