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

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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. Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems.

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

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Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. 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. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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Who's Building the Social Learning Roads? | Social Learning Blog

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Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it. But we need to bring technologists and the learning theorists and researchers together to design the roadmap.

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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

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by Jolene on March 11, 2011 in Gaming Theory , Instructional Design , Training Development , eLearning Over the last year or so, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to incorporate games into eLearning instructional design projects. Rieber and Play Theory. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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

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Military by Jim on May 19, 2011 in Gaming Theory Think game-based training doesn’t have anything to offer your organization in the way of savings? The Department of Defense disagrees with you. 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. Properly d.

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Who's Going to Build the Social Learning Roads?

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Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. I’m going to end with a link to an article about someone else who gets it. But we need to bring technologists and the learning theorists and researchers together to design the roadmap.

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

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An excellent article from Cross Pollination Media, titled “ Are ‘Digital Natives’ Better Suited for Mobile Learning? 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. Ive been looking for some ammo t.