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

Dashe & Thomson

Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005. Properly d.

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Resources from my presentation at Innovations in e-learning Symposium

Kapp Notes

Walk a mile in digital shoes: The impact of embodied perspective-taking on the reduction of negative stereotyping in immersive virtual environments. See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. See Promoting motivation with virtual agents and avatars: role of visual presence and appearance. & Kim, Y.

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Recommended Research: Constructivism & Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

Last week, we had an awesome virtual class on how to implement an effective gamification strategy within a corporate learning environment! In class, we briefly touched on some learning theories and research related to constructivism and the effective use of technology, games and gamification within the overall learning environment.

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Resources from CSTD Webinar

Kapp Notes

Walk a mile in digital shoes: The impact of embodied perspective-taking on the reduction of negative stereotyping in immersive virtual environments. See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. See Promoting motivation with virtual agents and avatars: role of visual presence and appearance. & Kim, Y.

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Why and how to create successful Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) in the Workplace

TalentLMS

By leveraging your personal learning network to get the information you need, you can become instantly productive. What is a Personal Learning Network (PLN)? The idea behind a Personal Learning Network has its roots in a learning theory, called the Theory of Connectivism, advanced by George Siemens back in 2005.

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Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace

Janet Clarey

Know the learning theories behind your craft damn it! I mean really saying, “Janet, you’re ‘old’ (46), you go take that self-paced e-learning course where you just click the next button. And you, Marie, 28 year-old, you go create an avatar of yourself and enter our virtual world…” WTF! Multi Generational Learning.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): but first something important.

Mark Oehlert

I have always found her optimism and outlook refreshing and helpful (check out this post on a Crash Course in Learning Theory )- others apparently thought differently. Kathy Sierra is the author of a tremendous blog, Creating Passionate Users. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us