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The key to informal learning is autonomy

Jane Hart

He writes: “I thought I had made a sound business case for investing more in informal learning, but few organizations changed their ways. They continued to put almost all of the training budget into schooling novices. They acted as if the natural way of informal learning didn’t exist. .”

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Pick of the Month: August 2012

Jane Hart

The month started with a survey, reported in Social Business News, that showed that Professionals spend 40% of their time in online peer communities. If your organization doesn’t play the role of guide, then you’re not helping your learners as much as you could—and you’re leaving a lot to chance in your own business strategy.”

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Taking gamification in training to the next level

Matrix

She rejected my call and I got three very bewildering texts: “bus” “can’t phone” “chasing pkm”. Businesses have started loving gamification as much as players use games. It’s also of great help in deploying procedures or information as the average attention span is also dwindling. All in all.

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Tool Set 2009

Tony Karrer

In fact, the lack of attention to this topic was the reason I founded Work Literacy in June of 2008. I still don't think it is getting nearly the attention it deserves. This sounds a lot like a personal learning environment, personal knowledge management (PKM) and personal work and learning environment (PWLE) and PIM.

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eLearning Learning - Best of May

Tony Karrer

Business Casual , May 16, 2009 Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences?

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Top posts on Working Smarter for April 2014

Jay Cross

Rewind if your attention drops 3. Small steps towards a social business school THE SMART WORK COMPANY | MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014. Says Stanford’s Professor of Mathematics Keith Devlin. He’s a MOOC veteran, who delivers Stanford’s ‘Introduction to Mathematical Thinking’ on Coursera. We have to understand is why this is so.

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Twitter Research - Best of eLearning Learning

eLearning Learning Posts

There’s nothing rapid about Rapid eLearning - Getting Down to Business , October 5, 2009. ‘Scared of first’ - why business is resisting new learning. Business Casual , October 4, 2009. How to instantly grab e-learners attention! PKM – start small , October 7, 2009. Sticky Learning , October 7, 2009.

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