Informal Learning begins with these words: “THIS IS A BOOK about knowledge workers, twenty-first-century business, and informal learning. first heard the term informal Learning from the late Peter Henschel, then director of the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL), who told me: People are learning all the time, in varied settings and often most effectively in the context of work itself. The workhorse of the knowledge economy has been, and continues to be, informal learning. Most teaming about how to do a job is informal. “Training&# ? MORE >>

Called University of the People, the non-profit, California-based endeavor comes from Israeli entrepreneur Shai Reshef who says he founded the school to provide higher education to those who might otherwise never have access to it. Unlike Facebook, members share information about genetic research instead of exchanging vacation pictures. "One of the things we recognized is the materials being provided are not adequate for younger generations who are growing up in a world where information is dynamic, shareable and bite-sized," said Savkar. Maybe," he told CNN. MORE >>

The Information Architecture of Behavior Change Websites Brian G Danaher, PhD, 1 H Garth McKay, PhD, 1 and John R Seeley, PhD 1 Brian G Danaher, Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, OR 97403, USA, Phone: +1 541 484 2123, Fax: +1 541 484 1108, Email: briand/at/ori.org. The information architecture (IA)—the structure of website information—is an important but often overlooked factor to consider when adapting behavioral strategies developed in office-based settings for Web delivery. Basic information structures. Information foraging. MORE >>

also just added information for the free Articulate jam session while I’m in Jacksonville. May 17 : Orange County California. During the year I conduct dozens of elearning workshops. dedicate a large part of the workshop to graphic design because based on what I see, it’s an area that challenges many elearning developers. Most of the people I meet have a training background. They may have some graphic design skills, but they usually find their roots in training. So they tend to be stronger in instructional design than graphic design. What content needs to be in the course? MORE >>

Kindly retain the contact information when you re-distribute the list or mount it on the web as that is how I receive updates. link] November 30-December 1, 2011 AfriHealth : Using IT to Establish Health Care Information Systems, Nairobi, Kenya. link] December 3-7, 2011 National Staff Development Council (NSDC): Capture the Magic, Anaheim, California, USA. link] December 4-5, 2011 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium on Computer Human Interaction for Management of Information Technology , Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Clayton R. Private? Personal? MORE >>