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eLearning Cyclops: Informal learning. Maybe I Can Informally.

eLearning Cyclops

Informal learning. Maybe I Can Informally Assess Its Impact #LCBQ. This months Big Question at Learning Circuits is regarding assessing the impact of informal learning. Much of this will be anecdotal information collected, but none the less information that has value in assessing impact.

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Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

My learning style is visual, so I always need to do research about a new concept and get a picture of the information in my head. I found out that Accelerated Learning originated with a theory called “suggestopedia,” developed by a Bulgarian educator named Georgi Lazanov. A final example involved American Art. Properly d.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. Go take a peek.

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Junky Informal Learning

Jay Cross

For seven years, he has worked at Junk six months and then taken off to play music for six months. “How do you learn what’s going on? The two thirty-somethings who showed up were pleasant, hard-working, and efficient. One fellow liked his job because it fix his life as a musician. “It works for me; it works for them.”

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

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Weber also points out how effectively additional techniques demonstrated in the movie – like music, movement, and humor – open the mind to learning. Through an unlikely friendship, Bertie rewired flawless speech, and reclaimed bold leadership ability to guide England through war. Properly d.

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

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Only recently has the training industry begun to tap into this realm of informal, social learning. Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew?