Blogging, Informal Learning and Knowledge Management

eLearning as Part of an Informal Learning Strategy

Integrated Learnings

MARCH 17, 2011

Much of my learning came from brainstorming with peers, participating in online forums , reading (articles, books, blogs, etc.), Do you have a similar story of unstructured, experiential, informal learning? In contrast, only 20% of organizations’ learning budgets go toward enhancing informal learning.

Informal Learning

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The key to informal learning is autonomy

Jane Hart

APRIL 27, 2012

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.

Informal Learning

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2010: My blogging year recapped

E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 27, 2010

As 2010 draws to a close, I thought I’d take a moment to recap my blog posts during the year. Learning theory & instructional design. • Taxonomy of Learning Theories. • Theory-informed instructional design tips. • The two faces of blended learning. • Art vs (Information) Science.

Blogging

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Informal learning: Why it matters to a business

ProProfs

MARCH 22, 2017

If applied right, informal learning can become the competitive edge for every company. Why does informal learning demand equal importance as formal learning? If you are thinking how to approach this, here are few pointers that will throw light on why informal learning assumes relevance for a company.

Informal Learning

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

Social Networks

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Learning Resources from Informal Learning (Jay Cross): Part 1

ID Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2010

I am re-reading Informal Learning by Jay Cross and was going through the resource links he has provided. Apart from the book, which is a must read for anyone interested in the field of learning, the resource links are gold mines of knowledge, information and insights. Communication Nation : Dave Gray's Blog.

Informal Learning

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6 Benefits of Informal Learning

TalentLMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Perhaps the highest level of learning with the deepest cognitive impact is informal learning. It’s what we call those precious learning moments where passion and curiosity meet to break all motivation and knowledge barriers. Informal learning is a great outlet for reflective practice or experiential learning.

Informal Learning

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Class is over; now what? Informal learning in the workplace

Obsidian Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

When you’re designing learning, don’t overlook the importance of informal learning. This is learning that takes place outside of the classroom or the eLearning activity. It could be knowledge gained from reading, Web searching, or from colleagues and friends. Build a Learning Culture. Pershing (Ed.),

Informal Learning

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Knowledge Management Core Issues

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Providing environments, tools and processes that encourage informal learning, knowledge sharing of effective practices and stimulate innovation. Open space methods, creating forums and 'Ba' for trusted exchanges, blogging and informal wikis may help.

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management Issue Knowledge Wiki

Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What

Tony Karrer

JULY 18, 2006

Great post by Harold Jarche - Informal Learning and Performance Technology responding to my post - Informal Learning - Let's Get Real. Performance Interventions ** Learning Interventions Instructional Interventions (e.g., Performance Interventions ** Learning Interventions Instructional Interventions (e.g.,

Informal Learning

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Mobile Learning: e-learningnext

ID Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

The emergent ones are those that are likely to have the greatest impact on Human Performance Improvement and Personal Knowledge Management. Source: Mobile Affordances by Clark Quinn Industry Facts and Figures This brings us to the business feasibility of including mobile learning as a service in our solution portfolio.

Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning Mobile iPod Wiki

Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Learning Gets Social by Tony Bingham: Karie Willyerd, vice president and chief learning officer for Sun Microsystems explains the huge opportunity the profession has in informal learning: “One of the things that has happened is that we have focused so much on the 10 percent [formal learning] that we abdicated the 70 percent [informal learning].

Learning 2.0

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Sahana Chattopadhyay – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

Her work with various companies like Tata Interactive Systems, Zensar Technologies, ThoughtWorks and Future Group has given her a width of experience that spans instructional design, workplace learning strategy, knowledge management, social learning and community management, and people development.

Social Networks

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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

They won't, however, be positioning themselves well for informal learning, performance support, or knowledge management. It is far easier to stay a life-long learner when plugged into a community or learning network, rather than having previous learning confined to a content-locked LMS'.

LMS

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Revisiting My Learning Journey on Social Media

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

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.

Social Media

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7 Tips for developing an E-Learning Strategy

Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Information management and/or knowledge management e.g. knowledge retention and information maintenance and renewal. IT e.g. pipeline technologies, challenges to standard operating environment. Your strategy should ideally be all encompassing.

Learning Strategy

Learning Strategy Strategy Social Networks Brandon Hall

Getting Started With Working Out Loud

Learnnovators

JUNE 29, 2015

It is still restricted to a community of folks interested in Personal Learning Networks and Personal Knowledge Management , followers of blogs by Harold Jarche, Jane Hart, John Stepper and such. When my comment drew that blank stare, I thought it would be a worthwhile topic for a short blog post. HOW DO I SHARE?

Blended Learning

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The Pros and Cons of User Generated Content

Trivantis

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

But as more and more companies embrace informal learning, user generated content is going to pop up more often. Sign up for a free trial today and discover the benefits of user generated content and knowledge sharing! when you get negative feedback about a course? Well… What if you did just that? Cons of User Generated Content.

Content

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30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – Day 17: Trainers Helping Trainers

Learning Rebels

JULY 29, 2016

Not to mention they asked really good questions about content design and they genuinely wanted to learn how to do better by their organization. When asked about informal learning and how they progressed their own knowledge of the training industry, the room got silent. It was a week where ideas flowed! Then it happened.

Help

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What is informal learning, anyway?

The Learning Circuits

MAY 2, 2006

First, more importantly, if anyone has a comment on research regarding the effectiveness of informal learning, please attach it to Peter Isackson's comment below. For me, the question is still, what is informal learning? New ideas first tend to bubble up in academic papers, magazine columns, blogs, or conference panels.

Informal Learning

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The best elearning reads of 2013

eFront

DECEMBER 31, 2013

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.

Best eLearning

Best eLearning Corporate eLearning Cognitive PKM

Taking Stock and Making Choices: Working from home and other such stuff

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

I have come back to blogging after a hiatus of almost 5 months. Working from home offers me plenty of solitude but not the intellectual stimulation and those over-the-shoulder conversations so crucial to serendipity, ambient awareness, and informal learning.

Stock

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LEARNNOVATORS GAZES INTO THE FUTURE OF E-LEARNING WITH SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY

Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

Her work with various companies like Tata Interactive Systems, Zensar Technologies, ThoughtWorks and Future Group has given her a width of experience that spans instructional design, workplace learning strategy, knowledge management, social learning and community management, and people development.

Blended Learning

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LearnTrends: The Immernet Singularity

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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

LearnTrends

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Improving the world through innovations in e-Learning?

Challenge to Learn

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

I already wrote my vision blog on e-learning, I thought it had a lot of why elements in it: I believe that we should bring the learning to the workplace, I believe in making learning a two way street, I believe in integrating EPSS systems, Knowledge management systems and e-Learning, I believe that we should integrate the formal learning with the informal (..)

Innovation

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MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 3: Launching a MOOC

Learnnovators

JUNE 8, 2015

IMHO, a MOOC is an evolving and dynamic learning and collaboration ecosystem that may encompass more than one technical platform and various modes of learning from short, byte-sized videos and e-learning capsules to user-generated content in the form of reference links, blog posts, discussion threads, and much more.

Blended Learning

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Future of Learning Technology – 2015

Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

Emergence of social media (and reviewed focus on social and informal learning). Mobiles will become the platform of choice for workplace learning delivery (or learning/knowledge management system access). What can we expect in next 5 years? So what can we expect in the next 5 Years?

Learning Technologies

Learning Technologies Authoring Tools Technology Simulations

Informal Learning Blog » Come together

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

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Informal Learning

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MOOCS IN WORKPLACE LEARNING – PART 3: LAUNCHING A MOOC

Learnnovators

JUNE 8, 2015

IMHO, a MOOC is an evolving and dynamic learning and collaboration ecosystem that may encompass more than one technical platform and various modes of learning from short, byte-sized videos and e-learning capsules to user-generated content in the form of reference links, blog posts, discussion threads, and much more.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Cognitive Diversity Training Micro-Learning

Yammer for internal knowledge sharing for health care and policy making

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

MARCH 4, 2012

If you don't know Yammer: Yammer is kind of Twitter (micro-blogging) service which can be used within organisation, so it is not public like on Twitter. I'm also convinced from a knowledge management/organisational le arning prespective you can influence the direction of the conversations that you would like to see on Yammer.

Yammer

Yammer Policies Knowledge Wiki

Informal Learning Blog » The human performance landscape

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2007

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Informal Learning

Informal Learning Informal Blogging Performance

Informal Learning Blog » The human performance landscape

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2007

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Informal Learning

Informal Learning Informal Blogging Performance

Training Specialist

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Saw a post by Matthew Franz - where he tells us - I don't get e-learning 2.0 - and it made me wonder if Franz is a training specialist - who's not looking at more than training as a model for learning. Here's what he said: I just don't get why folks are trying to lump in wikis, blogs, rss, etc. as "e-learning."

Specialist

Specialist Wiki RSS eLearning 2.0

Posts that Influenced Me in 2009

ID Reflections

JANUARY 1, 2010

That pondering took me back to all the blog posts by various bloggers that have most influenced my thought process and my posts in 2009. The posts that came to mind spontaneously and with surprising clarity ( in no particular order and not necessarily e-learning related) : 1. What is Informal Learning?

Social Networks

Social Networks KM Social Network Write Blog

How Social Learning is Powering Up Today’s Workplaces

Learnnovators

MARCH 22, 2015

L&Ds Business Is Not In Driving Social Business : In this post, Mark Britz expresses his views on why L&D shouldn’t be exclusively in charge of organizational efforts to help people build social networks and personal knowledge management skills. Power to the Learners : An interesting read!

Social Networks

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Informal Learning Blog » Big questionable predictions for 2008

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 3, 2008

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Big Question

Big Question Informal Learning Predictions Informal

LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs. If you've been in the industry for a while, but are grappling with some of the questions I've listed above, then please join us in the discussion. eLearning Technology.

LearnTrends

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7 Strategies to Facilitate “Working Out Loud”

Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

I blogged about Getting Started with Working Out Loud. Sahana’s work cuts across performance consulting, workplace learning strategies from formal to informal and social learning, knowledge management methodologies and adult learning principles.

eLearning Strategy

eLearning Strategy Strategy Blended Learning Community

Future of the training department

Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Entreprise Collaborative , a cross-cultural endeavor bridging English and French to provide a jumping off point on organizational collective intelligence (and co-led by my Internet Time Alliance colleague Harold Jarche ), is launching a blog carnival. It’s got to include performance support, and informal learning.

Training

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How to Improve Your Company With Continual Learning Right Now

Continu

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Offer More Formal Learning Opportunities. Social and informal learning are important for making development a constant at your company. But offering lots of formal learning opportunities has two important benefits: First, employees are given more opportunities to learn. Encourage Social and Informal Learning.

Companies

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning - Untitled Article

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Informal Learning Flow is back! It’s my one-stop-shop for keeping up with things that influence informal learning — and generally don’t show up on traditional learning sites. Blog , December 9, 2009. Wall of Knowledge - The Long Now Blog , December 8, 2009. Swimming in Data?

Information Overload

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The Social Learning Revolution in eLearning

TalentLMS

MAY 16, 2016

Social learning creates the much in-demand informal learning setting where learners can network, share, collaborate, and exchange ideas on problem-solving. Let’s examine some top benefits of social learning in organizations. What is Social Learning? How Social Learning Helps. The Organization.

Social Learning

Social Learning Social Cognitive eLearning Strategy

Training Method Trends

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

If someone can get to your online reference (stored on a wiki) through their smart phone's browser, is that mobile learning? Big winners: Communities of Practice, Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts. Warning that on Blogs and Podcasts, the numbers are so low that any adoption looks bigger than it really is. However, that's still impressive.

Methods

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eLearning Learning - Best of May

Tony Karrer

JUNE 8, 2009

eLearning Learning Hot List May 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009 Here is the best stuff from May 2009 via the eLearning Learning site. Hope you enjoy. Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. Browse eLearning Content

Social Networks

Social Networks Wiki Corporate eLearning Case Study

eLearning as Part of an Informal Learning Strategy

The key to informal learning is autonomy

Trending Sources

2010: My blogging year recapped

Informal learning: Why it matters to a business

How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Learning Resources from Informal Learning (Jay Cross): Part 1

6 Benefits of Informal Learning

Class is over; now what? Informal learning in the workplace

Knowledge Management Core Issues

Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What

Mobile Learning: e-learningnext

Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

Sahana Chattopadhyay – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Revisiting My Learning Journey on Social Media

7 Tips for developing an E-Learning Strategy

Getting Started With Working Out Loud

The Pros and Cons of User Generated Content

30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – Day 17: Trainers Helping Trainers

What is informal learning, anyway?

The best elearning reads of 2013

Taking Stock and Making Choices: Working from home and other such stuff

LEARNNOVATORS GAZES INTO THE FUTURE OF E-LEARNING WITH SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY

LearnTrends: The Immernet Singularity

Improving the world through innovations in e-Learning?

MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 3: Launching a MOOC

Future of Learning Technology – 2015

Informal Learning Blog » Come together

MOOCS IN WORKPLACE LEARNING – PART 3: LAUNCHING A MOOC

Yammer for internal knowledge sharing for health care and policy making

Informal Learning Blog » The human performance landscape

Informal Learning Blog » The human performance landscape

Training Specialist

Posts that Influenced Me in 2009

How Social Learning is Powering Up Today’s Workplaces

Informal Learning Blog » Big questionable predictions for 2008

LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced

7 Strategies to Facilitate “Working Out Loud”

Future of the training department

How to Improve Your Company With Continual Learning Right Now

Jay Cross's Informal Learning - Untitled Article

The Social Learning Revolution in eLearning

Training Method Trends

eLearning Learning - Best of May

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