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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. In the article she gives some scary statistics: Our recent study showed that 30 percent of US companies spent money on informal learning tools or services in 2010. ILT vs. WBT vs. informal learning).

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

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These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

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The New York Times recently featured a fascinating article by Andrew Martin and Thomas Lin that details the shift in thinking within the military that may soon take it to the forefront of virtual training. What’s more, they don’t just mean by saving money or time (although their games are doing that, too). They mean by saving lives.

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Why eLearning Development Ratios Can be Hazardous to Your Career.

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Thank you so much. Mo Yang February 15, 2011 at 3:26 pm # Very true! I appreciate that you took into account the subject matter complexity. Many times, as the instructional designer, people forget that we have to get somewhat familiar with the subject matter itself to even begin to ask the right questions from the SME. Properly d.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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The myth of the lone genius having a eureka moment that changes the world is indeed a myth. Marsha March 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm # Hi Jon: I was impressed with this article because it touches on some learning information discussed in my training and development program here at Roosevelt University. Thanks for a thoughtful post! Properly d.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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Check out these links for more insight on the topic: [link] [link] [link] And in case you read through this entire article in the hopes of hearing the song by Simon & Garfunkel, and are now really upset, here you go: Blog this! Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d.

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Three Reasons Why Corporate Training Departments Could Become.

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Check out this article in Fast Company last week called How Mint Exec’s New Company is Going to Make Teachers Out of Us All. It is true that much of this change is not budget cutting so much as budget re-allocation, but the result for the traditional, centralized training department, is the same. Learn about Social Learning.