Remove Facebook Remove Problem Remove Ratio Remove Support
article thumbnail

The Ultimate Brain Food: Performance Support | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

I like to imagine performance support as an Exobrain … (and, of course, that I am one of the smart people in learning … guess I will have to ask Simon about that.) Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

article thumbnail

How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

Navyโ€™s new plan to crowd-source the Somali piracy problem may be even more revolutionary. Navy intends to sit back and watch what unfolds, taking advantage of thousands of minds to generate innovative approaches to a real-world problem. As innovative as VBS 2 may be, the U.S. Essentially, the U.S. Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

article thumbnail

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

Dashe & Thomson

What is new, however, is the ratio of on-demand solutions to more traditional training offerings. Questions like “What are the likely situations where on-demand learning or support will be needed or beneficial?&# The questions prompt quite a lively and interesting discussion among online community members.

article thumbnail

Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

I learned that the Target Center in Minneapolis is the 28 th busiest building in the nation via Facebook today. Thatโ€™s right, FACEBOOK! So I say to you all, friends with whom I dine and otherwise, do not support your companyโ€™s efforts to stifle your use of the internet, but actively lobby for your online freedoms instead.

article thumbnail

The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

For an excellent illustration of this problem, check out this great example provided by the always-interesting Cathy Moore (click the image to launch the Flash player): Courtesy of [link] So, why does narration in eLearning frequently do nothing more than parrot back whatโ€™s written on the screen? Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

article thumbnail

Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

Dashe & Thomson

And what used to be homework [solving problems] is now done in the classroom.โ€ What happens in class is interactive problem solving โ€“ which means, in effect, that the โ€œteachers have used technology to humanize the classroom,โ€ he says. Khan discusses this whole phenomenon in this 20-minute TED talk. Download the whitepaper ยป Blog this!

Lecture 134