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7 thoughts on informal learning

KnowledgeOne

“Any occasion is good for learning!” ” could be the motto of informal learning, this type of learning without structure or organization that we all do on a daily basis without realizing it and whose possibilities are attracting increasing interest, especially in the workplace. Concrete examples.

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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? Start with these: What’s informal learning?

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Insights: L&D is playing a key role in supporting informal learning

Clive on Learning

This post continues my commentary to the Learning Insights 2012 Report produced by Kineo for e.learning age magazine. The second of the ten 'insights' in the report is that ‘L&D is playing a key role in supporting informal learning'. Nothing lasts more than five minutes and the emphasis is strictly on practical application.

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A Dozen Ways To Promote Informal Learning

CLO Magazine

Learning management systems and learning content management systems are the centerpiece for many learning departments, but most organizations are unaware that these systems have capabilities to support informal learning. What follows are 12 ways to engage a workforce in informal learning tactics.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. Do you have suggestions about how one can avoid pitfalls to make learning transfer strong?

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The future of learning management

E-Learning Provocateur

You see, when most people think of an LMS, they think of formal learning. I think of informal learning. I think of reading a newspaper and chatting around the water cooler, and the myriad of ways that people learn stuff. And I wonder how we can acknowledge all of that learning. I don’t.

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3 Benefits of MOOCs in the Workplace

ID Reflections

I believe MOOCs, especially when referred to in the context of the workplace, are increasingly going to become a catch-all term for any online, large scale, learning intervention at the workplace. From the amalgamation of these two is emerging a new breed of MOOCs—the corporate MOOCs. But I am willing to hazard a few guesses.