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The Ultimate Brain Food: Performance Support | Social Learning Blog

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I like to imagine performance support as an Exobrain … (and, of course, that I am one of the smart people in learning … guess I will have to ask Simon about that.) As instructional designers, we can help create environments that grow better Exobrains.

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Addressing On-Demand Learning and Performance Needs #LCBQ | Social.

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The Learning Circuits Big Question for May is: How do we need to change in what we do in order to address learning/performance needs that are on-demand? In my opinion, it’s not that providing on-demand learning and performance solutions is a new idea. This month, it is time for me to stop lurking and throw in my two cents.

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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

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In my opinion, giving a learner a self-study eLearning program as their only form of training or support is not much different than handing them a manual to read with some exercises. So how can we, as instructional designers and eLearning developers, avoid the problems created by eLearning-in-a-vacuum? I’d love to hear yours.

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15 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest –10

Upside Learning

Many analysts are predicting 2011 will be the year of the tablet. Read this article to know how organizations can benefit from enhanced employee performance by realizing increased productivity and profitability. The strategies for creating and using serious games have advanced. eLearning Outlook For 2011.

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

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Make Learning An Experience. by Michael on March 7, 2011 in blended learning If you still believe that “classroom learning is the best learning” for your training and learning programs, I have some news for you. We blend it.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 Properly d.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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My thinking about training evaluation was turned on its head by a presentation at the February 2011 MNISPI meeting by Beth McGoldrick of Ameriprise’s RiverSource University. I am an avid film goer, music lover, bridge walker, and supporter of the Dashe & Thomson running team. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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