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

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This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). In an effort to bridge the time and distance gap, he started making 10-minute videos of math lessons and posting them on YouTube.

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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. 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. Go take a peek.

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

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So, here’s my leap from that “over-the-partition” informal learning scenario to how social media can support social learning: YouTube (in other words, video learning). Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Because video can be the virtual “over-the-partition” colleague.

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

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A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. More about me here.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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What really intrigued me was the fact that your references # Attention: retention (remembering what one observed),# Reproduction (ability to reproduce the behavior and # Motivation (good reason) to want to adopt the behavior resembles the Kellers’ ARCS model of learning. less big companies, for more than 20 years. tool chest.

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

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These precocious youths, born after or during the general advent of digital technology, have an inherent understanding of its concepts in a way that their forebears cannot hope to achieve. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Properly d.

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Not Everyone is a Social Customer | Social Learning Blog

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Because the world of technology, and for that matter the use of technology in training, is changing so rapidly, most business managers are unaware of the promising user adoption solutions coming to the forefront. This ever-changing technological landscape is currently held captive by social media, and for good reason.