Learning Visions

OCTOBER 1, 2010

To all of my local Massachusetts colleagues and readers, be sure to put this event on your calendar and then get yourself there! Hope to see you there! ** Mass ISPI Fall 2010 Workshop, O ctober 21 Informal Learning: Are We Missing a HUGE Opportunity? Tags: bob mosher ispi informal learning.

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eFront

OCTOBER 29, 2012

“It’s critical that training and development professionals not go overboard with command and control when they support informal learning. And since informal learning makes up the bulk of learning inside organizations, this could be a truly perilous move.” ~ Patti Shank, Director of Research at The eLearning Guild.

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eLearning Industry

APRIL 6, 2019

Which benefits can your organization draw from social media live eLearning events? In this article, I’ll highlight 6 unexpected advantages of hosting live eLearning events on popular social media platforms. Are they really a viable training tool, or should you focus your resources elsewhere?

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Informal Learning: Are We Missing a HUGE Opportunity? with Bob Mosher of Learning Guide Solutions, presented by Massachusetts Chapter of ISPI and sponsored by Kineo. This real-live event happened October 21 in Westford, MA. 3 domains: formal, informal, performance support.

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Degreed

APRIL 14, 2017

According to the latest Bersin Corporate Learning Factbook, the best L&D organizations deliver significantly more on-demand resources like articles, videos and books, and up to 20% fewer hours via formal training (ILT, vILT, e-learning). But truly measuring the value of informal learning can be tricky.

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ATD Learning Technologies

AUGUST 14, 2017

This approach combines traditional training sessions, either in person or online, with informal learning opportunities like microlearning assets and social collaboration. Informal learning implementation feels complicated. How will they want to use that information?” How to Bridge the Gap.

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Jay Cross

JUNE 13, 2012

Next month I’ll be offering an experiential workshop on Informal Learning through Jane Hart’s Social Learning Center. The month-long event is appropriate for decision-makers, designers, CLOs, innovation leaders, managers of communications, and others who want to accelerate learning in their organization.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 11, 2009

There's a fantastic post by Stephen Downes - New Technology Supporting Informal Learning. So as you read this, keep in mind that Stephen was primarily talking about technology that can support a Formal Learning Event that heavily leverages Informal / Social Learning as it's primary mechanism.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2016

Experience API, XAPI, Learning Record Stores, TinCan API do you know what this is about? Last year I participated in a fringe event during the Learning and Technologies conference and it was funny to be emerged into a topic I didn't have a clue what is was. It all sound rather technical. I didn't even know what to ask.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Technology and the business environment are changing so quickly, structured training has by necessity taken a back seat to informal learning as the dominant approach to workplace development. Self-Directed Informal Learning Experience alone can be an inefficient instructor. “Our company is ambitious.

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Learningtogo

OCTOBER 30, 2017

As we all know, informal learning in a social setting is one of the most powerful ways to change behavior and learn new skills, yet many of us struggle to find those opportunities for our own development. Membership in ATD, at the local and global levels, is one way to plan for your own development as a learning professional.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 17, 2023

So I’m grateful when the event is recorded and I can play it back later. In this largely informal learning environment, the mode of delivery does matter because the decision to participate rests with the individual. But, more often than not, I don’t do that either.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

Key performance indicators for social and informal learning identify knowledge hubs and lead to better results. Just as social learning and technology have modernized the way learning occurs in companies today, they also have made a mark on the key performance indicators learning leaders should capture and measure.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 2009. Informal Learning 2.0. Some cutting-edge corporations are adopting a new bundle of practices — let’s call them informal learning 2.0 — in order to improve operating efficiency by: • Slashing time to performance. Increasing customer loyalty though learning.

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Docebo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

191 high-performing managers were asked the following question: “ Identify at least three key events in your career that made a difference in the manner that you manage today. 2) What did you learn from it?” Events in relation to: a difficult work task, a person in their entourage (generally their manager), reading or training.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2013

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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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 27, 2010

UMBC’s ISD Now Webinar Series — Informal Learning: 5 Ways to do More with Less, April 20, 2010. UMBC’s ISD Now Webinar Series is UMBC’s ISD Graduate Program’s newest online platform to share ideas and information on topics related to business, organizational productivity and workplace learning and performance.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today eLearn Magazine published a story on the debate at Oxford on whether informal learning is more style than substance. More on the debate.

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Designing Digitally

JUNE 13, 2016

Learning doesn’t need to take place solely in front of a computer screen and keyboard. A system that tracks learning can take informal, social learning, or experiences in the real world and include those events alongside formal ones. Learners aren’t restricted to activities on the LMS.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Time and again, focusing on formal learning events alone turns out to be myopic. A more complete goal is to improve the whole learning environment – pre-class, in-class and post-class - through a variety of modalities, such as online self-study, virtual classes, reference materials and social informal learning.

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Obsidian Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

When you’re designing learning, don’t overlook the importance of informal learning. This is learning that takes place outside of the classroom or the eLearning activity. In fact, we typically learn more from informal learning than from formal learning experiences. Build a Learning Culture.

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InSync Training

MAY 7, 2019

Has your organization jumped on the blended learning bandwagon, yet? This formal- and informal-learning combination approach to training moves beyond “hot trend” – it offers the opportunity to support learners after structured events end. It makes sense.

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Docebo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

First, the model makes it seem like there is a clear division between three types of unconnected events: on-the-job learning, learning from peers and learning from formal training. Secondly, the 70-20-10 model can lead you to think you can do without formal learning. Learning from peers and sharing.

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Creativ Technologies

MAY 20, 2022

It’s because of the natural way of learning when you pick up skills yourself. There are, however, many advantages and disadvantages of such a training process: No tests: The foremost benefit of informal learning is that adults don’t like giving exams. This is where the problem with informal learning lies.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 24, 2023

As part of an extensive interview protocol, researchers asked these executives about where they thought they learned things from that led to their success – The Lessons of Success. The interviewers collected 616 key learning events which the research staff coded into 16 categories.

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InSync Training

JUNE 13, 2017

Training has a great track record of successfully teaching learners during formal events, but our programs often don’t address informal learning. And we know learners build critical skills during unstructured, non-facilitated events, like Googling a term or asking Holly in HR for guidance. Training Magazine Network Recap.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Of course, some are just new events in familiar guises, such as new clients, e.g. Quinnovation as usual. However, that’s what learning’s all about, right? It’s partly formal and partly informal learning, yet this is what I do. So here’s to more learning!

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 21, 2007

Great post by Ray Sims - What To Do On Behalf of Informal Learning? He provides a list of things he can do to help informal learning in his organization. A few that jump out at me: Help employees discover and refine their own personal learning environment Improve content findability. Make outside connections easy.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 5, 2013

The EPS discipline is pushing us [Training] into new territory that expands the scope of our deliverable from a training event transaction to seamless implementation of performer support [PS] assets to be consumed at the point of work.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Traditional learning programs and technology can be valuable tools to build behaviors, strengthen your talent bench, adhere to regulatory requirements, and more. But these learning tools are often event-based, siloed activities. They don’t often mirror how we learn in our everyday lives.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

He was the guru of informal learning who pushed us to think outside of the traditional model of formal courses and training. He may not actually have been the one to coin the term “e-learning,” but he certainly shaped and led the field. Formal and Informal Learning. ” ― Real Learning.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 5, 2020

The Internet Time Alliance Award, in memory of Jay Cross , is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. He also speaks at industry events and shares what he has learned.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 17, 2007

At the eLearningGuild event, I attended a panel of CLOs from fairly large organizations (including EMC). First, none of the panelists seemed to focused on finding ways to support informal learning in the organization. Most of what they said was pretty much what you'd expect, however, what really surprised me were two things.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Community events are a great way to network with others, learn something new, or both. It wasn’t until after I started regularly attending conferences that I saw how valuable they can be for building a business, building a network, learning, and just having fun. Learn Something. Meet Someone. Teach Someone.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 8, 2011

Dan takes the logic further than I did last week in my post on how to assess learning initiatives. In brief, the Kirkpatrick levels are good for events, not processes. Increasingly, learning is migrating from events (think “workshop&# ) to processes (think “social learning&# ).

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Traditional learning programs and technology can be valuable tools to build behaviors, strengthen your talent bench, adhere to regulatory requirements, and more. But these learning tools are often event-based, siloed activities. They don’t often mirror how we learn in our everyday lives.

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Learning Pool

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Studies suggest that as little as 10% of what we learn comes from formal training programs. The rest comes from learning on the job – learning by doing – and informal learning, from our peers. Recognize informal learning: Make informal learning an explicit part of your training policy.

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