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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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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. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

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. The result is more opportunities for social learning and more opportunities to advance new ideas.

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APRIL 19, 2011

The number one most asked question by social media marketers was, “How do I measure the effect of social media marketing on my business?” Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. The webinar hosts didn’t have an answer.

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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. So how do you keep it real? Move from being a teacher to facilitator. Learners as Teachers.

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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. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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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. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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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. The clustering of employee groups was not the surprising thing. The real discovery came when they posed problems for various employees to solve. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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APRIL 19, 2011

The number one most asked question by social media marketers was, “How do I measure the effect of social media marketing on my business?” Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. The webinar hosts didn’t have an answer.

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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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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

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

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. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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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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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. Koreen describes Csikszentmihalyi’s flow theory as follows: In short, flow is the state of mind/being in which one is completely immersed in the task at hand. It is not enough, however, to just add a Jeopardy or Wheel-of-Fortune game to our instructional design. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Envision a phone application that allows you to browse FAQs, search for desired training content and access collaborative workspaces including wikis and forums that contain user-generated content. What more would you need to learn effectively on your mobile device? Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Envision a phone application that allows you to browse FAQs, search for desired training content and access collaborative workspaces including wikis and forums that contain user-generated content. What more would you need to learn effectively on your mobile device? Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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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. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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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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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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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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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Just as water will always find its own level by the path of least resistance, individual learners, working in collaboration and unhampered by the precepts of authority, tend to do an excellent job of finding and sharing what they need to know efficiently and effectively, even if they don’t necessarily know what they are looking for to begin with.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 14, 2011

I used this rule on a daily basis (though I did not realize it at the time) when I made a point to figure out what motivated my actors and the characters they were playing in order to more effectively direct and teach them. View all posts by Andrea → ← Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Properly d.

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MAY 16, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Give User Adoption the Respect it Deserves by Paul on May 17, 2011 in user adoption User adoption is the single biggest challenge when implementing new technology – it is now and it has been for 15 years. Properly d. Properly d.

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