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The key to informal learning is autonomy

Jane Hart

Jay Cross, the author of the 2007 seminal book, Informal Learning, Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance , recently wrote a blog post in which he explained that although there has been a lot of talk about “informal learning” in the last five years, there has been very little action.

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Revisiting My Learning Journey on Social Media

ID Reflections

Just prior to that, I had finished reading Jay Cross’ Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance and was primed to explore new ways of learning. I started blogging—albeit very tentatively. And I didn’t have a Share option on my blog then. No one tweeted it.

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The best elearning reads of 2013

eFront

Cognitive Dissonance and the Denial of Social/Informal Learning , Mike Britz. Learning technology: are we using it right? The Connected Learners- A Book by Students for Teachers , Langwitches Blog. The Emerging Collaborative & Sharing Mentalities of the Millenial Generation , P2P Foundation’s Blog.

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eLearning Innovation 2010 – Top 30

Tony Karrer

These are topics that are coming up in the participating blogs more during this time than they have in the past and that have good social signals. Google Buzz , Google Wave and PKM PKM stands for Personal Knowledge Management, which is a definite passion of mine (see Work Literacy and Social Media for Knowledge Workers ).

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LearnTrends: The Immernet Singularity

Experiencing eLearning

These are my live blogged notes from Tony O’Driscoll’s LearnTrends session on The Immernet Singularity. Official description: The Immernet Singularity: How the Immersive Internet Will Redefine Learning and Collaboration. Four technology arenas, 2D Synchronous Learning, Knowledge Sharing Spaces, Web 2.0 has evolved.

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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

They won't, however, be positioning themselves well for informal learning, performance support, or knowledge management. The instructor provides planned exposure to content and learning intentions and then "unleashes" the learners in exploration and expression determined by their (the learners) choices, not the limitations of an LMS.

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Disruptive Changes in Learning

Tony Karrer

George Siemens recent post - Formal and informal.control vs foster discusses the move from mainstream, controlled information to consumer generated information. His examples include: Mainstream media -> YouTube Mainstream press -> Blogs Microsoft Office -> Office 2.0 More Prior Work on PKM and PLE, now think Use Cases

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