Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. In her article* 10 Brainpowered Wonders in the King’s Speech , Dr. Ellen Weber nicely summarizes a few of the lessons this movie teaches us about learning. I’ll be seeing it again!

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 6, 2011

That’s all fair, and we should seek to accommodate as many people as possible in our pursuit of effective training. Oddly enough, however, it’s a rare day when you hear people say “I learn so much better when my brain is trying to do two things at once.” Why don’t we hear that? Because it’s not true. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. Learners as Teachers. Experience, truly, is the best teacher! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

They found that the employees near the edge of a cluster were more effective at problem-solving than those in the middle of a cluster. Because the people on the edge were more likely to be connected to other network clusters, and therefore had access to information that was not available to people who were “buried” at the middle of a cluster.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 18, 2011

In a world as ever-changing as today’s, it is frankly the height of hubris to assume that all problems can be solved by a few heads, but that is effectively what many organizations persist in doing. The problems facing struggling Fortune 500 companies are often similarly complex, yet few if any are utilizing a crowd-sourcing model.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It’s hard to overstate the importance of learner engagement when teaching complex new material, and in this case the $2 whiteboard is far more effective at gaining that engagement. less big companies, for more than 20 years. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 11, 2011

To start answering these questions, we have to acknowledge that formal learning, as we know it today, will not be effective in the future. Instead, we will need to put the workers themselves in charge of their own learning. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 5, 2011

Nothing new, really, but it reinforced the idea that effective training can only be accomplished by doing , not being told. In effect, he was driving; I was just executing the commands. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning? tool chest. Thanks for a thoughtful post! Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Social learning no longer has to take place in person. Social Learning theorist Albert Bandura maintains that: “Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 2, 2011

Up until now the effects of these failed implementations have amounted to little more than lost opportunities. Simply put, in most cases failed EHRs suffer from the same symptoms that are seen in countless other IT implementations: insufficient staff buy-in, insufficient training, and an ROI that is often slow to make itself apparent.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

These people hold the secret to effective networking – it’s not all about you ; it’s about all of you. In Malcom Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point , Gladwell introduces several influential personality types, one of which is the Connector – an individual who knows large numbers of people and is in the habit of making introductions.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

What happens in class is interactive problem solving – which means, in effect, that the “teachers have used technology to humanize the classroom,” he says. Khan discusses this whole phenomenon in this 20-minute TED talk. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 22, 2010

So, while SurveyMonkey’s research is interesting, it still doesn’t tell us conclusively what the effect is of over-questioning your clients. It doesn’t take into account the number of people who just deleted the survey from their inbox without ever even starting, and that has always been the real problem. My vote to solve this problem?

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 22, 2010

So, while SurveyMonkey’s research is interesting, it still doesn’t tell us conclusively what the effect is of over-questioning your clients. It doesn’t take into account the number of people who just deleted the survey from their inbox without ever even starting, and that has always been the real problem. My vote to solve this problem?

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

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. The self-directed learner has become the student of the 21 st century – one who needs more support and encouragement rather than direction.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

To be effective the game must make work seem like play. There are many elements of games and simulations that, when designed effectively, can help our learners achieve a state of flow: rich back stories and characters, compelling plotlines, and that delicate balance between something that is difficult, yet still achievable. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? The number one most asked question by social media marketers was, “How do I measure the effect of social media marketing on my business?” They both do great work.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 29, 2011

I think it is safe to say that anyone who has touched a hot stove (no matter how many times your Mom said not to) learned after only one experience not to do it again. The cause and effect is easy to understand. Going back to the propane industry, there is a phenomenon called auto-refrigeration. Properly d. Properly d.

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Instancy

MARCH 9, 2023

Each learning community may have its own unique site containing a content library, discussion forums, wiki knowledge base, polls, and more. This helps learners to build connections with other members and experts and learn from each other. They can create or upload documents, microlearning , classroom events, and videos.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 17, 2011

Properly d. Properly d. Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? The number one most asked question by social media marketers was, “How do I measure the effect of social media marketing on my business?” They both do great work.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

If that doesn’t scream ‘revolution in learning’ then I should find something else to do. Sure, these are great tools, but how do we utilize them effectively to change how people learn in the workplace or at school? It may be too early to know for sure, but mark my words, these tools will change the learning landscape.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Informal Learning: Are We Missing a HUGE Opportunity? with Bob Mosher of Learning Guide Solutions, presented by Massachusetts Chapter of ISPI and sponsored by Kineo. Part of the problem w/training is that people can’t recall – performance support helps you remember and decode what you learned. What does the learner want?

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Gliffy is an online flow charting tool that provides a cost effective way to create and publish high-quality flow charts and diagrams. I needed a flow charting tool that could be accessed by the entire group with nothing more than an Internet connection. After a little research, I landed at Gliffy.com , and so far have not looked back.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

Gliffy is an online flow charting tool that provides a cost effective way to create and publish high-quality flow charts and diagrams. I needed a flow charting tool that could be accessed by the entire group with nothing more than an Internet connection. After a little research, I landed at Gliffy.com , and so far have not looked back.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Why Mobile Learning The strongest Value Proposition for mobile learning comes from connecting people with ideas, information, and each other—anytime, anywhere! Ten years back, Clark Quinn’s statement about mobile learning seemed wishful thinking. Today, mobile learning is no longer a buzzword.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2010

He sites a study: the # variable for effectiveness in training is manager impact. You learning people care way too much about training.” – we’re focused on the process and not the results. Informal Learning “What’s in a name?” Informal sounds optional. Link effectiveness to context. Are they a better worker?

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

It's a bit complicated, but it effectively judges the trend - not necessarily the amount. So here's the graph showing all of the trending information. I actually believe that mobile delivery will become more important over the next few years, but the form of it will be web access, not specialized mobile learning applications.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

I wanted to follow-up 19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences with some additional resources that relate to this topic. I primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 9, 2009

But the reality was more than that as I explored in posts like Business of Learning and Models for Learning Questions. The second half of the prediction “self directed learning” got less attention during the year than I anticipated, but it was there and certainly was a big part of the discussion around social and informal learning.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

This means, a training program that offers a variety of approaches, including face-to-face, online, mobile to name a few, is bound to have a greater success rate. And blended learning program carried out via an LMS enables you to do just that. Multiple learning channels and multiple media formats. Reduced dependency.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. The Future is Mobile 3. Twitter, Yammer), wikis, blogs, discussion groups, etc. open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Welcome to Creepy Valley - Motion Portrait - 3D Facial Animation | Main | Big Basket of Stuff #2.in in which even amnesiacs can remember games.students get connected and wikis get adopted. sure to check out the "Room" feature.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Novices need more formal learning; Practitioners need to fill in the gaps mostly with informal; Experts’ main job is informally sharing what they know. Mobile learning–most impt is making sure people have the tech. Learning –> Just do it. supportive learning environment.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2008

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Big Basket of Stuff #1: Wikis, IMs, and 3D | Main | Big Basket of Stuff #3.the in which even amnesiacs can remember games.students get connected and wikis get adopted. corporations will have implemented wikis by 2009.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 2, 2011

While Nancy’s post is not directly focused on corporate learning, she notes that one of the major benefits of internal social media use is its effect on streamlining operations, which can certainly be said for how social media can streamline knowledge uptake and act as an “ exo-brain ,” for the overworked employee.

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