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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. Why is networking so important anyway? People in your network become the portals to knowledge, opportunity, and information you might not find on your own. So big deal, you say.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. They’re sources of novelty and innovation (because they know quite different things than we do) and bridges to other social networks (because they know quite different people than we do).

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

Dashe & Thomson

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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The BIG Debate: Can Rapid eLearning Ever Be Truly Engaging?

Rob Hubbard

Professional Networks. British Institute for Learning and Development. eLearning Network.

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Rx for SMEs

Dashe & Thomson

Check out these posts for more tips and tricks: What Everyone Should Know about Working with Subject Matter Experts by Tom Kuhlmann, Rapid E-Learning Blog and Working with Subject Matter Experts posted in The Learning Circuits Blog. Properly d.

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Rx for SMEs | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Check out these posts for more tips and tricks: What Everyone Should Know about Working with Subject Matter Experts by Tom Kuhlmann, Rapid E-Learning Blog and Working with Subject Matter Experts posted in The Learning Circuits Blog. Properly d.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning? Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them.