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

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While we may like to believe that directing and guiding our learners to new understanding is the most effective way to educate, the traditional Instructor-Led Training (ILT) model fails to recognize that our learners have changed. So how do we best provide our learners of today with the best possible support and encouragement? We blend it.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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Some people synthesize material when it is presented in written form, and some just do better when they are free to listen without reading. And yet that’s effectively what is happening when we present text visually and then have someone say it at the same time. Because it’s not true. Think about it.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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I have included Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation in every proposal I have ever written, and I wanted to hear from Kirkpatrick himself regarding his take on the current state of evaluation and whether his four levels are still viable. It was an opportunity I couldn’t miss. So I went to the workshop. knowledge, skills, and attitudes?have

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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

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The game randomly presented the players – the public – with the questionable receipts. Koreen describes Csikszentmihalyi’s flow theory as follows: In short, flow is the state of mind/being in which one is completely immersed in the task at hand. According to McGonigal, When we play a game, we think creatively, collaborate, and persist.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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My thinking about training evaluation was turned on its head by a presentation at the February 2011 MNISPI meeting by Beth McGoldrick of Ameriprise’s RiverSource University. And every company has agreed to use “Level 1: Reaction,” or?as I have found this to be extremely frustrating. She enhanced it. It doesn’t isolate the training effort.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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With deadlines and budget pressures always present, it’s easy to jettison these “soft&# elements. This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. Ellen Weber nicely summarizes a few of the lessons this movie teaches us about learning.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

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Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. Business networking not only brings new business and new talent, but it supports collaboration – whether it’s collaborating with internal team members or making connections outside of the organization. Your business networks can be your most valuable resources!