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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Some people synthesize material when it is presented in written form, and some just do better when they are free to listen without reading. And yet that’s effectively what is happening when we present text visually and then have someone say it at the same time. Why don’t we hear that? Because it’s not true.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

Dashe & Thomson

Did your presentation go well to that big prospective client, or did your car break down on the way to work? These questions are the same ones that face project managers every day, as they struggle with the ever-present dilemma of demonstrating success to project stakeholders.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: DevLearn09 - Im Speaking!

Learning Visions

Tuesday, September 08, 2009 DevLearn09 - Im Speaking! Did I tell you that Im looking forward to the schmoozing part?) Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Come November, Ill be heading to San Jose for DevLearn 09. and -- oh yes! -- the speaking. Hope to see you there!

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

With deadlines and budget pressures always present, it’s easy to jettison these “soft&# elements. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Finding ways to incorporate these elements can be difficult for instructional designers, curriculum developers, and, especially, creators of eLearning.

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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

The game randomly presented the players – the public – with the questionable receipts. According to Koreen, In his writings on Play Theory, Lloyd Rieber presents compelling evidence of the validity of games as a learning strategy. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

JIT Learning Society If I take a step back and try to think of the most obvious way the Internet has changed my life, I would say it’s changed how I access information. Best Buy has tapped into a present-day societal truth: people prefer learning to being taught. Have you ever heard someone say, “I love to be taught!”?

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices

Dashe & Thomson

JIT Learning Society If I take a step back and try to think of the most obvious way the Internet has changed my life, I would say it’s changed how I access information. Best Buy has tapped into a present-day societal truth: people prefer learning to being taught. Have you ever heard someone say, “I love to be taught!”?