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The power of the group: Using wikis in corporate training

Matrix

Wikis are engaging and easier to navigate. Wikipedia is the most popular wiki out there. A wiki is “a hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser.”. You can set up wikis whenever there’s a topic or a skill that team members should acquire.

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Dissertation Wiki

Tony Karrer

She also made one comment that was very interesting: To the consternation of my rather conservative university, I am submitting the dissertation in the form of a wiki (although - strictly speaking - is it really a wiki if I don't open it up to the community to co-author, which of course I can't do in this instance).

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What is Open edX and What is the Best Alternative?

Appsembler

Also, highlight the advantages and considerations of using Open edX and introduce you to the best alternative in the market. While self-hosting Open edX requires technical expertise and resources, alternative solutions like Appsembler offer hosting, professional support, and streamlined implementation.

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The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

It might be unnerving to think about being a guinea pig for a medical student learning to draw blood in the supervised “do one&# phase, but what is the alternative? Shoving the med student into a room with a patient and basket of supplies and leaving them to learn by trial and error sounds much worse to me. Properly d.

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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

While games like these provide a fun alternative to boring quizzes, they do not provide context. According to McGonigal, When we play a game, we think creatively, collaborate, and persist. It is not enough, however, to just add a Jeopardy or Wheel-of-Fortune game to our instructional design. Properly d.

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How To Enhance Virtual Learning With The Help Of Social Learning

Tesseract Learning

At the present virtual learning also happens through social technologies like blogs, wikis, discussion forums, messaging tools, conferencing tools, subject-matter directories, and videos. Communication and collaboration among the participants with emails, chat, wikis, blogs, etc., Collaborate Proactively With Learners.

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What is Your Training Plan B?

Dashe & Thomson

I started thinking about managing instructional design projects and the need to find alternative strategies when things go wrong. After debating several options, the team decided to implement a wiki as a temporary knowledge base. I thought about the importance of having a Plan B in your hip pocket for just such eventualities.

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