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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. In the article she gives some scary statistics: Our recent study showed that 30 percent of US companies spent money on informal learning tools or services in 2010.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

by Michael on March 7, 2011 in blended learning If you still believe that “classroom learning is the best learning” for your training and learning programs, I have some news for you. Don’t Throw Out the Baby with the Books. What’s working? And more importantly, what’s not working? All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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Mobile Learning: Book Review

Kapp Notes

Recently, I was sent a copy of Gary Woodill’s latest book, The Mobile Learning Edge. One interesting discussion in the book revolves around the combination of the use of a mobile device and the use of Tags. This is not a “how-to” book. But, as I document in the book, many challenges and barriers remain.

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Blog Book Tour Recap Week Three: hectic

Kapp Notes

We did, however, have an innovative post Mark Copeman at Being Smarter who created a mash up of Skype and his video program for an interesting discussion about the book tour itself. Take a few moments to view the video at A Blog Book Tour, Thinking Outside the Box. Her entry Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d.

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Game Based Learning 2010 – Recap: Day 1

Upside Learning

Alice Taylor spoke of the various kinds of delivery medium they have used for their games & programs. To me some of his thoughts overlapped with what Chris Andersen has to say in his book Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Piracy in music or fashion industry is a great example. You may choose to pay something or nothing for it.

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Free e-Learning books

eFront

> If you have read any of the following books I will highly appreciate if you share your opinion with the e-Learning community. => If you have read any of the following books I will highly appreciate if you share your opinion with the e-Learning community. => Dunlap Protocols for Online Discussions Joanna C.

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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

October 2010 did not disappoint! 4 Free Tools to Help Get Your PowerPoint from Good to Great , October 21, 2010 Continuing the recent trend of PowerPoint in the news , I stumbled upon an article in USA Today that provided some tips and advice for designing more engaging presentations. Here is the best from this past month.