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Working smarter

Jay Cross

Working smarter involves trusting individuals to do what’s right and giving them the latitude to do it. You may be familiar with eLearning Learning but it also powers Leadership Digital, Career Digital and several others. We used this technology together to create a site called Informal Learning Flow. Working smarter.

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Bob Little is a writer , commentator and publicist who works globally, specializing in the corporate online learning industry. He is also a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Carmen and a Freeman of the City of London. After 25 years in the business, I’m still learning things about PR. There’s lots to be learned!

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The Smart Worker : recognises she learns to do her job as she does her job

Jane Hart

This is what we commonly refer to as “informal learning&# , and it is now accepted that most people’s learning in the workplace – ie around 80% happens in this way. Unfortunately, much of the discussion has been around how to “manage&# or “formalize&# or even “create&# informal learning.

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How to Replace Top-Down Training with Collaborative Learning (3)

Jay Cross

In its place enters social and informal learning hubs like on-demand content, live online discussions, wikis and forums, and searchable content archives. Forbes named Salesforce.com the world’s most innovative company. Activity streams should be available for the company at large and for workspaces. Others are not.

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Peeragogy

Jay Cross

Since the teacher learns more than the student, let’s all be both teachers and students. Esteemed co-learners, your job is to create new co-learning communities. If a group doesn’t exist for facilitate your informal learning, make one. Peeragogy is a set of techniques for collaborative learning and work.

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Giving up control

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In an article titled Taking the Social Media Plunge: Learning to Let Go , Andy McAfee explores the reluctance of traditional organizations to embrace social media (and informal learning). They’re worried about secrets slipping over Chinese walls and firewalls. Please comment if you’ve got insights on this.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

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.