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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

In the article she gives some scary statistics: Our recent study showed that 30 percent of US companies spent money on informal learning tools or services in 2010. The figure was highest among large businesses, 42% of which spent money on informal learning during the year. In dollar figures, spending is minimal.

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Top 100 Learning Game Resources

Upside Learning

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are – a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. What Makes a Learning Game?

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Top 100 Learning Game Resources

Upside Learning

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are - a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. Marc Prensky - Digital Game-Based Learning.

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

Dashe & Thomson

What’s more, they are beginning to use it at an increasingly young age – a recent study from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop (producers of Sesame Street) found that 80% of children age 5 and under use the Internet at least once a week. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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How to Earn Social Proof for Your Online Course

LearnDash

One of the greatest challenges for any business when trying to win over new customers lies in convincing them that they are a worthwhile investment. Most consumers have natural hesitations about making a purchase, particularly when what they’re buying comes with a high price tag or a significant time commitment. Case Studies.

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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning. Much scrambling ensues.

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The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

But more than that, these patients and their families realize that, no matter the outcome, the results of the trial will matter…to this research, to another study, to another patient down the line. Now let’s translate this to a business setting. It could bring a new or struggling business to life or ensure its death.