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What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? | Social.

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by Paul on March 23, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Video , blended learning Opening weekend of March Madness is over. Some of you may have brackets that survived this year’s upset-happy opening rounds. Yes, it hurts just typing it. Although two weekends of mayhem remain, there’s nothing like that first weekend. Properly d.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

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While we may like to believe that directing and guiding our learners to new understanding is the most effective way to educate, the traditional Instructor-Led Training (ILT) model fails to recognize that our learners have changed. Blend Your “Content-Heavy” Courses. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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Not Everyone is a Social Customer | Social Learning Blog

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The heart of the message was that we should challenge ourselves to open our clients’ eyes to more than what they already know and do. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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Weber also points out how effectively additional techniques demonstrated in the movie – like music, movement, and humor – open the mind to learning. Through an unlikely friendship, Bertie rewired flawless speech, and reclaimed bold leadership ability to guide England through war. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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Who's Building the Social Learning Roads? | Social Learning Blog

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Without throwing him completely under the bus, I’ll describe him as being late to the social media party but definitely ahead of the curve when it comes to openness to using informal learning elements like social media in his undergraduate courses. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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Who's Going to Build the Social Learning Roads?

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Without throwing him completely under the bus, I’ll describe him as being late to the social media party but definitely ahead of the curve when it comes to openness to using informal learning elements like social media in his undergraduate courses. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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

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The game has an open platform that allows new details to be constantly added, reflecting lessons learned from a recent mission, for example. An example cited by Martin and Lin is called “ VBS 2 ” and runs on laptops. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.