Jay Cross's Informal Learning

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Corporations need to catch up on open content

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Free, open content provides an irresistible value proposition. I predict we’re going to see more and more shared corporate content. “We all realize that content is just the first step.&#. “We all realize that content is just the first step.&#.

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Informal Learning Center

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Formal training and workshops account for only 5% to 20% of what people learn from experience and interactions. Order the Informal Learning book or read a summary or download the Informal Learning Poster. What is Informal Learning? Need to get your arms around the essence of informal learning in business in a hurry?

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Informal learning: the real deal. Free.

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

I nformal Learning has been getting a lot of buzz lately. Many vendors claim to offer informal learning, or even “informal learning management&# without having changed anything beyond the words in their advertising. Informal Learning: Five Ways to Do More with Less. What are the different ways people learn?

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Take this free, brief, online course on Learning to Learn

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Addictive Learning That Sticks. Learn by answering a few emailed questions every other day? The SpacedEd approach is predicated on a set of core principles: Short Repeated Bursts: Because it uses a regular schedule and an adaptive algorithm, learning can be delivered in small amounts that can take as little as 3 minutes a day.

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The New Social Learning

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

The New Social Learning. Yesterday afternoon, an acquaintance who was appointed chief learning officer of one of the UK’s major banks three weeks ago asked me where to find some great examples of social & informal learning. It’s easy to pooh-pooh “social learning&# but impossible to argue with success.

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Informal Learning and Learnscapes

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Working Smarter: The “unbook&# that shows why informal learning must be part of everyone’s future learnscapes. I finished reading the book last week and have been meaning to summarize my learning from it. I have read Informal Learning and this one sums it all up. By Sahana Chattopadhyay via Amplify.

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Informal learning patterns

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Learnscaping describes a dozen learning patterns, e.g. processes that organizations are using to improve performance through networked informal learning. It takes virtually no time to author (to contribute online content) and few if any approval loops exist. Online content is generated by many people.

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