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

Dashe & Thomson

Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 70% of workplace knowledge is learned informally (a statistic that is frequently referenced in the learning industry). They might even jot down a few notes that you can reference the next time you troubleshoot that widget problem. Instead, they show you how to do it and then help you as you try.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

The problem, though, is that many primary schools are still geared to teach in ways that would be more or less recognizable to students from thirty years ago. An excellent article from Cross Pollination Media, titled “ Are ‘Digital Natives’ Better Suited for Mobile Learning? Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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10 Guidelines to Help Your Learners Find Credible Online Sources

LearnDash

Or in 2005, before Facebook became open to the public? However, if I am providing a statistic or a piece of information that is not considered common knowledge for my audience, then sources are required. This can be helpful for learners if they find an interesting statistic on someone’s private blog.

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The Death of the Traditional Web: Implications for Self-Directed Learning

Dashe & Thomson

Within that shrinking slice of online time, Facebook is increasingly the portal for everything. While the “document Web” (as author Ben Elowitz terms the old-style Web) shrank by 9 percent overall, Facebook consumption increased by 69 percent, essentially stealing time from everything else. And, frankly, they often don’t.

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Trust (Why is Trust so Important for Application Development?)

KMI Learning

But when it comes to cybersecurity and our applications , these pesky statistics really make our skin crawl: 419 million records of Facebook users – 20% of their customers – were exposed in 2019 because of a vulnerability. The Covid-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the problem, further eroding what little trust is left.

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Bridging the Skills Gap: An Opportunity for Associations

Association eLearning

There’s a huge skills gap problem facing our nation today, but this crisis represents an opportunity for associations to reinvent themselves and compete with traditional suppliers of higher education. There are many facets to the problem. Skills gap isn’t a “someday” problem. Share this on Facebook. What’s that mean?

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Getting Your Association’s Board Behind Online Learning

Association eLearning

Online learning is a solution to a problem; so spend some time analyzing your association’s challenges or the voids that eLearning can help fulfill. If you can present a solution to a problem, rather than just another “new idea,” your board will be more inclined to listen and see the benefit to the association. . Tweet This!