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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? The best aspects of the observed performances are emulated, and new ideas and innovations added. Innovation has always been a group activity. tool chest. Properly d.

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MAY 8, 2011

This month’s big question brings one big shift in the L&D space (addressing learning needs on-demand) into stark relief. In my opinion, it’s not that providing on-demand learning and performance solutions is a new idea. I hope you’ll share yours with us as well.

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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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MARCH 2, 2011

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. Up until now the effects of these failed implementations have amounted to little more than lost opportunities.

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MARCH 22, 2011

View the video below to get an idea of how important on-floor communication between teammates is in basketball. From the minute you start playing basketball, coaches will never stop demanding communication on the court. The same should be demanded at work. Properly d.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena by Jim on October 15, 2010 in Reviews , eLearning Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena by Jim on October 15, 2010 in Reviews , eLearning Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience.

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MAY 18, 2011

The potential of such an idea is enormous, and its application is certainly not limited to the military arena. It’s those intersections where you see creativity occurring. The advantage of online crowd-sourcing is obvious: you have many more intersections and many more diverse backgrounds.” Properly d.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

So what did this teach me about learning? Nothing new, really, but it reinforced the idea that effective training can only be accomplished by doing , not being told. In this particular scenario, my friend had given me step-by-step directions that I had followed by rote: “turn left at the light,” “get in the left lane up ahead,” etc.

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MARCH 8, 2011

The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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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? But, in the end, they’re just ideas. Properly d.

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APRIL 23, 2011

This can be especially true in the training field, where the training department’s ideas of success can be vastly different from a harried team manager who wants to minimize lost productivity due to excessive training. Since you may have only one immediate contact, often within the training department, it’s a good idea to dig deeper.

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APRIL 17, 2011

This is ROE, not ROI. to results through a chain of evidence using the data and information from each of the first three levels. Organizations such as PACT, ASTD, MNISPI, and the Digital Learning Forum get my creative juices going to generate new ideas and synergies. Level 4: Results. ROE is Return on Expectations.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Clearly, there’s something to be learned here. People pay way more attention to ideas and comments that are “out there,” and therefore memorable, than to those that are staid and commonplace, and therefore boring. have become some of the top trending topics on the site, repeated by thousands of people. It’s simple, really.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Only recently has the training industry begun to tap into this realm of informal, social learning. I argued that they were both dead wrong. Properly d.

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APRIL 21, 2011

I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. View all posts by Andrea → ← Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. Properly d.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Here are some ideas for taking care of your SMEs. Use the functional designs, to-be process diagrams, and test scripts to take a stab at learning objectives, an outline, and draft content before you meet with your SMEs. Clients will often ask what I see as the biggest risk or roadblock to end-user readiness. Properly d.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Here are some ideas for taking care of your SMEs. Use the functional designs, to-be process diagrams, and test scripts to take a stab at learning objectives, an outline, and draft content before you meet with your SMEs. Clients will often ask what I see as the biggest risk or roadblock to end-user readiness. Properly d.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. Properly d.

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MARCH 6, 2011

Software tools such as Articulate Presenter or Adobe Presenter allow you to transition your current PowerPoint into a streamlined e-Learning modules complete with narration, interactive quizzes, and Flash-based output compression. Blend Your “Content-Heavy” Courses. Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Properly d.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. Properly d.

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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? But, in the end, they’re just ideas. Properly d.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Because this person had worked in training and development for a large mortgage company for many years and now works as a leadership development contractor, I thought she would be a great person with which to talk shop and brainstorm social learning ideas. Properly d.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.” I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. As a salesman I’ve been taught to avoid selling situations for buying ones. Properly d.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.” I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. As a salesman I’ve been taught to avoid selling situations for buying ones. Properly d.

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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. Spend time asking your learners for ways in which they can apply the content to their current environment.

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MARCH 27, 2011

Organizations such as PACT, ASTD, MNISPI, and the Digital Learning Forum get my creative juices going to generate new ideas and synergies. In my role as Vice President of Client and Staffing Services, I know that training may not always be the answer. Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Economists call this the 80/20 Principle or the Pareto Principle , which is the idea that in any situation roughly 80 percent of the work will be done by 20 percent of the participants. Instead of relying on this collective to share ideas organically, however, try pushing a bit. Properly d.

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MARCH 13, 2011

Twitter is where these extraordinary few reside, so leverage the few to learn and to exchange ideas and information. So now that I’ve said my peace, I’ll get off my Twitter pulpit and share five ways to utilize Twitter for social learning: 1. It’s a great way to stay current on industry happenings. Properly d.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Properly d.

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MARCH 29, 2011

I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. View all posts by Andrea → ← Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. View all posts by Andrea → ← Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. View all posts by Andrea → ← Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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MARCH 25, 2011

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MAY 11, 2011

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APRIL 6, 2011

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