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

Dashe & Thomson

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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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

JIT Learning Society If I take a step back and try to think of the most obvious way the Internet has changed my life, I would say it’s changed how I access information. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Have you ever heard someone say, “I love to be taught!”? I know I haven’t.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices

Dashe & Thomson

JIT Learning Society If I take a step back and try to think of the most obvious way the Internet has changed my life, I would say it’s changed how I access information. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Have you ever heard someone say, “I love to be taught!”? I know I haven’t.

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

Dashe & Thomson

My passions in life include music, sports, Minneapolis and adult learning, so I search for experts in these fields and follow them for up-to-the-second updates (Tweets). Searches – Just like any other application, searches on Twitter allow you to find information that contains the keyword you use to search with.

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

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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. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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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. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? In my opinion, it’s not that providing on-demand learning and performance solutions is a new idea. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.