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5 Common Virtual Learning Issues and Solutions

Learning Rebels

When it comes to virtual learning issues, technical problems are one of the main stumbling blocks for virtual sessions. Problem 3: People Have Trouble Connecting. Problem 4: Participants Want to Talk to People. Tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Skype can be embedded as part of your virtual delivery.

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Social and Learned Helplessness in Learning

Nick Leffler

So this time I’m exploring social as a solution to the problem. Places like Twitter or Yammer rather than the water cooler or lunch with colleagues (although it could apply there also). Social makes the tools available for users to explore and learn on their own, unfortunately the problem is rarely a lack of resources.

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They’re not like us

E-Learning Provocateur

I’m not referring to some of us in the L&D profession, although that’s an ironic part of the problem. A problem arises, however, when active participation is expected. Of course this has been a problem for as long as pre-work has existed. The inconvenient truth, however, is that not everyone does this.

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Bringing learning to the workplace, step 3: People

Challenge to Learn

When you have a question or problem, you find a colleague who knows the answer, you apply what you have learned and you go on with your job. A tool that could support you in this is Yammer. The most important is that you can control who has access to your Yammer, based on email address or invitation.

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Evaluating Social Learning

Dashe & Thomson

As establishing new or improving learning/training processes typically begins with a problem, Clark provides this example: A manager complains that when he reads the monthly project reports he finds that the same mistakes keep showing up throughout the organization. Reduce number of repeated problems/mistakes by 90%. Learning Process.

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

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. The real discovery came when they posed problems for various employees to solve. They found that the employees near the edge of a cluster were more effective at problem-solving than those in the middle of a cluster.

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8 Ways to Add Mobile and Social Learning to the Virtual Learning Mix

ATD Learning Technologies

Prior to the instructor-led training experience, create a Yammer group for a specific course and invite the course participants to join. Before the training, ask them to answer two thought-provoking questions related to the content in a Yammer Note or in the discussion feed.