Jay Cross

AUGUST 22, 2015

While cleaning up my office this afternoon, I came up this list of essentials for effective informal learning I wrote a couple of years ago for the ASTD Handbook. Whenever possible, provide choices. Provide feeds for what’s going on in the team, the department, the company, the industry, and technical disciplines.

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Social Networks Mash-up Mashups ASTD 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

That explains why I get upset with Past thinkers who slam me for not providing footnotes and with Present thinkers who want to hold up the show for something I consider inconsequential. Understanding where you stand on the time horizon is enlightening, but the big payoff comes when you interact with others. For example, I’m a future thinker.

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Scanning CLO IBM ASTD 68

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Feature | Block trishuhl #ASTD -comnts frm #learntrends – we’re not the most tech inclined cmty < 5% @ TK cld txt -agreed but sm grp is tryin to upskill our peers -12:11 PM Nov 18th, 2009. Feature | Block rlohuis is weer even klaat met #learntrends ( [link] ), morgen weer een dag. Weblog weer verrijkt met 2 posts ( [link] ).

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LearnTrends Instructional Design ADDIE IM 41

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Plug for ASTD - CPLP Certification includes all of these areas of expertise. Sandy E: In this context, I think ADDIE simply provides a way to organize and structure the things that we're exploring. Moderator (Harold Jarche): no significant difference. Cynan: joint ownership? Asif: trust is best in non-competitive spaces/cultures.

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LearnTrends Instructional Design ADDIE Social Networks 40

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

ASTD held TechKnowledge in San Jose this year. Needless to say, the “capital of Silicon Valley&# has a different take on providing wifi. Google provides a lot of the infrastructure social learning rides on; they own Blogger, YouTube, GoogleDocs, GoogleAnalytics, and so forth. The event has morphed. Yes, yes, yes.

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TechKnowledge ASTD Masie ISPI 59

Jay Cross

APRIL 16, 2013

Workers reported that informal learning was three times more important in becoming proficient on the job than company-provided training. A single, simple, all-in-one interface, like that provided by Google for search. Provide time for learning on the job. Provide places for workers to congregate and learn.

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