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Search and You Shall Find

CLO Magazine

Ask 100 people about the first step they take when they need to learn something and you will get amazingly consistent responses: I search Google; I search Baidu (in China); I search Bing; and I search our intranet. Yet, search is almost absent from the instructional designs and learning management systems in most organizations.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Where we are today: Primary forms of social learning technologies used in corporations today appear to be e-mail, live online learning (Web conferencing), threaded discussion, and collaborative content development. Most learning professionals view social media as valuable to learners, and usage is growing. Baird, D.E. &

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Ottersurf’s Clark Quinn [5] notes that corporations invest in formal learning because it’s the one means they know – and know how to handle. Corporate learning lags the knowledge age and its associated technology. “We learn by conversing with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us.”.