Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

A truly excellent article by Matt Thompson, titled An Antidote for Web Overload , addresses the reasons behind Wikipedia’s increasing replacement of traditional news sites as the go-to source for breaking news items.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). Quickly, the videos gained an online following, grew like wildfire, and today Khan Academy has delivered more than 42 million lessons.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

This article by Tom Kuhlman provides some great tips on helping your client see training differently. Train Your Client On Training&# Elfreda Chenauls March 5, 2011 at 2:27 am # Hello this is a unique article. He ends the blog with this key message: The goal is to build a course appropriate to your client’s needs. Properly d.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This article details 10 common factors that affect the cost of video production, with prices for different levels in each factor. This article provides very specific notes on language to watch for and suggestions for revising the language to be reasonable for the kind of risks individual consultants should assume.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 26, 2011

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. Tools like Mindflash and Brainshark are quickly gaining traction in the marketplace, as ways to turn everything a company has “laying around,” like Powerpoints and videos, and turn them into training. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. In her article* 10 Brainpowered Wonders in the King’s Speech , Dr. Ellen Weber nicely summarizes a few of the lessons this movie teaches us about learning. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

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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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. But we need to bring technologists and the learning theorists and researchers together to design the roadmap. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 1, 2011

Matt Blum at GeekDad wrote an article this week called Why Watson’s Jeopardy Win is Mostly Meaningless saying: IBM’s supercomputer software Watson’s win on the game show Jeopardy! 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.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

Games seem like a really cool way to add some fun to learning and seem to pose little or no risk to the learning outcome. Fortunately, the question Why persists, and I am beginning to better understand why (and how) we should incorporate games in learning. Properly d.

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eLearning Industry

MAY 2, 2021

Learning theories have been used for centuries to help describe how students receive knowledge. This article reviews what a learning theory is and its importance. However, in this digital age are they important? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 7, 2011

In an aptly named article, “ Why Charlie Sheen Should be Your Social Media Manager ,” Osas Obaiza at iMedia Connection brings up an interesting example of how this plays in the external marketing world: Take a look at the McDonald’s Twitter account, it boasts at paltry 90,925 following. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.”

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.”

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

TweetDeck – I recently read an article stating that if you aren’t salaried by a big company to generate brand new ideas, it’s a waste of your time to do so. I saved the #sociallearning and #instructionaldesign categories and access them on a regular basis to see who is saying what about these subjects. Properly d.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 28, 2008

My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory 2. Keeping Up with the Pace of Change Informal learning will help employees survive in the future workplace 3. Understanding E-Learning 2.0 eLearn magazine: Feature Article Ten Web 2.0

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eLearning Industry

AUGUST 25, 2019

Learning theories were created as a basis to explain, describe, analyze and predict how learning should take place. It is important for eLearning professionals to understand how learning takes place because they are in the business of helping people learn. This is what this article discusses.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis , describes how Intellipedia was used to create an article about how Iraqi insurgents were using chlorine in improvised explosive devices: They developed it in a couple of days interacting in Intellipedia … No bureaucracy, no mother-may-I, no convening meetings.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis , describes how Intellipedia was used to create an article about how Iraqi insurgents were using chlorine in improvised explosive devices: They developed it in a couple of days interacting in Intellipedia … No bureaucracy, no mother-may-I, no convening meetings.

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Roundtable Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Andragogy is a learning theory that describes qualities adults prefer in their learning experiences. You may be asking yourself, “How do adults learn best?”. What Is Adult Learning Theory? Adult Learning Theory, or andragogy , is a theory developed by Malcolm Knowles about how adults learn best.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

According to an article released by mlive.com , more than a quarter of new jobs created this past year were temporary jobs. However, conversation quickly turned to the temporary staffing industry in general. Beth’s experience looking for work as a private contractor exposed her to the current temporary staffing boom. Properly d.

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BizLibrary

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This article will guide you to make practical changes to your organization’s training program based on adult learning theory. The post Adult Learning Theory and Its Importance in Employee Training appeared first on BizLibrary.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2011

From a behaviourism point of view, twitter might not be very relevant as a means for learning. Twitter will be interestingly but mostly because people may link to articles, books and information. Pragmatism: learning by doing. In the case of connectivism Twitter might be a source of serendipitous learning and self-organisation.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

That’s why this article from Terrence Wing is so intriguing. Terrence talks of the promise Facebook shows as a tool for developing training, specifically in its role as an LMS (Learning Management System). Facebook dominates the United States, and Europe and Latin America aren’t far behind. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

That’s why this article from Terrence Wing is so intriguing. Terrence talks of the promise Facebook shows as a tool for developing training, specifically in its role as an LMS (Learning Management System). Facebook dominates the United States, and Europe and Latin America aren’t far behind. Properly d.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Recently, I read a blog article about connectivism by Debora Gallo. Soon after, I attended a presentation about m-learning by Jan Herrington, in which she too mentioned connectivism. Siemens describes connectivism as “the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organisation theories&#.

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TalentLMS

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Last month we published a list of top 10 articles about synchronous learning so it’s about time to take a look at the opposite approach – asynchronous learning. But we do realize that real-time e-learning experience is not always an option. What does Asynchronous Learning mean?

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eLearning Industry

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This article will discuss three theories that play a significant role in how lessons are designed. It will include who is responsible for incorporating the insights offered by the theories and when each theory should be used. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Truth is, a flipped classroom approach to learning can be rather simple or complex depending on the desired end result. Cheat sheets are often popular as they can help you get informed quickly, which is the purpose of this article. Theory Behind the Method.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 20, 2014

It seems that whenever there is an article discussing the ways people learn , then it turns into a debate about the existence (or non-existence) of learning styles. Oh Great, Not Another “How We Learn” Diagram. Just like politics, no one is going to change their mind from a few blog comments.

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Here’s a link to an excellent TED talk by Josh Kaufman on the first twenty hours of trying to learn a skill. It was a partial inspiration for this article. The first 20 hours — how to learn anything | Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn. Share this on Google+.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

This article covers some key differences between what some new Instructional Designers with a classroom teaching background may be used to and what is needed to effectively train adult learners. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Here the slides from my presentation: Learning 3.0 Article in Training Quarterly: Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer. Here is the audio version of my Training Quarterly article titled Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer. Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. gamification.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 3, 2023

Then an article by Eikris Biala caught my eye: What’s more important than learning theory?

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2010

19 Enlightening Infographics About e-Learning and Online Education. This article showcases 19 infographics about e-Learning and online education that are all enlightening in their information about the quality, popularity and accessibility for online learning. Top 10 Strategies for a Successful E-Learning Project.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In my previous article , I proposed a Taxonomy of Learning Theories to organise a few of the myriad of theories into some semblance of order, and to assist instructional designers in using theory to inform their work. If you have your own theory-informed design tips, I’d love you to share them with me!

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