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Selling Social Media for Learning: ASTD Big Question

Kapp Notes

This month's ASTD Learning Circuit's Blog Big Question is "How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organization?" Consider the Organizational Culture Cultural influences in terms of sharing information openly is more important than the technology.

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The Big Question: how to assess informal learning

Clive on Learning

The Big Question on the ASTD Learning Circuits Blog is long enough to fill a post all by itself: How do you assess whether your informal learning, social learning, continuous learning, performance support initiatives have the desired impact or achieve the desired results? but then your job has and always will be to unpick all this.

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April Big Question - Content Vendor Value

Tony Karrer

Since I'm likely not going to be blogging for about a week starting Friday, I thought I'd get an early jump on this month's Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? There's really a lot at stake in this question in that it goes far beyond the question. to.Net 2.0. Probably not well.

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Nelnet Case Study: Mapping a Path to Employee Retention

edX

That’s one of the big questions Allison Gemelke was asking herself in 2020. These initiatives would help Nelnet achieve an even more impactful goal: Expand its culture of continuous learning. If I don’t know what I’m building, those resources and tools are just going to sit there.”.

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The Big Question: How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organisation?

Clive on Learning

This month’s Big Question in the ASTD Learning Circuits Blog is ‘How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organisation?’ They will only have the opportunity if employers are able to foster a culture which encourages self-initiative and does not penalise mistakes. How indeed?

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You’ve Identified Knowledge and Skills Gaps in Your Organisation – Here’s What to Do Next

Capytech

The big question to answer is: are you hiring people with the right skills? For example, if you want to improve project management capabilities in your business, a project management app might help, while a CRM tool might be effective in helping to bridge gaps related to customer service skills. Create a Learning Culture.

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The Big Question: What did you learn about learning in 2009?

Clive on Learning

How the downturn affects the behaviour of Gen Y What it’s like to be a learner today The pros and cons of a linear progression through content as opposed to random access How necessity is once again proving to be the mother of invention That blogging is journalism That Twitter is only incidentally a learning tool That exercise boosts brain power Relationships (..)