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Social Learning – A Transformational Shift in Workplace Learning

Origin Learning

In this blog post, we look at how ‘social learning’ is gaining traction and being deployed in organizations to foster workplace learning. Understanding Social Learning Theory. Social learning theory as we understand it today primarily evolved from the work of Albert Bandura in the 1960s.

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5 Ways Social Learning Can Lead to an Effective Remote Onboarding Process

Obsidian Learning

Social learning is key to the integration of new employees. Focusing on social learning elements during a remote onboarding process will ensure that new hires more quickly transform into fully functional employees. Reaching back as far as recorded human history, there is clear evidence that humans are social beings.

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7 Reasons Social Media Boosts Social Learning

TOPYX LMS

There are good reasons why companies should use Facebook as a means of promoting social learning. Too many business owners don’t take advantage of this free social media network out of fear that employees will abuse their social media privileges. Like social media, social media learning is a relatively new idea.

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7 Social Learning Examples To Integrate Into Your Compliance Online Training Course

eLearning Industry

Online compliance training doesn’t have to be policy-heavy or involve hours of company manual reading. Here’s how you can use social learning in your compliance course to engage employees and facilitate peer-based interactions. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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What is social learning?

From the Coleface

Last week I attended #SLCONF , a conference on social learning. Social learning is a zeitgeisty term which is very much in the early stages of the Gartner hype cycle for most organisations. I participated to find out more about what social learning is and what L&D practitioners should be doing about it/ with it.

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Social Learning in Financial Services – Tales from the Real World

Dashe & Thomson

I sat down with Shane Raymond, Director of Training and Development at RBC Wealth Management , the US Wealth Management division of Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada , to discuss social learning. We have launched a few tools that I would classify as “social learning” and the response and acceptance of these tools has been mixed.

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Can Learnist Hold the Key to Enterprise Social Learning?

Dashe & Thomson

Learnist describes itself as a tool for “people helping other people learn. Learn something, teach something.” Now, I realize there have been a plethora of social learning tools introduced in the last couple years that tout themselves as the application that will revolutionize peer to peer information exchange.