The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 2, 2015

In this post , she writes that workplace learning is: Structured learning experiences (e.g., training) and informal learning experiences (e.g., communities of practice). Helping workers learn continuously on the job. Peer-to-peer learning that is “ lite on content and rich in interaction”.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

social networks (yammer, chatter). formal learning elements (micro videos, webinars, workshops). work based learning mechanisms (action learning projects) and much, much more. Learning can only happen when a child is interested. Similarly, formal learning can help shape and direct informal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

When we worry about the status of their credentials or lose sleep over their completion rates, we’re perpetuating an out-dated paradigm of education based on formal learning. I prefer to see MOOCs through the lens of informal learning which values the learning over its bureaucracy. I see more scope in pull learning.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. The Internet Time Alliance , which he chairs, helps corporations and governments use networks to accelerate performance. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix.

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ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

1 Instructional Design Multimedia Learning Richard Mayer. 2 Workplace Learning The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge. 3 Workplace Learning Informal learning Jay Cross. 4 Workplace learning The Working Smarter Fieldbook Jay Cross. 5 Workplace Learning/Training Social Media for Trainers Jane Bozarth.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Or will work itself subsume learning enabled by a transformed L&D / facilitators / coaches / mentors and the "right" organizational culture? How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world?

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This is a classic example of informal learning , and it’s central to the evolution and modernisation of workplace training. For example, I use Twitter as an international community of practice. I share my knowledge, and I learn a lot more in return. Personal applications. participatory culture.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Creativity is a conversation--a tension--between individuals working on individual problems, and the professional communities they belong to. In a flattened learning system, there are fewer experts and more fellow learners on paths that may cross.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Try Before You Buy Tools Used Better Conferences - Response Needed Roles in CoP's The science of learning Learning 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0: Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 10, 2010

Among our recommendations were: Informal Live webcasts. Informal Recorded webinars. Informal Video conferencing. Informal Workshops. Informal Audio/ podcasts. Informal Learnshop. Informal Case Studies. Informal Non-formal video.

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Jay Cross

MAY 1, 2012

Six years ago few people believed that informal learning made much of a difference. Today’s common wisdom is that most workplace learning is experiential, unplanned, social, and informal. Informal learning tops many training department agendas. The information explosion has hit.

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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. What's more, I believe that blended, formal programmes can provide an important bridge to informal learning. But as Jay points out on line one 'You bought the beta edition of this book.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). The central tenet of heutagogy is that people inherently know how to learn.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 1, 2010

I Finally Get It--Why Social Networking is so Important What did I learn: The importance of Social Networking and SoMe lie in their ability to help us make sense of the confusing mass of information that bombards us everyday. What is Informal Learning? and Cynefin 13.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Charles Jennings made 70:20:10 a guiding philosophy of learning during his eight-year tenure as Chief Learning Officer at Reuters, the world’s largest information company. Post 2 The 70 percent: learning from experience. An effective community of practice is like a beehive. amateur photographers).

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 11, 2009

Wikis, blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking, RSS feeds, microblogs, social networking. and to learn. Formal learning is not the only type of learning possible, you see. we are informally learning something new. we are learning informally. Informal learning and Web 2.0

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Jay Cross

MARCH 29, 2015

Most of what we learn, we learn by interacting with others. Sharing is an act of learning and can be considered your responsibility for the greater social learning contract. Finally, here’s a summary of Informal Learning.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 31, 2007

Now I saw this post in the Adaptive Path blog like a week or two ago; " The Shelf Life of Social Networks." " The post seems to be asking about why there seems to be a rise and fall to social networks and should we worry about that or just go along with it. From the land of Huh?

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 8, 2009

Tools - Don't Waste Your Time , May 10, 2009 Informal Learning Technology - eLearning Technology , May 11, 2009 Capture Examples - eLearning Technology , May 29, 2009 Presentation: Blogs in Education - Don't Waste Your Time , May 22, 2009 Top Other Items The following are the top other items based on social signals.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2010

Wikis, blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking, RSS feeds, microblogs, social networking. and to learn. Formal learning is not the only type of learning possible, you see. we are informally learning something new. we are learning informally. Informal learning and Web 2.0

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Janet Clarey

AUGUST 19, 2009

Some quotes and talking points: “Social learning technologies must be seen as the medium for relationship creation, not information exchange.&# (Digenti, 2000). “Learning is an integral and inseparable aspect of social practice.&# (Lave & Wenger, 1991). Make Space for Informal Learning.

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Litmos

JANUARY 16, 2019

Performance support and social networks are two other key elements, and don’t neglect them. Don’t equate information with ability. One of the wrong ways to do courses is to get information from SMEs and present it to the learners (whether or not you add a knowledge test). It’s human nature.

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Jay Cross

JULY 29, 2015

I concluded that: Flipping conference presentations can vastly improve learning outcomes. Community First! Events should focus on nurturing the L&D community of practice before content. Many Next Practices for conferences (I’ve listed 30) are not difficult to implement. Encourage social networking.

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Mindflash

MAY 23, 2012

In a series of blog posts, I plan to provide further detail on each of the five critical skills that co-author Mitchell Levy and I believe learning professionals can put to use right away. Learning pros should never wait for a class to be perfect. Social/Informal Learning. collaboration, and performance support.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MAY 24, 2009

Over the last year or so we have talked with hundreds of companies about their desire to transform their corporate training programs to take advantage of social networking, knowledge management, communities of practice, and better models of blended learning.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MAY 24, 2009

Over the last year or so we have talked with hundreds of companies about their desire to transform their corporate training programs to take advantage of social networking, knowledge management, communities of practice, and better models of blended learning.

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

If you are immersed in technology mediated communication, there are no apparent barriers to membership of your community of practice. It is your personal network. It is your virtual community. How can we harness the power of these tribal characteristics in organisational learning? Call it what you wish.

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Janet Clarey

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Q: What social media tools is Cornerstone OnDemand incorporating into their LMS? Cornerstone Connect is the company's new enterprise social networking platform. Alumni/retiree engagement networks - Alumni and retiree networks are a great first step for an organization wanting to test social networking waters. .

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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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Challenge to Learn

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The feeling is that we are now on the verge of a new phase in the development of e-Learning. Virtual worlds, Informal learning, learning on the job, lifelong learning, collaborative learning, adaptive learning, blended learning, game based learning, skill based learning, communities of practice, et cetera.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 21, 2012

This is social business. Informal learning thrives here. Make your social networks thrive. Get your mobile learning strategy together. Data-driven organization, outsourcing / franchise models (company = data), high volume, high variety (personalized information), structural competence visualization.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

APRIL 29, 2007

Communities of Practice: Addressing Workforce Trends Through New Learning Models Some good quotes from the article above: "Organizations would be well-advised to shift budgets and resources from formal learning settings to informal situations where the majority of learning actually takes place."

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

Better that it’s your informed choice than someone else’s across-the-board cuts. Formal learning tends to be expensive; informal cuts costs because it’s learner-driven. When feasible, replace formal learning experiences with bottom-up experiential networks. Be decisive.

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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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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. Informal learning - what is it?

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eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 8, 2009

New online book on mobile learning -available for free download - Ignatia Webs , June 12, 2009. Informal learning patterns - Informal Learning , June 26, 2009. Where Organizations Go Wrong With e-Learning - MinuteBio , June 20, 2009. Time Spent - The Learning Circuits Blog , June 1, 2009. eLearning 3.0

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Jay Cross

JULY 6, 2009

The top posts from sources selected for Informal Learning Flow in the first six months of 2009: Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles - OReilly Radar , January 11, 2009. Ten years after - Informal Learning , January 10, 2009. Dimensions of Social Groups - Workplace Learning Today , May 18, 2009.

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