eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

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. Hi Paulo, thank you for the information that you share!

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 11, 2011

The era of “left brain” dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which “right brain” qualities-inventiveness, empathy, meaning-predominate. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog. We thought we could train them to do their jobs.

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OpenSesame

JULY 30, 2013

The shutdown of Google Reader is far from the end of RSS. In fact, it has become a catalyst for innovation in news aggregation and has driven attention towards the value of RSS in social reach and brand development. Moving forward it is important to consider the different RSS readers people are using to replace Google Reader.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 28, 2011

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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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 13, 2009

You need information radar that continuously scans for new, quality information that you should be aware of. Information Addiction Let me start this topic with a word of caution. When you find new nuggets of information, you get a chemical reaction in your brain much like an opium hit. Be careful about feeding your habit.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

TWITTER INTEGRATION: Check if your LMS is capable of Twitter integration. Twitter is a fast growing and influential social networking service that is being leveraged as a great learning tool. Letting users create their own network, it makes information sharing across domains easier and faster.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

Because the people on the edge were more likely to be connected to other network clusters, and therefore had access to information that was not available to people who were “buried” at the middle of a cluster. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 25, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Return of the (Digital) Native by Jim on March 25, 2011 in mobile learning In recent years, we’ve all heard a lot about digital natives. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

The idea is to make useful information readily available to learners when they need it, even within some tight technological constraints. The questions prompt quite a lively and interesting discussion among online community members. So, there you have it…my answer to this month’s big question. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Not Everyone is a Social Customer by Paul on February 11, 2011 in Development Tools , customer service , social learning A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog about the need to train your clients on the various methods of…training.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 13, 2010

It’s important to remember, though, that Wikileaks is essentially a non-profit news organization, not a tool for sharing information across and among users. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

It’s important to remember, though, that Wikileaks is essentially a non-profit news organization, not a tool for sharing information across and among users. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 7, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? In about a week, he has amassed more than 2 million followers on Twitter, and his catch phrases (“ winning ,” “ tiger blood ,” etc.) Properly d. Properly d.

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eFront

AUGUST 2, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 8/02/2010 Extensions on RSS module eFront had for some time now an RSS module that could fetch and present an RSS feed inside a lesson or on administrators panel. Well, things have changed.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 8, 2010

We’ve got plenty of information sources already. At the same time, we need lots of help filtering the flood of information. Harold is a master of that and effectively uses twitter, RSS reader and lots of other sources to bring across and filter information. That’s somewhat the whole point behind eLearning Learning.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 5, 2011

My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. less big companies, for more than 20 years. I like to read, make films and play guitar (in private). Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 30, 2010

My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. less big companies, for more than 20 years. I like to read, make films and play guitar (in private). Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 1, 2011

The fact that a computer can win a trivia contest that relies on fast reflexes and fast information retrieval doesn’t seem much like news to me. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. A lot of people, apparently, agree. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? Ive worked in sales and marketing with various organizations, including 3M, the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ionix Medical, and the Itasca Project. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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Tony Karrer

MAY 8, 2008

My twitter status just changed. Along the way, she convinced me that Twitter was something that I should stop resisting. Along the way, she convinced me that Twitter was something that I should stop resisting. She did this by sending a tweet out that asked how Twitter helped people with their personal learning.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain by Jolene on February 23, 2010 in Wikis In his December Training Magazine article Training in a Web 2.0 Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 6, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 21, 2011

According to Urban Dictionary: Your exobrain (or exo-brain) is your extended brainpower from the information you have access to from your computer or the web. I like to imagine performance support as an Exobrain … (and, of course, that I am one of the smart people in learning … guess I will have to ask Simon about that.)

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Allison Rossett

JULY 17, 2012

A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. Information Aggregation. RSS readers (i.e., Social Media Connection.

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Allison Rossett

JULY 17, 2012

A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). There are two main types of tools for building a Professional Learning Network: information aggregation and social media connection. Information Aggregation. RSS readers (i.e., Social Media Connection.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 22, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? by Paul on March 23, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Video , blended learning Opening weekend of March Madness is over. Yes, it hurts just typing it. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? I was blown away by that little nugget of information. Information can be gathered more quickly, and through many more avenues, than at any other time in our history.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of the Classroom by Jon on March 21, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Video , blended learning Where do the most innovate ideas in learning come from? Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

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. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. I think social learning must be informal and fun.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 18, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military by Jim on May 19, 2011 in Gaming Theory Think game-based training doesn’t have anything to offer your organization in the way of savings? Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Mavens are “information specialists,” or “people we rely upon to connect us with new information.” When play happens while learning it creates a context in which information, ideas and passions grow. * When information is stable, the explicit dimension becomes very important. . Twitter is where [.] Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Make Learning An Experience. By providing a blended experience we create the opportunity for our learners to first absorb information, then ask questions, challenge assumptions, and solicit experiences which they can share with others.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Can Games Transform the World? I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In my spare time I read, play with my kiddos, and train with the Dashe & Thomson running team. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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