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Memory, Web 2.0, Reading Level, Case Study, Audio, & Productivity

Big Dog, Little Dog

Because of technology, it's easier to solve these problems." Is the case study method of instruction due for an overhaul? - Case studies can serve as a touchstone for discussions of real-world situations in organizations. For example, networking is generally considered to be a good thing.

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Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services

Tony Karrer

One of the things that this group has identified as one of their “problems” is that they receive too many emails. I also checked out Nancy White’s Communities and Networks site under Discussion Forums , Case Studies of Discussion Forums , and Community Building and Discussion Forums. This is in process. Any thoughts or advice?

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Selling Social Media for Learning: ASTD Big Question

Kapp Notes

Point to Case Studies The case studies for Pfizerpedia or Intellipedia are great examples of how social media can work in highly regulated industries. Most knowledge workers, when hard at work, don't care what others are doing. or "What problem are you trying to solve?" or "Can anyone help me.?"

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Conversation Learning

Clark Quinn

To me, this is a critical part of The New Skills for knowledge workers. And what I often cite as the biggest change in knowledge work skills over the past 20 years is the change in access to people. In Know Where You Can Find Anything , I showed some problems were being specifically designed to be hard to find via search.

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Imitating Virtuous Behaviors

CLO Magazine

But social science research tells us that is simply not the case. Study after study confirms it: the vast majority of people act based on the circumstances in their environment and the standards set by their leaders and peers, even if it means compromising their personal moral ideals.

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Case studies set out a (business) challenge, how that challenge was overcome and the results that have accrued. In reality this has been part of mainstream working practice for many knowledge workers since the 1990s. Bob: Every piece of communication is a story of some kind – otherwise no one is interested in it.

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The 70:20:10 Model – Today, Tomorrow & Beyond

Learnnovators

Also, workers who provide the greatest value to organisations are inevitably those working with tacit information and making decisions. We can’t produce a high-performing knowledge worker by simply having them attend a few classroom courses and complete some structured eLearning modules. It requires a lot more than that.