Dashe & Thomson

MAY 4, 2011

Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. 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. All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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Jane Hart

MAY 2, 2011

My 2011 Reading List. Lots of interesting articles and blog postings appeared last month – but here are are few I’ve marked as must-reads. Trust and networks , Gideon Rosenblatt, Alchemy of Change, 16 April 2011. My 2011 Reading List can be found here. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 18, 2011

Military by Jim on May 19, 2011 in Gaming Theory Think game-based training doesn’t have anything to offer your organization in the way of savings? Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. They mean by saving lives.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Marsha March 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm # Hi Jon: I was impressed with this article because it touches on some learning information discussed in my training and development program here at Roosevelt University. Maybe some links to articles you have seen about best practices in using video as an effective informal learning technology?

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

I’ve started off my 2011 Reading List, and this blog posting highlights my top 3 must-reads for January 2011. Dan Pontefract always has very insightful things to say about social media and learning, and this article on his blog is no exception: Learning with and from others , Dan Pontefract, trainingwreck, 6 January 2011.

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Jane Hart

APRIL 2, 2011

In terms of my professional reading, I added around 25 articles to my 2011 Reading List, but here are 3 that I’ve marked as must-reads. Enterprise collaboration requires critical new skills , Deb Lavoy, CMS Wire, 8 March 2011. You can see the 2011 Reading List here. Collaboration is a different model.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? All Rights Reserved.

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Jane Hart

JUNE 1, 2011

But first a review of May 2011. Mapping informal and formal learning strategies to real work , Tom Gram, Performance X Design, 4 May 2011. Roles in communities of practice , Joitske Hulsebosc, Lasagna and chips, 9 May 2011. The case for online social networking in education , Jose Picardo, 14 May 2011.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 6, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

Train Your Client On Training by Paul on January 31, 2011 in Instructional Design , Training Development In the enterprise learning industry, when you sit down with a client to discuss an opportunity, oftentimes the client has a good idea what they want. Paul March 6, 2011 at 8:51 pm # Feel free to reprint some of this blog to your site.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 25, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Return of the (Digital) Native by Jim on March 25, 2011 in mobile learning In recent years, we’ve all heard a lot about digital natives. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of the Classroom by Jon on March 21, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Video , blended learning Where do the most innovate ideas in learning come from? All Rights Reserved.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Here are some slides and the articles I referenced in my presentation to a great group of folks today. Fall 2011 Training Industry Quarterly Article: Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer. July 2012 T&D Article: Games, Gamification and the Quest for Interactive Learning.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

by Jolene on March 11, 2011 in Gaming Theory , Instructional Design , Training Development , eLearning Over the last year or so, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to incorporate games into eLearning instructional design projects. Rob Mueller May 11, 2011 at 6:35 pm # Great post on using games as a training device.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

In her article* 10 Brainpowered Wonders in the King’s Speech , Dr. Ellen Weber nicely summarizes a few of the lessons this movie teaches us about learning. This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I enjoy “year in review” type articles. It prompts a bit of reflection, and it highlights a publication’s best articles and posts, which helps me make sure I’ve seen the best stuff from the year. So, it seems fitting that we’d look back at our 2011 posts and create one for this blog. What topics did you talk about most in 2011?

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 1, 2011

Matt Blum at GeekDad wrote an article this week called Why Watson’s Jeopardy Win is Mostly Meaningless saying: IBM’s supercomputer software Watson’s win on the game show Jeopardy! The fact that a computer can win a trivia contest that relies on fast reflexes and fast information retrieval doesn’t seem much like news to me.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

by Paul on April 13, 2011 in Informal Learning , social learning Last week my girlfriend and I ate dinner at Darbar Indian Grill in Uptown Minneapolis with another couple (good food, but overpriced), and we got on the topic of surfing the net on the job. ASL, by definition, can happen anytime, anywhere. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 7, 2011

by Jim on March 8, 2011 in social learning I’ll be honest. Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. As a salesman I’ve been taught to avoid selling situations for buying ones. | Social Learning Blog - January 7, 2011 [.] Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. As a salesman I’ve been taught to avoid selling situations for buying ones. | Social Learning Blog - January 7, 2011 [.] Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:15 AM (Pacific Time). Instructional Gaming: December 9, 2011. Date: Friday, December 9, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Also, you can read an article gleaned from this blog about Gamification at Learning Circuits. The article is In Defense of the Term “Gamification” as Used by Learning Professionals.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

by Paul on April 20, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Informal Learning , social learning Over the last few months I’ve discussed with my brother, a professor at Bethel University here in Minneapolis, how to incorporate social media into his classes. I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain by Jolene on February 23, 2010 in Wikis In his December Training Magazine article Training in a Web 2.0 Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis , describes how Intellipedia was used to create an article about how Iraqi insurgents were using chlorine in improvised explosive devices: They developed it in a couple of days interacting in Intellipedia … No bureaucracy, no mother-may-I, no convening meetings.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis , describes how Intellipedia was used to create an article about how Iraqi insurgents were using chlorine in improvised explosive devices: They developed it in a couple of days interacting in Intellipedia … No bureaucracy, no mother-may-I, no convening meetings.

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Upside Learning

MAY 9, 2011

Amongst others were articles on digital natives, Lego and creativity, multitasking etc. If the results of Learning & Skills 2011 survey by the Centre for Performance Development are anything to go by, technology assisted learning accounts for the larger piece in the learning and development pie.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

According to an article released by mlive.com , more than a quarter of new jobs created this past year were temporary jobs. However, conversation quickly turned to the temporary staffing industry in general. Beth’s experience looking for work as a private contractor exposed her to the current temporary staffing boom. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain by Jolene on February 23, 2010 in Wikis In his December Training Magazine article Training in a Web 2.0 Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? All Rights Reserved.

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KnowledgeStar

DECEMBER 29, 2010

For those of you wrapping up the year, spending time thinking and reading about 2010 in preparation for 2011, I highly recommend Jane Hart’s annual 2010 Review : Jane Hart’s Top 100 articles from 2010 as a place for your mind to visit. As interesting as the list of Top 100 for 2010 is [.]

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APRIL 19, 2011

by Paul on April 20, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Informal Learning , social learning Over the last few months I’ve discussed with my brother, a professor at Bethel University here in Minneapolis, how to incorporate social media into his classes. I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it.

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Social Networks Social Learning Blended Learning Social 100

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

by Paul on January 7, 2011 in LMS (Learning Management System) , social learning People love to learn. That’s why this article from Terrence Wing is so intriguing. It’s true. Have you ever heard someone say, “I hate learning!&# ? (I Facebook dominates the United States, and Europe and Latin America aren’t far behind.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

by Paul on January 7, 2011 in LMS (Learning Management System) , social learning People love to learn. That’s why this article from Terrence Wing is so intriguing. It’s true. Have you ever heard someone say, “I hate learning!&# ? (I Facebook dominates the United States, and Europe and Latin America aren’t far behind.

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Social Networks Facebook Blended Learning Enterprise 100

Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

If you don’t have a TrainingZone account, you can read my 1st curated piece on social learning articles here [link] #. Here are the 2011 winners of the ALT Learning Technologist of the Year [link] <was very pleased to have been a judge #. RT @ charlesjennings : ‘Is the Traditional Corporate University Dead?’

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KnowledgeOne

APRIL 21, 2023

2011), it was found that social support from family and friends was associated with lower levels of exam anxiety among medical students. Related articles: Stress and memory Studying Like a Pro. In a study by Seipp (1991), it was found that students with a more organized approach to studying reported lower stress levels during exams.

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eFront

MARCH 18, 2011

I have read several articles about iPad for eLearning and I believe that we are missing the point. Why iPad was created? iPad was not created for supporting eLearning and (or) mLearning instead it was created as a media device that supports books, magazines, newspapers, games, music, video and web access. Fredrickson Communications.

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