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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

I have included Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation in every proposal I have ever written, and I wanted to hear from Kirkpatrick himself regarding his take on the current state of evaluation and whether his four levels are still viable. Well, based on where Kirkpatrick and his son James are today, I was completely wrong.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

In the article she gives some scary statistics: Our recent study showed that 30 percent of US companies spent money on informal learning tools or services in 2010. And furthermore, a recent Gallup study found that firms with engaged workforces have 2.6 ILT vs. WBT vs. informal learning). Properly d.

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

Dashe & Thomson

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. Be Tech Savvy; Be Creative. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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

Dashe & Thomson

What’s more, they are beginning to use it at an increasingly young age – a recent study from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop (producers of Sesame Street) found that 80% of children age 5 and under use the Internet at least once a week. Properly d.

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The Most Important Learning Management System Features to Support Instructor-Led Courses

Absorb LMS

Resources such as study guides and other supporting materials can be attached to instructor-led courses. The system has an easy way to provide learners with course evaluation surveys (Kirkpatrick level 1) once they’ve completed an instructor-led course. Have I missed anything? Please add them to the comments section of this post.

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

Dashe & Thomson

At the conference, a representative from Raytheon Corporation spoke about a study they had conducted among their vast employee population. By taking inventory of employees’ “connections” (this was still a novel concept in 2005), they found that people had grouped into natural clusters. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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The Most Important Learning Management System Features to Support Instructor-Led Courses

Absorb LMS

Resources such as study guides and other supporting materials can be attached to instructor-led courses. The system has an easy way to provide learners with course evaluation surveys (Kirkpatrick level 1) once they’ve completed an instructor-led course. Have I missed anything? Please add them to the comments section of this post.