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Social Learning Has Its Placeā€¦And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Social learning refers to a class of learning, which includes wikis, blogs, screen sharing, podcasting, photo sharing, social bookmarking, collaborative working, social networking, etc. Social learning (small S, small L) does not refer to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Finding Good Photos for Your eLearning Scenarios

Learning Visions

Friday, October 30, 2009 Finding Good Photos for Your eLearning Scenarios Do you struggle with finding good stock photos to use in your eLearning scenarios? So then do you go do a custom photo shoot? Or will you stick with free online stock photos? Can I, um, have your attention, please? But usually not.

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Purloined photo

Jay Cross

I took this shot of George Leonard at his home when we talked about informal learning several years ago. I went online and asked Google to find a photo to use in a memorial. George died earlier this month. I found several, none by me and none attributed to me. Ā© All rights reserved. Ā© All rights reserved.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | January 17, 2019

Mike Taylor

Bianca Baumann ( @biancabaumann ), Mike Simmons ( @simmons_m ) and I touched on some things that marketers are really good at and L&D pros should be thinking about including attention, spaced learning, repurposing content and a whole lot more. Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany. Take a listen!

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How to Combat Cognitive Overload with Connie Malamed #ASTDTK12

Learning Visions

Provide resources for informal learning. Add meaningful learning to the training ā€“ solve real-world problems, case studies and worked examples. people learn better from simple line drawings than complex photosā€¦. Theyā€™re getting drawn down to the novice level guidance.

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BOOK REVIEW: ā€œDesign for How People Learnā€ by Julie Dirksen

Adobe Captivate

and ā€œHow do you get their attention?ā€ For example, in the subsection ā€œRemember, Change Is Hard,ā€ Dirksen presents the photos of four characters, each with a ā€œplausibleā€ excuse not to change and keep doing everything the same old way. Social and informal learningā€ (p. Create frictionā€ (p.166). The anatomy of a habitā€ (p.

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#LearningIs lifelong

Learning with e's

As I remarked in my previous #LearningIs post, learning never stops. Often we don't even realise we are learning, but we are constantly being exposed to new information, and if we pay attention, we are likely to internalise that information in some way. Yes, learning is lifelong, because life needs learning.

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