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

Dashe & Thomson

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems.

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SOLUTIONING AND CONTENT-BASED VALUE CREATION

Learnnovators

Truthfully, how many of us keep on top of industry journals, whitepapers, surveys and reports as a way of professional life? It is not even a ‘fixed’ problem that someone is necessarily always in one camp or the other: we may go through alternating phases of being informed and outdated. But let’s not scold them.

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Learning Styles and E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

the previous week), I received a lot of views and a lot of comments, with well over 90% telling me basically that there is no such thing as learning styles, that it has been debunked, that it lacks empirical evidence, that I myself have no idea on what I am talking about, that I am subjective and opinionated (okay, fair point) and on and on.

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New frontiers opening for STM journals

Aptara

New frontiers opening for STM journals. The end goal of scientific publishing is the furthering of ideas, and bold new models can help scientists achieve this end. The scientific, technical and medical (STM) journal market is populated by individuals who are pushing the boundaries of research and posing exciting new theories.

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How Research Informs My Work

Experiencing eLearning

I may not spend a lot of time reading peer-reviewed journals, but nearly everything I do includes some practical application of research. These are my reflections on some of the ways research informs my work on a nearly daily basis. you have an opportunity to create something informed by research. Conversational tone.

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Not Everyone is a Social Customer | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

The applications everyone from Wired to the Wall Street Journal are talking about are altering the way we interact with each other, the way we purchase goods and services, and the way we learn. This ever-changing technological landscape is currently held captive by social media, and for good reason. Properly d.

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The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe) | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

As you’ve no doubt come to expect from my “investigative journalism” style, I did a little digging (and I mean little), and what at least one source reports may surprise you. But is this really the case, I’ve often wondered? Properly d.