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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

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. Leaders have to be willing to put some money behind training programs and they have to trust the statistics validating informal and social learning principles.

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Digital Learning from the Perspective of Affective and Social Neuroscience

KnowledgeOne

You’re alone in front of your computer, in the middle of an online learning session, and it doesn’t involve any human interaction, either with a teacher or with other learners. Are you likely to interact with your computer as if you were social partners, as you would with your peers in a traditional classroom?

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Correlation Without Causation

The Performance Improvement Blog

Even David Brooks, a highly respected journalist and editorial columnist for the New York Times, demonstrates this bias toward causation in his December 7, 2010 column. Gun shows have no effect on crime. Everyone is susceptible to what these authors call the” illusion of cause.” Daylight savings time lowers SAT scores.

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Employee Onboarding Best Practices: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need

Unboxed

If you’re looking for an employee onboarding guide and effective onboarding practices, you’ve come to the right place. Effective onboarding practices guide new hires on a journey, starting before day one to the end of their first year (depending on the onboarding process you choose). Why Is Employee Onboarding Important?

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The Online Teacher

KnowledgeOne

Blockbuster went out of business in 2010 because it failed to keep up with its emerging competitors like Netflix. Yet, statistics demonstrate that more film and television are being consumed today than ever before ( Telefilm Canada ). And apparently, the quality’s very respectable. Is the caviar still caviar?

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Why yesterday’s skills and development strategies aren’t enough to survive today’s digital transformation

CrossKnowledge

Yet despite the omnipresence of digital technologies in organizations today, statistics reveal that the people working in them are unprepared. Consider a videoconference: the interactions occurring in a small group of 4 people who know each other would be very different from those involving 12 strangers. In the U.S., References. [1]

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What it means that MS LifeScience Award Goes to 3D Virtual Conference Design

Kapp Notes

Event By now you've probably already heard that the Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Award 2010 has gone to a project that uses a 3-D virtual environment to hold a virtual scientific poster session. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Healthcare industry provided 14.3 To learn, collaborate and exchange knowledge. “By