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Smart Companies Support Informal Learning

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“It’s critical that training and development professionals not go overboard with command and control when they support informal learning. And since informal learning makes up the bulk of learning inside organizations, this could be a truly perilous move.” ~ Patti Shank, Director of Research at The eLearning Guild.

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7 Tips To Incorporate Informal Learning Into Your Corporate eLearning Strategy

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Informal learning is impromptu. In this article, we’ll share 7 tips to use informal learning into your training strategy. How To Incorporate Informal Learning Into Your Corporate Training Strategy. How To Incorporate Informal Learning Into Your Corporate Training Strategy.

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The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter

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News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/28/2010 The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter On Twitter exists a resourceful community of e-Learning professionals. social learning - experimentação.

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Instructor-led vs. self-paced learning: What’s more effective?

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Both instructor-led and self-paced learning are common workplace training practices. The company wanted employees to learn how to use it effectively. Employees from all over the world could log in whenever they wanted to learn. So, neither instructor-led nor self-paced learning is ideal for all situations.

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Everything You Need to Know About Running a Learning Campaign

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Learning campaign’ (or campaign-based learning) – another relatively new term that has found its way into today’s learning lexicon. Learning campaigns take on a marketing approach towards making an impact on learners. The end goal: using these ‘points of contact’ to market learning and actuate behavioral change.

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Contextualized Learning: Teaching made highly effective!

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There’s no doubt about it: Contextualizing can dramatically boost teaching and learning outcomes! While lately, there has been an increased appreciation of the use of contextualized learning activities in adult education, the fact is that the concept itself is not novel. Understanding contextualized learning.

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What is social learning?

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‘Social learning’ has been the elearning buzzword du jour for a couple of years now and people often ask us exactly what social learning is. It is important to distinguish social learning as a concept from the conditions or methods that may facilitate social learning and the potential outcomes of social learning processes.