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

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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. Properly d.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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As I write this blog, the man now has 94,894 followers on Twitter and every major news outlet in the world is scrambling for an interview. He broke to the world what is most likely going to be the biggest story of the year, while it was happening in complete secrecy. Can you say future book deal? Properly d.

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Collaborative Learning Lessons from Wikipedia (and Small Insects.

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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. Properly d.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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Look for businesses you love, people you know, or news sources you read. My passions in life include music, sports, Minneapolis and adult learning, so I search for experts in these fields and follow them for up-to-the-second updates (Tweets). Properly d.

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Three Reasons Why Corporate Training Departments Could Become.

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In fact, for many training professionals who have been downsized or re-deployed recently, this entire blog post may sound like old news. Here are three reasons for the trend away from traditional, centralized training functions: 1.

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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. Properly d.

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What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? | Social.

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Six months from now, I doubt Sheen will still be in the news, because the ultimate lack of substance will begin to bore his current following. Make it interesting and unexpected, and your employees will take notice. That said, neither you nor Sheen can live on zany comments alone. You can avoid this mistake by blending the approaches.