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The What and Why of Scenario-Based Learning

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If you design applying what’s known about learning science, it’s clear scenarios provide the right support. However, it assists learners to see those models as they manifest in particular contexts as a basis to support performance once it comes to practice. From a learning perspective, that’s a contextual practice.

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When to Use Scenario-Based Learning?

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While you can do mentored live performance, e.g., apprenticeships, there are times when this isn’t viable. Similarly, individual mentoring doesn’t scale well. Too often, we use courses when we could use performance support, putting knowledge ‘in the world’, instead of trying to put it in the head.

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Celebrating 19 Years of Excellence: Upside Learning’s Annual Party Extravaganza

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The awards included Most Dependable and Driven Employee, Best Learning and Practice, Best Learning Mentors, Best Growth Mentors, Most Inspiring Manager, and Most Impressive Debut. It was a heartwarming gesture that demonstrated his gratitude for the team members’ families and their unwavering support throughout the years.

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ASTD Webcast On New Mobile Learning Research

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Regular readers of this blog will be aware that we recently supported ASTD research on Mobile Learning , a report around that was released in May 2012. Top uses of mobile in learning : Easily accessible reference material, performance support, and video are the top 3 usage of mobile devices – which should not be a surprise.

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General Considerations for Mobile Learning (mLearning)

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I’ve mentioned previously there’s an entire generation of mobile savvy learners entering the workplace, mobile communication and computing devices are becoming commonplace and communication networks powering these devices are becoming pervasive and support higher data bandwidths than ever before. Who will handle any needed user support?

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Five Mobile Learning Implementation Tips

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We see this as true of an increasing number of devices, and eventually perhaps all will support some form of tethering. When used as a part of blended program, mobile technology can be used to facilitate interaction between peers, experts, mentors, etc. Compatibility and support for varied protocols and platforms.

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eLearning On The Rise

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Here’s more to support that thought. Then In May I’d posted about the growth of eLearning outsourcing as projected by an India-based research agency – Valuenotes and more recently about how training companies are adopting eLearning using us as their training back-office.