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43 Great eLearning Posts and 5 Hot Topics Including Google Buzz and iPad

eLearning Learning Posts

We looked at a series of things focusing on the right way to go about open source LMS , in case you are switching to a new LMS system , the critical consideration on how to decide between hosted and behind-the-firewall option , and even a few tips on what not to do while selecting an LMS.

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Ten years after

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Straight-line projections are almost certainly wrong. Or you may find that you’ve blown millions on dead-end technologies and projects that do not achieve their potential. Workers must be able to adapt rapidly without waiting for external direction.”. Workers are learners, and learners are workers.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

For services outside the firewall, blockage continues to be an issue driven by such barriers as organizational culture, bandwidth limitations, security issues, IT resistance, and lack of resources. information/knowledge workers. Most learning professionals view social media as valuable to learners, and usage is growing.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Knowledge workers learn more than twice as much from experience as from bosses and coaches, and the training department accounts for less half of that. Workers are disgruntled. Instead, managers should inspire workers, set expectations, and get out of the way. Project management, shared calendar. Know where.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Now it’s often more effective to take control by giving control, by letting “the invisible hand” self-organize worker learning. The organization establishes the goals and gives the workers flexibility in how to meet them. How workers learn now. Think about a go-getter knowledge worker learns something new. [6]