Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 11, 2009

Temporary workers and the “company of one” will be providing more service — and corporations need to figure out how to develop these non-employees. more really tailored content has to be provided. So focus on small content tailored for the user and standardized so it can be build on.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2009

He will provide case examples of organisations that are taking advantage of Twitter, blogs, wikis, and other social networking tools. Online Educa has grown to become the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate and public service sectors in education and training. Berlin is beautiful in early December.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MAY 27, 2009

If you’re a teacher and you’re wedded to content-delivery as your primary means of instruction, Moodle can be an excellent choice of platform. Unlike Drupal or ELGG, Moodle enables you to set up courses and learning environments without any programming skills… as long as you have a step-by-step guidebook like this one.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The eLearning Coach is where I share actionable strategies, practical content, personal reviews and resources to help you design, develop and understand online learning. Can anybody really remember the content of their high school coursework?). Other people are providing the context and the need, even if they’re not in the room.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Conferences have traditionally provided foundation knowledge for instructional designers, trainers, CLOs, and others in the field. Response 4 Content / speakers / networking. Response 5 Relevant content and effective speakers. Provides an opportunity to interact with others and create collaborative work. Response 22.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2010

After succinct descriptions of what’s going on and why it matters, the book addresses the organizational roadblocks that inevitably arise and provides logical workarounds. Finished content is more valuable to works in progress. Wait – there’s more. I don’t have time. It’s overwhelming.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 25, 2009

Someone whose opinion I respect emailed me that they “think that there is a stronger moderation / content role needed for the sessions to give them a bit more push / direction,&# to which I replied. Congratulations to Scott Skibell for creating and uploading both standard-format videos and mp4s that you can download to your iPhone.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 16, 2010

Adaptive : The daily content adapts based on past performance automatically to drive long-term retention while requiring less time. Immediate Feedback: Once a question is answered, detailed educational feedback is provided. 16 of these provided feedback, usually including a one- to five-star rating.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 10, 2009

It’s not as if the monolithic TimeWarnerMicrosoftCisco Consortium is going to provide all the entertainment, training, phone calls, and news you’ll ever need. Furniture.com began providing operator assistance to customers buying by phone. Convergence works both ways. Personalized customer service pays. Knowledge is power.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 12, 2010

It’s factory approach to filling people’s heads with content. Today’s work is all about dealing with novel situations. These days, you are paid to think. Formal learning is patterned after schools. School doesn’t prepare people for life; training doesn’t prepare them for work.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 1, 2009

In their book Digital Habitats: Stewarding Technology for Communities , Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John Smith describe different community orientations in terms of meetings, open-ended conversation, projects, content, access to expertise, relationships, individual participation, community cultivation and service context.

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