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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Weber also points out how effectively additional techniques demonstrated in the movie – like music, movement, and humor – open the mind to learning. Finding ways to incorporate these elements can be difficult for instructional designers, curriculum developers, and, especially, creators of eLearning. 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. Wrike.com Wrike is a tool that I’ve only recently come across, but it strikes me as being a very flexible project management resource.

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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 15, 2011

The title was “Expanding ROI in Training Programs Using Scriven, Kirkpatrick, and Brinkerhoff,” which sounds pretty academic. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? But it wasn’t. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! 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. Wrike.com Wrike is a tool that I’ve only recently come across, but it strikes me as being a very flexible project management resource.

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MAY 18, 2011

In addition to the use of video games for recruitment purposes, which have been available for some time, the Department of Defense has begun embracing the use of combat simulators, culture-based eLearning , avatars, and even cell phone apps, all designed specifically for military use. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Not Everyone is a Social Customer by Paul on February 11, 2011 in Development Tools , customer service , social learning A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog about the need to train your clients on the various methods of…training.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” Properly d.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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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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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

What are your favorite tips and tools? Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? What are some ways in which you build and support your network? Some of my photography can be seen in local art galleries and online through National Geographic image stock. Enjoy people; embrace life! Properly d.

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MAY 8, 2011

In both cases, much of the trick when it comes to user adoption has to do with getting the word out early and often about the tools you are developing. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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JANUARY 30, 2011

View all posts by Paul → ← Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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MARCH 6, 2011

When it comes to learning and training, devise an approach to your learning model that blends what your learners need to “know” with what they need to “do”. This approach also encourages the collaborative and social learning experience. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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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? Anthony “[hopes] that college educators will adopt this tool as a way to engage the students with technology without having to drastically change their teaching methods.”

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APRIL 5, 2011

Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? less big companies, for more than 20 years. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

While many large corporations still fear wikis for internal communication because they are “hard to control,” a number of intelligence agencies have been using a wiki tool – called Intellipedia – for several years. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

While many large corporations still fear wikis for internal communication because they are “hard to control,” a number of intelligence agencies have been using a wiki tool – called Intellipedia – for several years. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? less big companies, for more than 20 years. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It’s sort of the ultimate contribution to social learning. Both in a classroom and an eLearning setting, a new skill is generally presented as a demonstration, then students try the new skill on their own. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

This happens far more frequently with “tell-me” eLearning than it ever should. What other good eLearning resolutions are out there? Collaborative learning? Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? In effect, he was driving; I was just executing the commands. Paul I rarely ever visited.

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APRIL 17, 2011

with a post-test to measure learning for the entire program. I can now see how Level 2 can be used to evaluate role-based eLearning and instructor-led training. This is ROE, not ROI. to results through a chain of evidence using the data and information from each of the first three levels. Level 3: Behavior. to training?to

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MARCH 22, 2011

Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In View all posts by Jolene → ← Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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JANUARY 14, 2011

I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In View all posts by Jolene → ← Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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MARCH 13, 2011

Since I became an active Twitter user a few months ago, the application has grown on me to the point where it’s now far-and-away my favorite social media tool. And I use the word ‘tool’ for a reason. This is a tool you use to react to something you see, hear or do and an opportunity to create a voice. Properly d.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Encouragingly, I am seeing some evidence that corporate learning departments understand this model, and many of them have actually been practicing it for years. The now-common blended learning practice of assigning one or more eLearning modules prior to attending classroom training is similar to the Khan/schoolteacher model.

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APRIL 21, 2011

But, if the manger or leader can embrace this innovation in learning, encouraging and expecting workers to do the same, the impact could be tremendous. This reminds me of a session I attended on emotional intelligence at the eLearning Guild ‘s Learning Solutions 2011 conference last month. Properly d.

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MARCH 7, 2011

the reason behind a new software rollout, or the need for an elearning module). When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read. View all posts by Jim → ← Make Learning An Experience. 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? Anthony “[hopes] that college educators will adopt this tool as a way to engage the students with technology without having to drastically change their teaching methods.”

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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. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

I’m not sure I would have seen the concert through the lens of social learning had I not attended DevLearn ’10 last month. The eLearning Guild hosted an engaging, curiosity-inspiring conference focused on social learning. It was at the concert, however, that I fully understood why I must pay attention to social learning.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

I’m not sure I would have seen the concert through the lens of social learning had I not attended DevLearn ’10 last month. The eLearning Guild hosted an engaging, curiosity-inspiring conference focused on social learning. It was at the concert, however, that I fully understood why I must pay attention to social learning.

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MARCH 27, 2011

Accelerated Learning attempts to change this imbalance by including activities that trigger the other intelligences, for example, Brain Gym® , games that involve movement, MindMapping® tools, songs and raps, and word cards. The term “Accelerated Learning” was actually coined by a British educator, Colin Rose. Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 22, 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 Tags: Wikis About Jolene One of my favorite things to do is save the day. Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 22, 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 Tags: Wikis About Jolene One of my favorite things to do is save the day. Properly d.

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APRIL 23, 2011

If your client wants you to get an elearning module built based on storyboards developed in-house, make sure it’s clear that your work is entirely dependent on their work. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Furthermore, note the assumptions on which these success factors are based.

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