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Interesting Mobile Statistics By Tomi Ahonen: mLearnCon

Upside Learning

His presentation was full of interesting statistics about mobile usage among teens and across geographies – all very useful pointers for m-learning developers. The Growth rates of mobile are many times more than that of the Internet or PCs. Note that the Internet growth rate is more than that of PCs from 2005 onwards.

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

Dashe & Thomson

Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 70% of workplace knowledge is learned informally (a statistic that is frequently referenced in the learning industry). While I haven’t seen more recent data, my experience is that the informal learning trend holds true today. Because video can be the virtual “over-the-partition” colleague.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

What’s more, they are beginning to use it at an increasingly young age – a recent study from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop (producers of Sesame Street) found that 80% of children age 5 and under use the Internet at least once a week. All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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Is Your Measuring Stick Allowing You To Manage For The Better.

Dashe & Thomson

A system developed by which statistics were recorded and bets placed. Sure baseball became popular when money got involved, but the game improved dramatically when statistics allowed one to objectively decide who was good and who wasn’t. And how did that happen? Nuances like box scores, trades and scouting were all born.

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Learning Statistics

Kapp Notes

Here are some interesting statistics about learning. These types of informative statistics appear in ASTD’s annual State of the Industry report. Even thought the Internet penetration is 4% in India, still the e-learning market size is $27 million or Rs 105 crore. billion (Rs 2,05,000 crore) by 2010. total ($83.62

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The World in Figures 2010

Clive on Learning

I was pleased to receive a complimentary copy the other day of the Economist’s Pocket World in Figures for 2010. As someone who revels in statistics, this was an irresistible read. Countries with the most internet hosts: USA (332m), followed by Japan (43m). The UK is outside the top 25.