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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

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So how can we, as instructional designers and eLearning developers, avoid the problems created by eLearning-in-a-vacuum? I think we need to provide learners with some “social anchors&# in these types of eLearning programs to help facilitate the social learning process. But that is a topic for another day.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 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 dollar figures, spending is minimal.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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Free online video is creating new global communities, granting their members both the means and the motivation to step up their skills and broaden their imaginations. Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. less big companies, for more than 20 years. Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

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YouTube is ( 2010 stats : more than 2 billion views a day; 3rd most visited website; over 5 million people have found and subscribed to at least one friend on YouTube; a broad viewer demographic: 18-54 years old.) Guess who else is getting in the social media game? Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d.

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

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By providing a blended experience we create the opportunity for our learners to first absorb information, then ask questions, challenge assumptions, and solicit experiences which they can share with others. This approach also encourages the collaborative and social learning experience. Blend Your “Content-Heavy” Courses.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

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The Washington Post recently ran an article on Project MMOWGLI (Massively Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet), a new MMORPG being rolled out by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) that will allow thousands of players to participate in solving geopolitical crises created by hypothetical pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In Properly d.