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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

It sounds like Weejee is growing quickly with Ian and Tracy at the helm, but they too are frustrated with the slow adoption of informal learning. Wikis are an easy place to start the promotion of collaborative learning spaces, and clients seem to be willing and able to accept this informal tool into their everyday lives.

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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 9-10, 2010 What’s Hot, What’s Not in e-Learning , eLearning Guild Online Seminar. link] December 10-11, 2010 Ubiquitous Learning Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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

Dashe & Thomson

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. less big companies, for more than 20 years. | Social Learning Blog - January 7, 2011 [.] All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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My Learning Resolution For The Year (Hint: It's not “to be.

Dashe & Thomson

Nothing new, really, but it reinforced the idea that effective training can only be accomplished by doing , not being told. In effect, he was driving; I was just executing the commands. Collaborative learning? So now, I resolve to promote interactive, “do-it” training whenever feasible. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

This month's LCBQ is What are your Predictions and Plans for 2011? Tony Bates - eLearning Outlook for 2011 1. Learning Analytics 6. Of course, you can’t look at learning in 2011 without mentioning mobile learning. We would welcome lots of discussion. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0

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Twitter Digest for 2011-05-13

Jane Hart

Introducing Share&Learn – informal and formal collaboration/learning platform [link] # lrnchat #. RT @ charlesjennings "effective social media security strategy starts w/ user education" [link] <clear,comprehensive,continuous #. Speaking up in class, silently, via social media [link] #.

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Collaborative Learning Lessons from Wikipedia (and Small Insects.

Dashe & Thomson

Just as water will always find its own level by the path of least resistance, individual learners, working in collaboration and unhampered by the precepts of authority, tend to do an excellent job of finding and sharing what they need to know efficiently and effectively, even if they don’t necessarily know what they are looking for to begin with.

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