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

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military by Jim on May 19, 2011 in Gaming Theory Think game-based training doesn’t have anything to offer your organization in the way of savings?

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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Can Games Transform the World? Games seem like a really cool way to add some fun to learning and seem to pose little or no risk to the learning outcome.

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

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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 No comments yet. Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. It is amazing ho. Properly d.

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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. Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning? less big companies, for more than 20 years. It is amazing ho. Properly d.

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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. Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Jim: Glad you enjoyed the post, Liam!

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

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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 No comments yet. Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. It is amazing ho. Properly d.

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

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The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. After reading this, I started thinking about this new LinkedIn utility I recently installed. If we apply the ‘weak ties’ theory, we might be able to spot people in our network who are both: a) Loosely tied to us (i.e.,