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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. Go take a peek.

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Social Learning is NOT a new training trend

Jane Hart

I’ve written a few postings recently (notably Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does ) where I have tried to show how the fundamental changes in how businesses are operating, require a fundamental change in how the L&D function needs to view workplace learning. Traditional workplace learning.

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Integrating Social Learning In The Workplace

Learnnovators

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix.

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Beyond Corporate Training: How Social Learning is Changing Travel

Dashe & Thomson

Like many of you, I love to travel and I’m intrigued by the possibilities of social learning. So when I came across an article titled How Social Learning Through Implied Networks Will Change the Travel Experience , I was really pumped. Travelers can inform other travelers of traffic, construction, landmark closings, etc.

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Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does!

Jane Hart

Simply replace the word “business&# in the quote above with the word “learning&# and it still makes sense. So, for instance the first paragraph would now read: “Social Learning ” is not about technology, or about “corporate culture&#. Any learning outside training is not of any significance of interest to us.

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Avoiding Anarchy in Social Learning

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of commentators writing about social learning today stress the importance of keeping it free from rules or overarching control. Central to these tenets of social learning is the importance of keeping things unfettered. Don’t direct learning at all.” Social learning is not new.

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Social Learning in Financial Services – Tales from the Real World

Dashe & Thomson

I sat down with Shane Raymond, Director of Training and Development at RBC Wealth Management , the US Wealth Management division of Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada , to discuss social learning. Rob : Seems like a great opportunity for reps to share information – an internal wiki or portal. Shane : This is true. Shane : Yes.