Living in Learning

JULY 21, 2009

I follow several learning-oriented blogs on a regular basis, and I have witnessed numerous conversations about formal versus informal learning. Discussions range from determining impact to defining strategies around integrating informal learning into a formal mindset. Does it matter whether the learning is formal or informal?

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 8, 2009

In the course of following several key blogs and actively collaborating and contributing to at least as many communities of learning professionals, I find my depth of perception and the richness of perspective on current issues and trends alive and well, growing in a wealth of diversity of thought.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 6, 2009

Josh also shared that his company’s research showed a dramatic increase in the use of informal learning. That tells me informal or non-formal learning are not flotsam. It is a “formalization” of informal learning, or to use Lance’s term – non-formal learning. What they are finding is not training per se.

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Living in Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2009

To cover those unplanned moments of learning need, our jobs extend beyond the training role to that of supporting informal learning downstream from formal classroom or online transactions. That is a perfect example of the fifth learning moment of need – when things go wrong – and not covered by my prior knowledge and skills.

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