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Supercomputer's Win on Jeopardy: Little Comfort to Those.

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The fact that a computer can win a trivia contest that relies on fast reflexes and fast information retrieval doesn’t seem much like news to me. In fact, the competition wasn’t close; the computer came away with nearly four times as much money as the closest nearest competitor. A lot of people, apparently, agree. Properly d.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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As I write this blog, the man now has 94,894 followers on Twitter and every major news outlet in the world is scrambling for an interview. He broke to the world what is most likely going to be the biggest story of the year, while it was happening in complete secrecy. Can you say future book deal? Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

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by Michael on March 7, 2011 in blended learning If you still believe that “classroom learning is the best learning” for your training and learning programs, I have some news for you. Create custom written materials by integrating only the portions of the written materials that pertain to your training topics. Properly d.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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Where Facebook and LinkedIn serve mainly as social dashboards for our personal and professional networks, respectively, I see Twitter as a customized information portal. This is where you can create your customized information portal. Look for businesses you love, people you know, or news sources you read. Properly d.

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What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? | Social.

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Six months from now, I doubt Sheen will still be in the news, because the ultimate lack of substance will begin to bore his current following. You can avoid this mistake by blending the approaches. Start with some pithiness — then move more towards the center. The result will be audience attention, and a thorough message. Properly d.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

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Most of my PDL is done reading daily news articles, marketing blogs, adult learning webinars and more via the internet. IOL is facilitated through the use of tools like Yammer that connect coworkers across the globe. Companies need to address more than just 20% of learning. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this.

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If Wikis Work for National Security, They Can Work For the Rest of.

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It’s important to remember, though, that Wikileaks is essentially a non-profit news organization, not a tool for sharing information across and among users. less big companies, for more than 20 years. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Liam McCoy: Thanks for this. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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