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

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Return of the (Digital) Native by Jim on March 25, 2011 in mobile learning In recent years, we’ve all heard a lot about digital natives. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Properly d.

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Does synchronous training fit the modern workplace?

TalentLMS

With self-paced training starting to slump, could synchronous training (self-paced learning’s antithesis) be making a comeback? In this post, we ask: “ What is synchronous training? What is synchronous training? We’ve briefly touched upon the meaning of asynchronous learning. But what is synchronous training?

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

Here is a table with some tools for social learning, short description of the tool, the best use for social learning for the tool and some examples. Text message that are short bursts sent from a cell phone or a computer directly to another cell phone or computer. Links to resources, peer-to-peer learning.

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Asynchronous social learning is newer than you think

Clive on Learning

But in the grand scheme of things it's a relative newcomer and - as is becoming increasingly apparent as I talk to those learning professionals with no online experience - not an obvious thing to do. Historically, all social learning activities, whether one-to-one or group, would have been synchronous (real-time).

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WhatsApp For Learning?

Origin Learning

But definition wise, it is a freely available, user friendly, cross-platform instant messaging app that requires an internet connection to work. How will employees be acknowledged for their learning? Social learning – The group chat feature in WhatsApp currently allows a group to have 50 participants.

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How to Use mLearning to Maximize the Impact of Your Blended Training

EI Design

The ILT mode will move to VILT (synchronous or live sessions with the facilitator/trainer). Or, the session can be mapped to multiple synchronous connect over a period of time – thereby ensuring that each session is around 60 mins or so. This mode will work when the session duration is short (not exceeding 60 mins to 75 mins).

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3 Reasons Curatr Doesn’t Have A Discussion Forum

HT2 Labs

Curatr is our Social learning platform and it specializes in getting people talking. Using content curated from around your organisation or the wider web, Curatr allows course designers to challenge learners to take part in conversations and contribute back to the learning environment with content of their own devising.

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