Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning? Marsha March 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm # Hi Jon: I was impressed with this article because it touches on some learning information discussed in my training and development program here at Roosevelt University. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 6, 2011

That’s all fair, and we should seek to accommodate as many people as possible in our pursuit of effective training. And yet that’s effectively what is happening when we present text visually and then have someone say it at the same time. Why don’t we hear that? Because it’s not true. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 18, 2011

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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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. What more would you need to learn effectively on your mobile device? John states: “We’re committed to providing flexible, accessible, and customized learning opportunities.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. What more would you need to learn effectively on your mobile device? John states: “We’re committed to providing flexible, accessible, and customized learning opportunities.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. The clustering of employee groups was not the surprising thing. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

From a recent article at Knowledge@Wharton called Technology and Teaching: Flipping the Model : Khan stumbled upon the idea for his free web-based academy while trying to teach math to cousins in New Orleans. Quickly, the videos gained an online following, grew like wildfire, and today Khan Academy has delivered more than 42 million lessons.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

In his recent Wired article (March 2011) “Better Living Through Games,” Clive Thompson describes how editors at UK’s Guardian newspaper created a web app videogame to involve the public in analyzing millions of pounds’ worth of bogus personal expenses filed by British politicians. To be effective the game must make work seem like play.

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WhatFix

JUNE 28, 2023

Back to Blog Employee Training & Development 14 Effective Ways to Reduce Employee Training Costs Published: June 28, 2023 Adelina Karpenkova On average, organizations spent $1,111 per employee on training-related costs in 2023. The question is, how do you reduce your training costs without compromising quality or training effectiveness ?

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Tesseract Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

At the present virtual learning also happens through social technologies like blogs, wikis, discussion forums, messaging tools, conferencing tools, subject-matter directories, and videos. Research studies also indicate that social learning methods deliver a better ROI (almost 75:1 ratio) when compared to traditional classroom training.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

The number one most asked question by social media marketers was, “How do I measure the effect of social media marketing on my business?” I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it. Instead of getting answers, by the time it was over I found myself asking more questions. They both do great work.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

The number one most asked question by social media marketers was, “How do I measure the effect of social media marketing on my business?” I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it. Instead of getting answers, by the time it was over I found myself asking more questions. They both do great work.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

TweetDeck – I recently read an article stating that if you aren’t salaried by a big company to generate brand new ideas, it’s a waste of your time to do so. Sure, these are great tools, but how do we utilize them effectively to change how people learn in the workplace or at school? But this still doesn’t really answer any questions.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 18, 2016

Recently, these learning trends and delivery methods have converged to make a new trend, microlearning , possible. We’ve compiled 25 of our favorite microlearning articles to make it easier to learn about “bite-sized learning” and implement it effectively. Microlearning – Edutech Wiki ( Link ).

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Zephyr Learning

JUNE 25, 2013

Effective engagement is important and of course goes without say for any learning solution, however we find that many people confuse the words engagement and interaction. Throughout the eLearning series of articles we have referred to game based learning and the need to use utilise the game mechanics to deliver stimulating learning.

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WhatFix

MAY 25, 2023

In this article, we will explore how to build a culture of learning and strategies that can be employed to encourage continuous learning. With a DAP like Whatfix, organizations can create a self-help wiki that overlays on their digital workplace apps, like your CRM, ERP, email, and more.

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ProProfs

APRIL 10, 2017

In this article, we’re discussing some really easy ways of doing so. However, organization wikis have shown up as a great way of sharing the most important info with the learners. While most of the time people may insist on sticking to the traditional learning methods, it’s up to you to motivate them to change this.

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WhatFix

DECEMBER 14, 2022

To support this, organizations are moving towards more practical, skill-based employee training methods , such as contextual learning, to better enable employees with the knowledge and skills needed to perform their roles most effectively. The end result is effective, comprehensive learning by all employees. Employee engagement.

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Convergence Training

APRIL 16, 2020

In this article, we’ll discuss a few different types of online training in this article and give you some tips for getting some online training to your maintenance techs instead of using instructor-led training. Download our FREE Guide to Effective Manufacturing Training. Online discussion boards and wikis.

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WhatFix

MARCH 31, 2023

However, if you do not have properly set up training analytics to measure training effectiveness , there will always be questions like: is this training effective? For instance, if the data shows increasing dropout rates, you can take steps to improve the training content or switch to a different employee training method.

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WhatFix

OCTOBER 31, 2023

One area component of effective L&D strategies is providing employees with various types of training methods and techniques , enabling employees to choose the learning style that best suits their preferences. An innovate L&D trend that has emerged is simulation training. What Is Simulation Training?

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 31, 2014

As an end of year piece, I have permission to post that article here: 15 years ago, I had just taken a step away from academia and government-sponsored initiatives to a new position leading a team in what was effectively a startup. We also have rich new ways to interact from microblogs to wikis (collaborative documents).

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WhatFix

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In this article, we’ll discuss what it takes to effectively train employees on new business software and technology to help software end-users realize its value, use it correctly, and drive business outcomes powered by technology investments.

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ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

With her focus on the main tools that have grabbed “global imagination” namely, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and Wikis, Jane Bozarth writes a lucid, eminently readable account of what technology has to offer in terms of Social Media tools and their position in the sphere of learning. There are exciting times ahead for trainers.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In a learning culture , formal training is just one of many methods used to facilitate employee learning. In a learning culture, we start with the performance goal and then select the mix of methods that will help employees acquire and retain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs they need in order to achieve those goals.

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Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Ultimately, careful analysis of the learning task and tools available should drive the method selected. Teaching knowledge/comprehension-based subjects are more effective if the content is highly structured. Searching Google, blogs, and wikis has a very quick learning structure creation and breakdown.

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EI Design

AUGUST 17, 2018

For it to be useful, you must moderate all information and use it effectively in your eLearning strategy instead of letting a golden knowledge sharing opportunity pass you by. Build An Internal Wiki. For instance, an online learner submits a standout article regarding sales and negotiation skills that can benefit the rest of the group.

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WhatFix

MAY 26, 2023

This article delves into the concept of inboarding, exploring its benefits, key elements, and strategies while shedding light on how organizations can harness its potential to create a dynamic and thriving workforce. Inboarding vs Onboarding At face value, inboarding and onboarding share many similarities.

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WhatFix

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Basic employee training and a shared knowledge base or internal wiki is no longer enough to fulfill your employees learning needs. Seeing how other leading enterprises are tackling their L&D efforts would really help to see how other companies implement different training delivery methods in their corporate training.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 5, 2008

More important are the methods. But probably most important are the mental models or frameworks that people use to understand what they need and turn it into methods and tools. There is certainly value in sharing methods and models. A little on methods. But, that doesn't get you very far. links: [link]

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 12, 2008

If people are going to share your secrets, they have plenty of other ways to do so besides social media–and those other ways are likely more effective. A List Apart: Articles: Deafness and the User Experience. This article approaches accessibility for Deaf users as a cultural difference and not just a disability.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2010

Wikis, blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking, RSS feeds, microblogs, social networking. But that does not make it less worthwhile than formalised methods of learning. We are in effect, constructing our own informal learning pathways simply by following what others have done before - and here is the neatest trick. and to learn.

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eFront

JUNE 28, 2013

The list includes some of our favorite resources too so heres an extract of the article. The site underlines different online teaching methods, advice for planning and building a course online, among other useful links. Recently Top5 Online colleges.org published a list of the 99 Top Tools For Online Teaching , including eFront.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Article they wrote for CLO mag: “Become a Chief Meta-Learning Officer&#. What makes a really effective learning organization? Example: Learning group–couldn’t create enough courses to meet all the needs so created a wiki. Need to work around the silos to be more effective. My side comments in italics.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Great article by Dion Hinchcliffe - The State of Enterprise 2.0. Lesson #2: Effective Enterprise 2.0 seems to involve more than just blogs and wikis. And my firm conclusion is that there are many new methods, skills, tools, knowledge around how to accomplish our work and learning (see Needed Skills for New Media ).

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

I was pointed in the direction of a good article on learning styles from Harold Stolovich via Guy Wallace. The reason researchers roll their eyes at learning styles is the utter failure to find that assessing childrens learning and matching to instructional methods has any effect on their learning."

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Top 2008 Posts based on Read Counts: 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 Test SCORM Courses with an LMS Request for Proposal (RFP) Samples Training Method Trends Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis SCORM Test Web 2.0

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