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

Dashe & Thomson

If we separate the human aspect of social networking from the technology, we can learn a lot more about the power of networks – not just from today’s pundits, but from many years of sociological research on the topic. It’s not enough for people within functional areas (clusters) to connect. More about me here.

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Measuring The Effectiveness of Your Blended Learning Program

Obsidian Learning

How do you know if blended learning is working in your organization? Measuring the impact of blended learning is no different from measuring the impact of learning generally, other than having a few more elements to measure. Level 2: Learning. Learning does not necessarily equal improved performance.

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5 E-Learning Forecasts for 2012

eLearning 24-7

They involved talent management, “hello and goodbye” with vendors, social learning, upswing in mobile learning, new feature sets in the authoring tool space, flat lining in web conferencing and standalone platforms. LMSs/LCMS/CMS/learning platforms in commercial and open space continued their presence.

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Profile of a learning architect: Tiina Paju-Pomfret

Clive on Learning

In this next profile, extracted from The New Learning Architect , we see another fine example of how a learning and development department has been able to break free from the confines of the face-to-face course to provide support for learning across multiple contexts.

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Employee Continuous Training – A winning philosophy’s perks

eFront

Add to that a rapidly changing social, technological and business landscape, like the one we have had for the last several decades, and the the idea that one’s learning should be confined to some particular time at school suddenly seems very bizarre and antiquated. How many of those have you and your employees adopted already?

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Employee Continuous Training – A winning philosophy’s perks

eFront

Add to that a rapidly changing social, technological and business landscape, like the one we have had for the last several decades, and the the idea that one’s learning should be confined to some particular time at school suddenly seems very bizarre and antiquated. How many of those have you and your employees adopted already?

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Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace

Janet Clarey

Here are the slides from an online session I did yesterday on Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace. To learn, I sat in a classroom for years, so it would be normal to expect to sit in a classroom to learn at work. Know the learning theories behind your craft damn it! Multi Generational Learning.