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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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I have included Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation in every proposal I have ever written, and I wanted to hear from Kirkpatrick himself regarding his take on the current state of evaluation and whether his four levels are still viable. Well, based on where Kirkpatrick and his son James are today, I was completely wrong.

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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.) my spare time I read, play with my kiddos, and train with the Dashe & Thomson running team.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. 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 have found this to be extremely frustrating. But it wasn’t.

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

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Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005. I am a member of the Dashe & Thomson running and biking teams, and captain of its small but emerging chess team.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

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Business networking not only brings new business and new talent, but it supports collaboration – whether it’s collaborating with internal team members or making connections outside of the organization. Reach out to your network and let them support you. What are some ways in which you build and support your network?

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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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?” Properly d.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

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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. Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? Properly d.