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

Dashe & Thomson

by Andrea on February 23, 2011 in social learning The other night I attended a lecture at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The session was part of a series I am attending on research and advances in regenerative medicine. Social learning no longer has to take place in person. Fascinating stuff.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. If we separate the human aspect of social networking from the technology, we can learn a lot more about the power of networks – not just from today’s pundits, but from many years of sociological research on the topic. Properly d.

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7 Things About eLearning Your CEO/Executive Director Wants to Know

Association eLearning

You will need some sort of portal to put your courses into, which is commonly referred to as a Learning Management System or LMS. So here are some facts to take to the boss: A 2014 MIT study proved that eLearning is just as effective as traditional learning. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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7 eLearning Experts Share Tips on How to Choose the Best Learning Management System

ProProfs

Identifying the ‘right’ learning management system (LMS) for your business can be quite a hassle. Nowadays, people expect software to work like Facebook, video’s to work like YouTube and the search to work like Google. And make sure that support doesn’t go away once the system is up and running.

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Research Shows Companies Should Encourage Social Learning

TOPYX LMS

Formal learning is like riding a bus: the driver decides where the bus is going; the passengers are along for the ride.” Simply put, informal learning is caught rather than taught. For example, informal learning happens effortlessly when people: Read a statistic or story on Facebook or another social media network.

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

Dashe & Thomson

The Washington Post recently ran an article on Project MMOWGLI (Massively Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet), a new MMORPG being rolled out by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) that will allow thousands of players to participate in solving geopolitical crises created by hypothetical pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.

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This is Your Brain on eLearning/Online Learning

TOPYX LMS

eLearning, also known as online learning, isn’t just good for a company’s bottom line; it is also excellent for the human brain. Researchers are daily discovering more about how online learning affects a person mentally, and the results are amazing. If so, you are not alone.

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