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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

The New York Times recently featured a fascinating article by Andrew Martin and Thomas Lin that details the shift in thinking within the military that may soon take it to the forefront of virtual training. What’s more, they don’t just mean by saving money or time (although their games are doing that, too). They mean by saving lives.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Check out these links for more insight on the topic: [link] [link] [link] And in case you read through this entire article in the hopes of hearing the song by Simon & Garfunkel, and are now really upset, here you go: Blog this! Properly d.

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

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. An excellent article from Cross Pollination Media, titled “ Are ‘Digital Natives’ Better Suited for Mobile Learning? Properly d.

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What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

In an aptly named article, “ Why Charlie Sheen Should be Your Social Media Manager ,” Osas Obaiza at iMedia Connection brings up an interesting example of how this plays in the external marketing world: Take a look at the McDonald’s Twitter account, it boasts at paltry 90,925 following. Properly d.

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How to make learners fall in love with training

Litmos

As corporate learning continues to change at an incredible pace and people work in more non-traditional ways, including contract, temporary, and virtual, earning the love is not the easiest endeavor, but it is entirely possible with the right plan and processes. You can even get them to love it. How to earn the love.

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Collaborative Learning Lessons from Wikipedia (and Small Insects.

Dashe & Thomson

A truly excellent article by Matt Thompson, titled An Antidote for Web Overload , addresses the reasons behind Wikipedia’s increasing replacement of traditional news sites as the go-to source for breaking news items. Properly d.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Multi Generational Learning in the Workplace

Learning Visions

Corporate learning = instructor led training, then in 2000 got into eLearning (1.0). The Connected Worker 21st century knowledge worker/learner "Im only as good as my network." use these tools for social -- they dont have these in their learning toolkit. Marc Prensky has updated his article. Take the Survey!