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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. The figure was highest among large businesses, 42% of which spent money on informal learning during the year. In dollar figures, spending is minimal. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

This list is focused mostly on the first half of the year: January to June 2011. link] December 6-9, 2010 New Zealand Association for Research in Education , University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. link] January 4-7, 2011 Presidents Institute , sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Palm Springs, California, USA.

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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

My job was not to tell; my job was stimulate thinking, encourage exploration, make associations, and help guide my learners. Try using a flow chart or visual mind map of the content to introduce creativity and make associations — perhaps even let the students select the order in which you discuss the information.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.” Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices

Dashe & Thomson

Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.” Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content.

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Weekly Bookmarks (7/24/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

Somehow, the word lurker has become associated with pejorative connotations of people taking from communities without giving back, of not contributing, of being selfish and feeding off the hard work of others. Calculate business expenses, personal expenses, how much of your time you are actually able to bill. tags: community lurking.

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The Business Case for Online Training

Association eLearning

If that doesn’t help make the business case for online training, then let’s delve deeper into the reasons why your organization needs to implement eLearning. Training employees online results in 26% higher revenue generated per employee (The Business Impact of Next Generation eLearning, 2011). Noteworthy Statistics.