Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Not only are these organizations losing skilled workers, they are losing the institutional knowledge they rely on. That knowledge has to be replaced and distributed to personnel in different geographic locations, which is where distance learning becomes a necessity.&# Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

From a recent article at Knowledge@Wharton called Technology and Teaching: Flipping the Model : Khan stumbled upon the idea for his free web-based academy while trying to teach math to cousins in New Orleans. Quickly, the videos gained an online following, grew like wildfire, and today Khan Academy has delivered more than 42 million lessons.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

People in your network become the portals to knowledge, opportunity, and information you might not find on your own. From a personal perspective, networking builds new relationships through which you can share information, answer questions, and make new connections. What are some ways in which you build and support your network? Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

It is a world where the capability to find information and turn it into knowledge at the point-of-need provides the key competitive advantage, where knowing the right people to ask the right questions of is more likely to lead to success than any amount of internally-held knowledge and skill. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

What is new, however, is the ratio of on-demand solutions to more traditional training offerings. In my opinion, it’s not that providing on-demand learning and performance solutions is a new idea. It has been around for all of my 15+ years as an instructional designer and training developer, and goes back much further than that.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

At the very beginning of any class or training session find out who your learners are — what is their background and level of knowledge and experience with the topic? This helps encourage direct application and prevents learners from leaving the session without an idea for how they’re going to apply their new knowledge. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

If you want to become known as a source of adult learning knowledge, retweeting interesting information from others on Twitter is a great strategy to take. Retweeting also expands your role as a content curator. Back again to my last blog post, retweeting is an act performed most often by Mavens. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

They accumulate knowledge about the marketplace and know how to share it with others. When engaging the learner, we must think about her sense of indwelling, because that is her greatest source of inspiration, but it is also the largest reservoir she has of tacit knowledge. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 8, 2011

There is no opportunity for learners to ask questions as they emerge, no opportunity for learners to gauge their knowledge in comparison to others, and no opportunity to observe and engage with their peers during the learning process. Some folks are uniquely suited to learn this way but, in my experience, most are not. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

A remarkable example of this phenomenon can be found in Wikipedia, a completely user-driven Collaborative Knowledge Support System (my own term) that has become not only the most all-encompassing compendium of knowledge in world history, but increasingly the resource of choice for information on current events. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 2, 2011

We frequently cite a study from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which demonstrated that approximately 70% of all on-the-job learning is done informally, through employee-driven initiative, and through employee-to-employee knowledge transfers. So, long story short, social media once again proves its immense utility in a world where Web 2.0

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend No comments yet. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 26, 2011

Teams will be project-driven, closer to the customer, and more focused on giving workers knowledge and skills while they’re working , rather than creating ways to take them out of their work to consume “training.” How will training be produced and delivered in the future? Most likely by small, specialized teams focused on business results.

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