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eLearning - Audio & Captivate, Blogging, Twitter, & the Brain

Big Dog, Little Dog

According to Colvin Clark & Mayer (2002) there are six different "broadly applicable" media element guidelines to follow when undertaking e-learning instruction. These guidelines are: The Multimedia Principle: Use words and graphics rather than words alone. Having that little bit extra can tip the scales in your favor.".

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Learning and KM: Separated at birth?

Jay Cross

A social media consumer, HBS professor, MIT research scientist, and author, McAfee focuses on how emergent social software platforms are benefiting enterprises, and how smart organizations and their leaders are making effective use of them to share knowledge, inspire innovation, and enable decision making.

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What Universities Must Learn About Social Networks

Jay Cross

Faculty use social networks to support communication and information sharing among committees, teams, and research projects. Institutional staff use social software to improve communication with students for both recruitment and retention purposes. It isn’t just to the benefit of students, though.