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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

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. Going beyond this anecdotal story on the power of social media, however, my colleague Jim Thomson’s latest blog post describes how companies using Web 2.0 Can you say future book deal?

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What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Like software simulations, the practice court is a safe environment in which to try new skills and strategies, without fear of negative repercussion. The plan starts in the classroom and eventually makes its way onto the practice court. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d. Properly d.

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

Dashe & Thomson

.&# -Albert Bandura, Social Learning Theory , 1977 A tremendous amount of medical education and research operates on this principle. Medical students and residents regularly learn new skills by first observing a procedure, then practicing the procedure under supervision, and finally teaching, or modeling, the procedure for another.

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Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain by Jolene on February 23, 2010 in Wikis In his December Training Magazine article Training in a Web 2.0 I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In

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Learning Experience Design: Everything You Need to Know

eLearningMind

Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. LxDs direct their team to do a complete analysis of the learning environment, target audience, the problem the learning is trying to solve (skills deficits? Share on email. What does this mean in the corporate eLearning space? communication issues?

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

Dashe & Thomson

In an era of government belt-tightening, the use of combat simulators is giving soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines the ability to practice combat scenarios over and over, honing critical skills without using expensive equipment or ammunition. An example cited by Martin and Lin is called “ VBS 2 ” and runs on laptops. Properly d.

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

Dashe & Thomson

I learned that the Target Center in Minneapolis is the 28 th busiest building in the nation via Facebook today. That’s right, FACEBOOK! IOL is facilitated through the use of tools like Yammer that connect coworkers across the globe. ASL, by definition, can happen anytime, anywhere. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.