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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

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I am a member of the Dashe & Thomson running and biking teams, and captain of its small but emerging chess team. Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. I like to read, make films and play guitar (in private). More about me here. Good content. All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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

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While we may like to believe that directing and guiding our learners to new understanding is the most effective way to educate, the traditional Instructor-Led Training (ILT) model fails to recognize that our learners have changed. So how do we best provide our learners of today with the best possible support and encouragement?

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. McGoldrick described an approach to evaluating training that wasn’t just about changes in learner behavior but about learners integrated with and interacting within their own workplace. But it wasn’t.

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The $2 Whiteboard Shows Power of Peer-to-Peer Learning | Social.

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It’s hard to overstate the importance of learner engagement when teaching complex new material, and in this case the $2 whiteboard is far more effective at gaining that engagement. I am a member of the Dashe & Thomson running and biking teams, and captain of its small but emerging chess team. More about me here.

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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

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The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

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The eLearning modules act as the “lecture”, which learners do on their own time. I am a member of the Dashe & Thomson running and biking teams, and captain of its small but emerging chess team. Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. More about me here. All Rights Reserved.

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Embracing Innovation in Learning | Social Learning Blog

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We are moving, albeit in fits and starts, from traditional learning environments, where curriculum are essentially assigned to learners, to more collaborative and innovative environments where learners can self-direct their learning and participate in communities of passion. All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com