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10 learning theories to follow when training your employees

TalentLMS

There are a number of different adult learning theories that can be used to guide employee training, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. In order to choose the best approach for your business, it is important to understand the key concepts of each theory. Theories of learning for employee training.

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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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What is social learning (and how to adopt it)

Docebo

Social learning can help today’s organizations keep up with the pace at which their business moves. More and more, organizations are turning to social learning to deliver exciting e- learning experiences to their customers, partners, and employees. What is social learning? Need proof?

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eLearning Trends for 2018

Association eLearning

The Learning Record Store (LRS) is an important feature in xAPI. The LRS is meant to track activity both on and off the LMS. This way whether a learner completes a task online, attends a live session, or even has a conversation with a mentor or supervisor, the tasks can all be recorded as activity statements, and tracked.

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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Can Games Transform the World? To add an element of competition, a leaderboard tracked and displayed which players had made the most finds. Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. It is amazing ho.

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4 Ways to Apply the Situated Learning Theory

Origin Learning

What is the Situated Learning Theory? Situated learning, simply put, is learning that takes place in the same context in which it is applied. Situated learning environments place students in learning situations where they are actively immersed in an activity while using problem-solving (critical thinking) skills.

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

Dashe & Thomson

Companies are developing “town square” learning centers that house all of their training content for employees to access where, when and how they choose. And if you’re worried about accountability, create a program that tracks employees’ progress through the required content. Social Learning Blog - January 7, 2011 [.]