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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

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Our conversation centered on whether or not companies should limit their employees’ use of the internet and social media while at work. One friend mentioned that her company doesn’t allow her to use the internet, period, because they expect her full attention to be on patients for the entire day. And she felt this to be acceptable.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Properly d. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Addressing On-Demand Learning and Performance Needs #LCBQ | Social.

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What is new, however, is the ratio of on-demand solutions to more traditional training offerings. On-demand is gaining ground quickly on traditional solutions and that is forcing our industry to reasses how we design, develop, and deploy learning solutions. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Among industries, a greater number of technology companies and business services/consulting firms spent money on these tools. times the earnings per share growth rate compared to their industry counterparts. The figure was highest among large businesses, 42% of which spent money on informal learning during the year. Properly d.

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Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Train Your Client On Training.

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Train Your Client On Training by Paul on January 31, 2011 in Instructional Design , Training Development In the enterprise learning industry, when you sit down with a client to discuss an opportunity, oftentimes the client has a good idea what they want. What are some good ways to push back on a client whose mind is already made up?

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The Wisdom of Experience: Simplifying Complex Learning Targets.

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Even better, it’s the feeling of my group of subject matter experts (a great group of guys with many years of experience in the industry) that you can’t really teach someone how to recognize the impact of environmental conditions that can create dangerous situations. Rather, it has to be learned through experience.