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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning?

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

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Walmart announced last week (April 18, 2011) that it is – … buying Mountain View-based Kosmix , a heavily funded social media technology provider that has built a platform that enables users to filter and organize content in social networks, in order to connect people with information that matters to them, in real-time.

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

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Medical students and residents regularly learn new skills by first observing a procedure, then practicing the procedure under supervision, and finally teaching, or modeling, the procedure for another. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. Properly d.

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Addressing On-Demand Learning and Performance Needs #LCBQ | Social.

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That said, I’d like to share some of my ideas about how we need to change what we do to address on-demand learning and performance needs during design, development, and deployment of a training program. A current project I am working on is a national program for training workers in basic bulk propane plant operations.

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Rx for SMEs

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Check out these posts for more tips and tricks: What Everyone Should Know about Working with Subject Matter Experts by Tom Kuhlmann, Rapid E-Learning Blog and Working with Subject Matter Experts posted in The Learning Circuits Blog. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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Rx for SMEs | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Check out these posts for more tips and tricks: What Everyone Should Know about Working with Subject Matter Experts by Tom Kuhlmann, Rapid E-Learning Blog and Working with Subject Matter Experts posted in The Learning Circuits Blog. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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The Wisdom of Experience: Simplifying Complex Learning Targets.

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Even better, it’s the feeling of my group of subject matter experts (a great group of guys with many years of experience in the industry) that you can’t really teach someone how to recognize the impact of environmental conditions that can create dangerous situations. Properly d.