Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I liked the sound of that. Depends on the client. Depends on the market. Depends on the communication channel. Our director of training development called us an Enterprise Training Partner today. Should I use it? Probably depends who I talk to tomorrow.

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Social Networks Social Learning Blended Learning Blogging 100

Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Shoving the med student into a room with a patient and basket of supplies and leaving them to learn by trial and error sounds much worse to me. It might be unnerving to think about being a guinea pig for a medical student learning to draw blood in the supervised “do one&# phase, but what is the alternative?

Social Networks 181

Social Networks Social Learning Social Blended Learning 181

Dashe & Thomson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Just as it is with sound instructional design, context is key. If an official portal is the place to get news, updates & find information – your social platform must seamlessly be an integral part of that experience. Don’t ship off your employees to a separate site to socially engage & collaborate.

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Adoption Adopt Collaboration Integrate 189

Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 8, 2011

Ultimately, by paying close attention to the kind of change they’re after, instructional designers and learning professionals can boast about their own sounds-too-good-to-be-true achievement: create learning and communication strategies that both produce immediate results, and stand the test of time.

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Behavior Change Music Streaming 165

Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The Visio import feature sounds great! Come take a look and let us know if you have any feedback! Andrea March 28, 2011 at 4:47 pm # Thanks for the tip Dave. I will be sure to check out LucidChart very soon. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Social Networks Blended Learning Tips Tools 100

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

The Visio import feature sounds great! Come take a look and let us know if you have any feedback! Andrea March 28, 2011 at 4:47 pm # Thanks for the tip Dave. I will be sure to check out LucidChart very soon. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Content Developer Social Networks Blended Learning Tools 100

Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 13, 2011

So this “service” sounds a little like my worst nightmare. Frankly, this reaction probably dates me as a hopeless curmudgeon who finds that many forms of technology with which we interact contribute to the overall chaos of our lives rather than simplifying and improving them.

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Engineering Write Blog Music Statistics 172

Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Unfortunately, this sounds too good to be true, and it is. Interestingly, only 1,970 – or just 10% – of these videos were actually created by RovioMobile, the game-maker. That means more than 16,000 videos were contributed by members of the Angry Birds Community of Practice.

Social Learning 167

Social Learning Community Social Social Media 167

Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 21, 2011

Technical theatre, consisting of sets, costumes, props, lighting and sound, is all about creating a believable environment for the production from the perspective of the audience. &# If the answer is no, you are probably leaving some fingerprints where you shouldn’t. Lesson 3 – If you can’t build it right, build it stout.

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Instructional Design Lesson Instructional Instruction 191

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

So, what to do when a “boutique vendor” (our client’s label for us) gives you a number that sounds outrageously high? Our off-shore competitor, whose development rate we later learned an thrifty-sounding $20/hour, came in with a surprising bid: $2 million. Simple: Off-shore it! At this point,we figured we were toast.

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Ratio Social Networks Blended Learning Off-shore 167

Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 11, 2011

Sounds a lot like software engineering and implementation. View all posts by Jolene → ← The Sound of Silence Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? What might that mean? All potentially mind blowing, but not unthinkable. In fact, instructional designers are wired to think this way.

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Social Networks Instructional Design Blended Learning Instructional 133

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

So, what to do when a “boutique vendor” (our client’s label for us) gives you a number that sounds outrageously high? Our off-shore competitor, whose development rate we later learned an thrifty-sounding $20/hour, came in with a surprising bid: $2 million. Simple: Off-shore it! At this point,we figured we were toast.

Ratio 133

Ratio Social Networks Blended Learning Off-shore 133

Dashe & Thomson

JUNE 2, 2011

Auditory learning is getting the learners to translate their experience into sound by talking about what they are learning. A is Auditory, or learning by talking and hearing. Auditory learners like to read out loud, talk while solving problems, and review learning experiences. V is for Visual and is learning by observing and picturing.

Learning Styles 158

Learning Styles Brain Simulations Collaborative Learning 158

Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 26, 2011

In fact, for many training professionals who have been downsized or re-deployed recently, this entire blog post may sound like old news. Here are three reasons for the trend away from traditional, centralized training functions: 1.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Corporate eLearning Brainshark 190