Jay Cross

JULY 7, 2013

We’re seeing a more interactive model of learning. Think about how you learn a new software program. Communities of practice , a term coined by Institute for Research on Learning staff. Learning is a condition of continuing membership in that community. It’s always informal. Barn raising.

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Mindflash

APRIL 25, 2011

Most businesses realize this already — but many often allocate sales training resources in the wrong areas. According to Bersin & Associates , 73% of companies believe their most valuable learning approaches are informal, yet only 30% of resources are focused there. Communities of Practice.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Post 1 People learn their jobs by doing their jobs. assignments and coach their team members. People learn more in an environment that encourages conversation, so make sure you’re fostering an environment where people talk to each other. An effective community of practice is like a beehive.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

The coronavirus may have robbed us of face-to-face interaction, but it can’t rob us of learning. There are tons of free webinars this month to keep you connected with your communities of practice. The effect that coaching has on employee engagement, job satisfaction, productivity and retention is profound.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 24, 2009

eLearning Acupuncture Breakthrough eLearning Discovery Through eLearning eLearning Weekly Engaged Learning eLearning Community 2.0 eLearning Acupuncture Breakthrough eLearning Discovery Through eLearning eLearning Weekly Engaged Learning eLearning Community 2.0

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 8, 2007

For some months now I've been carrying Jay Cross's new book Informal Learning around in my bag to read on train journeys. The first relates to blended learning, which Jay dismisses as a 'useless concept'. He also says he cannot imagine 'unblended learning'. There are just two issues I'd like to take up.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 29, 2015

I just copied a rough draft of my new book, Learn For Yourself , into a free summarizer. It’s all a matter of learning, but it’s not the sort of learning that is the province of training departments, workshops, and classrooms. You are learning to learn how to become the person you wrote the obit for.

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Learnnovators

MAY 11, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. The catch is that “social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. Social learning” cannot be assigned as one would a course or a module.

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EI Design

JANUARY 28, 2020

Mobile Learning. Mobile Apps for Learning. Personalized Learning. Digitization of ILT to Blended or Fully Online Learning. Informal Learning. Social Learning. Self-Directed Learning. Section 2: Trends featuring learning strategies that deliver high impact and immersive learning experiences.

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Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

I spent the greater part of the weekend mulling over the practice of working out loud, what makes some folks adopt the habit with ease while others struggle, and what could be some of the possible enabling factors that support working out loud. A community grows through conversation, collaboration, and showcasing of work in progress.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Former Thomson Reuters CLO Charles Jennings highlights the 70:20:10 framework for thinking about organizational learning: 10 percent of what we need to know to do our jobs comes from courses, 20 percent from mentoring or coaching, and 70 percent is learned on the job through independent initiative.

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Litmos

JANUARY 16, 2019

Developing learning and assuming it will work is just wishful thinking. As Joe Harless famously said, “Inside every bloated training course is a job aid struggling to get out”. And there are remarkable stories about how such tools have made big impacts, as Atul Gawande’s Checklist Manifesto informs us. It’s human nature.

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Learnnovators

MAY 10, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. The catch is that “social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. Social learning” cannot be assigned as one would a course or a module.

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Social Learning Social Integrate Blended Learning 100

eLearning Learning Posts

JANUARY 3, 2011

Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles - eLearning Technology , March 24, 2010. 10 Ways To Learn In 2010 - The eLearning Coach , January 3, 2010. 5 Must-See PowerPoint Tutorials for Creating Better Training - Mindflash , September 29, 2010. Wikis and Learning – 60 Resources - eLearning Technology , July 13, 2010.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Branon Learning Management System App Stores Bob Little Apps, Not Courses Inge de Waard Augmented reality moves towards augmented learning with easy tools: Wikitude , Layar , ARToolKit. Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality.

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Marcia Conner

JANUARY 26, 2012

The only problem is that we have very little idea how real learning occurs. We spend billions of dollars on formal training and education, and then we wonder, where is the payoff? Sometimes people do learn. The company had no formal mailboy-training program. They change and improve. Performance temporarily increases.

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Blended Learning Instant Messaging Simulations Virtual Classroom 70

CLO Magazine

JULY 8, 2013

However, despite volatility, survey results from the Chief Learning Officer magazine Business Intelligence Board (BIB) suggest that organizations are getting more sophisticated in their modality choice. This month offers an annual look into learning modalities and how they are evolving.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 24, 2011

The place for formal learning at Shell Even though Sebastian favours informal approaches, he acknowledges there is an important place for more formal, structured learning, such as when transforming a graduate into a full working professional. So it’s called informal learning or on-the-job learning.

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Wiki Blended Learning Diversity Training Compliance Training 71

eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Seeing The Invisible: How To Identify Early Indicators Of Gaps In Instructional Design And Training Effectiveness. The E-Learning Curve , September 15, 2009. How To Design For Novices - The eLearning Coach , September 15, 2009. Corporations need to catch up on open content - Informal Learning , September 17, 2009.

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eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The eLearning Coach , January 25, 2010 As a learning professional, it’s important to stay fresh and current. One way to do this is to delve into how people learn and how the brain works. This can give you the deep insights required to understand learners and to create worthwhile learning experiences.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2009

How To Communicate The Value Of Social Media - The eLearning Coach , November 25, 2009. Learning Conversations , November 13, 2009. Put your learners on a diet - consider a pull-based learning approach - Free as in Freedom , November 6, 2009. 10 Social Media Tools For Learning - The eLearning Coach , November 16, 2009.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Top 100 Tools for Learning: The Final List , Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day , November 16, 2009. Learning for the 21st Century - Informal Learning , December 17, 2008. How to Use This Free Screencasting Tool for E-Learning - Rapid eLearning Blog , August 25, 2009. Informal learning - what is it?

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Blended Learning Social Networks Compliance Training Google Wave 73

eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Hot Topic #2 - Social Media , Social Networks , Social Learning , and Informal Learning. Social media, social networks, communities for learning both formal and informal is bigger than I think we can even imagine at this point. What is Informal Learning , February 19, 2009. Community (1202).

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Social Networks Google Wave LearnTrends Virtual Classroom 49

The Learning Circuits

MAY 8, 2005

She writes about the evolution of training: "In the good old days, we wrote courses. If employees do not feel well served by us, they can reach beyond us to online classes, communities, modules and e-coaches, no matter the physical locations. Technology thus presents tasty opportunities for workforce learning and support.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Communities of practice. A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social network of people who identify with one another professionally (e.g. Chefs and workers in the kitchen who aspire to be chefs are a community of practice. Newcomers learn the ropes from working alongside veterans.

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eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Expanding On The Nine Events Of Instruction - The eLearning Coach , April 19, 2010 The nine events of instruction are a compelling foundation for Instructional Design. Can You Learn from a Recording? And I was happy to see that my Twitter for Learning post got the top spot for the second half of the month. Find out how.

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

- Bozarthzone , August 11, 2010 Discussion of objectives in training could be a topic for a book all by itself, but lately I’ve run across 2 excellent examples of problems with learning/performance objectives. Post from: The eLearning Coach Using Graphics To Improve Learning. Read these guidelines instead. Facilities.

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Augmented Reality Blended Learning Social Learning Social 83

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Here are some of the things I learned. Jane Hart and I keynoted “Learning Day” for senior training managers of the European Commission. The European Commission relies on 19,000 courses for training, shuns social media, and does not provide wi-fi in its classrooms. She is also a supporter of informal learning.

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Internet Social Media Communities of Practice Cognitive 57

eLearning Learning Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

Performance Learning Productivity , May 28, 2010 Instructional design is not only seen as a core competency for learning and development/training specialists, but it’s a huge industry, too. I’ve re-worked the model to show: my domain is the workscape (the merger of work and learning, the learning ecosystem).

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eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning Authoring Tools eLearning 89

Jay Cross

MAY 26, 2015

Your Workscape is everything in your organization except the training department. In the same vein, I talk about Working Smarter instead of informal learning, social learning, and so forth. Some people denigrate informal learning but nobody’s against Working Smarter. However, compliance is not learning.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Brent Schlenker: Marketers and Game Developers Know More About Learning Than We Do! Live session with Brent Schlenker: Marketers and Game Developers Know More About Learning Than We Do!

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Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

An executive, a manager, a training director, and a worker each have different but valid ways of evaluating the effectiveness of learning. Training directors see learners; everyone else sees workers or employees.). The knowledge worker’s objective is to learn what it takes to do the best she can. Training Directors.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 12, 2010

Cross is a champion of informal learning, Web 2.0, He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix three decades ago. Emerging eLearning (Abu Dhabi), Training (U.S.), I’m the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 16, 2013

The start-up stiffed me but the paper morphed into the Informal Learning book. I’ll be leading a series of master classes on informal learning and working smarter in Europe. Informal Learning – the other 80%. Because organizations are oblivious to informal learning, they fail to invest in it.

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Informal Learning Informal Blended Learning Authoring Tools 98

Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It. Where Corporate Learning Came From 3. Corporate Learning Today 5. Training is not the same as learning 6. Corporate Training Is Broken 7. Chief Learning Officers know training is not working 7. Managers feel training has scant impact 8.

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