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Bright Corporate Outlook for Employee Development Doesn’t Mean You Need a Bigger Budget

Mindflash

Encourage employees to read these books and host book clubs to encourage discussions on what people learned and how to apply what they have learned. Instead of hiring a trainer, consider finding leaders in the organization who’d be willing to facilitate learning experiences. Tap into social software apps.

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Wisdom of clouds

Learning with e's

Here is the first Learning with 'E's guest blog post - it's by Manish Malik, who is based at the University of Portsmouth. He has some interesting ideas, and I am happy to host these on my own blog. Each learner may use a different set of tools to support/enhance their informal learning. Loosely coupled.

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Emerging Mondays

Learning with e's

I'm taking part in a live podcast on Monday evening for Pontydysgu using Skype direct from my new wireless laptop, if I can get the blasted software to download. I'm going to be talking about social software and open content for e-learning, and will be in conversation with the show's host, Graham Attwell.

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LMSs that kick ass - OutStart

Janet Clarey

By way of background, Jeff told me that OutStart has two flavors: Participate, their general social software solution and TrainingEdge.com, their SaaS solution which includes LMS, collaborative authoring, and social media specifically configured to support learning. This week’s featured system is OutStart.

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What Universities Must Learn About Social Networks

Jay Cross

Social and informal learning are the hottest trends in corporation learning and development. Social networks empower workers to engage in self-determined “pull” learning. People learn their jobs while doing their jobs. It’s like hosting a teenage party. Reduced supply chain costs.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

The session was hosted by SumTotal Systems. SMBs & Social Media (Sum Total). Some notes: Polls: Most attending work in L&D with some HR, IT, and learning services providers. Goals pretty evenly spread among rapid e-learning (consumption and development), reduce costs, support informal learning, improve productivity.