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

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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? Properly d.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

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This implies that digital social tools aimed at facilitating our professional lives might not want to focus too much on helping us stay in touch and work with our closest colleagues. Instead, they might want to help us build, maintain, and exploit a large network of weak ties. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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

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Many analysts are predicting 2011 will be the year of the tablet. Videos that will not just help you, but inspire. Read this article to know how organizations can benefit from enhanced employee performance by realizing increased productivity and profitability. In 2011 60 Percent of Mobile Web Traffic Will Be Video.

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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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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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He recommends performance tests to measure an increase in skills. And he thinks the evaluation process itself reinforces new behaviors because it encourages support and follow-up by supervisors and managers. As for me, I realized I didn’t really understand Level 4 at all. He says unless one or more of the learning objectives?knowledge,