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Informal first

E-Learning Provocateur

It is well documented that the vast majority of learning in the workplace is informal. This 70:20:10 breakdown has since been supported by subsequent research , though sometimes the ratio is represented as 80:20 to reflect informal learning and formal training respectively. • 20% on informal learning.

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Myth #6: learning and development should try to achieve a ratio of 70:20:10

Docebo

Learning and development – Should you strive for a “perfect” ratio of 70:20:10? Should Learning and Development professionals strive for a firm 70:20:10 ratio , or are the numbers more flexible? 70:20:10 is not about trying to achieve a set ratio. DOWNLOAD THE FREE WHITEPAPER. DOWNLOAD THE FREE WHITEPAPER.

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A Learning Impact Process

Upside Learning

There are many reasons that performance can be lagging, including the wrong rewards, the wrong information, insufficient resources, as well as a lack of skill. While ideally, we’d have a ratio closer to 80/20 for practice versus content, in many cases the budget expectations are for that ratio to be reversed.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. It sounds like Weejee is growing quickly with Ian and Tracy at the helm, but they too are frustrated with the slow adoption of informal learning. Go take a peek.

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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

Dashe & Thomson

The era of “left brain” dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which “right brain” qualities-inventiveness, empathy, meaning-predominate. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network by Jolene on April 28, 2011 in Informal Learning , Instructional Design , Training Development , Video , social learning According to the 1996 report from the U.S.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Because the people on the edge were more likely to be connected to other network clusters, and therefore had access to information that was not available to people who were “buried” at the middle of a cluster. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them.