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Social Networking – A Contrarian View

Upside Learning

We all know social networks promote learning; while the mechanisms aren’t documented or well-understood, that it works isn’t in doubt anymore. But we must ask, are the ‘social media/networking systems’ out there promoting this learning? Has your organization implemented a social networking platform?

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

In addition to the use of video games for recruitment purposes, which have been available for some time, the Department of Defense has begun embracing the use of combat simulators, culture-based eLearning , avatars, and even cell phone apps, all designed specifically for military use. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena.

Dashe & Thomson

Army to help instruct soldiers on the sort of cross-cultural skills that can ensure success and safety when dealing with Afghani natives. When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. Military | Social Learning Blog - May 19, 2011 [.]

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena

Dashe & Thomson

Army to help instruct soldiers on the sort of cross-cultural skills that can ensure success and safety when dealing with Afghani natives. When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. Military | Social Learning Blog - May 19, 2011 [.]

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Leveraging the Law of the Few to Manage Change in the Workplace.

Dashe & Thomson

Just as the corporate world thought they had caught up to adult learning norms with the adoption of eLearning, and some with blended learning, along comes social learning. Going back to Brown and Thomas’ A New Culture of Learning , “students themselves are taking an active role in helping to create and mold [learning].”

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Jeffrey Gitomer's Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take

Dashe & Thomson

According to sociologists, one of the most widespread and basic norms of human culture is embodied in the rule for reciprocation. For those of you that have read Robert Cialdini’s Influence , you’ll recognize this as his first “weapon of influence.” The rule requires that one person try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided.

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Jeffrey Gitomer's Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take.

Dashe & Thomson

According to sociologists, one of the most widespread and basic norms of human culture is embodied in the rule for reciprocation. For those of you that have read Robert Cialdini’s Influence , you’ll recognize this as his first “weapon of influence.” The rule requires that one person try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided.