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The Importance of Informal Learning at the Workplace

Origin Learning

In this blog post, we examine ‘informal learning’ and see how it can play a major role in modern workplace learning. Understanding Informal Learning? You start looking at various travel websites, blog posts by travel bloggers, and follow travel groups on Facebook for further information. 20% of learning is social.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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Keep It Casual: Crafting Better Informal eLearning Experiences

TalentLMS

Whether you’re short on time, learner motivation, or just need to improve your learning culture, informal eLearning experiences offer a fresh, less rigorous way of thinking about learning. Now, informal learning is no new thing. Much of what we learn in the “real world” happens informally, and often without our awareness.

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How Mobile Apps Can Act as Social Learning Tools

Origin Learning

Instant messaging, e-mails, texts, social media interactions- all of these have become an inseparable part of our lives ever since the smartphone revolution has taken place. You forward informative or entertaining messages, access social media to know what’s happening around, read and share content and what not.

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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

Skype – instant messaging and VoIP call tool. Facebook – social networking site. Some observations: The top 10 is like a who’s who of social and informal learning tools. Slideshare – presentation hosting and sharing tool. Google Reader – RSS feed reader. Wordpress – blogging tool. Moodle – course management system.

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Is the Future of Training Microlearning?

ATD Learning Technologies

They are comfortable with them, and thus demand delivery of information in lightning speed. This need for information fast carries over into the workplace. Learners can use their smartphones or tablets for information where they want, when they want. Gaining any kind of information when and where the need arises is critical.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

Collaborative sharing and commenting on information. Short Text Messaging. Text message that are short bursts sent from a cell phone or a computer directly to another cell phone or computer. Text-based messaging systems allow for quickly communicating with someone in a synchronous environment. Older versions are archived.