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Degreed and IP Innovations Partnership Brings Informal Learning to Japan

Degreed

Degreed is proud to announce our partnership with IP Innovations. Our partnership enables IP Innovations to offer Degreed to the commercial enterprise markets and makes Degreed the first skills-building learning platform in Japan. We’re thrilled to announce a partnership with IP Innovations,” said David Blake, CEO of Degreed.

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Supercomputer's Win on Jeopardy: Little Comfort to Those.

Dashe & Thomson

The fact that a computer can win a trivia contest that relies on fast reflexes and fast information retrieval doesn’t seem much like news to me. In fact, the competition wasn’t close; the computer came away with nearly four times as much money as the closest nearest competitor. A lot of people, apparently, agree.

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8 Best practices to facilitate informal learning

Matrix

Without ruling out traditional L&D practices, informal learning should find its way into today’s workplace. Read more: The truth about informal learning: it happens all the time, anywhere. 8 practices to facilitate informal learning. Read more: Making mistakes in e-learning: A dream come true.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. In dollar figures, spending is minimal.

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How to Maximize Employees’ Strengths with an LMS

TOPYX LMS

For example, if you have an employee who has a bent toward innovation but isn’t given the place to develop that talent, just imagine the amount of income-producing ideas your company will forfeit. The good news is there is a way to get employees engaged in and excited about their work. Simply put, this is bad for business.

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Remembering Jay Cross and His Work

Experiencing eLearning

We often overuse the word “innovate,” but Jay truly did innovate and lead the industry forward. He was the guru of informal learning who pushed us to think outside of the traditional model of formal courses and training. Formal and Informal Learning. Conversation.

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

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Only recently has the training industry begun to tap into this realm of informal, social learning. I argued that they were both dead wrong. Properly d.