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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

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To start answering these questions, we have to acknowledge that formal learning, as we know it today, will not be effective in the future. Instead, we will need to put the workers themselves in charge of their own learning. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

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by Michael on March 7, 2011 in blended learning If you still believe that “classroom learning is the best learning” for your training and learning programs, I have some news for you. The self-directed learner has become the student of the 21 st century – one who needs more support and encouragement rather than direction.

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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

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Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. To our learners, this is their reality. Introduce your information slowly.

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Why eLearning Development Ratios Can be Hazardous to Your Career.

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Keep in mind, we were talking about 44 hours of learner time – developed in both instructor-led and eLearning formats). After much wrangling, we came up with a number that knocked our client off his chair. Without getting too specific, it was over $500,000. Properly d.

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Addressing On-Demand Learning and Performance Needs #LCBQ | Social.

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It makes a big difference to your design if the on-demand content will be needed while the learner sits at their computer or while they perform a requalification inspection on a propane cylinder on a loading dock. There is no central network the learners can access. That’s where “party boxes&# might come in.

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Embracing Innovation in Learning | Social Learning Blog

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We are moving, albeit in fits and starts, from traditional learning environments, where curriculum are essentially assigned to learners, to more collaborative and innovative environments where learners can self-direct their learning and participate in communities of passion. Properly d.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. McGoldrick described an approach to evaluating training that wasn’t just about changes in learner behavior but about learners integrated with and interacting within their own workplace. But it wasn’t.

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