E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The difference between training and performance support proxies (at least IMHO) the difference between formal and informal learning, and I do not intend to rehash that which others such as Jane have already documented so well. Well, I think an awareness of this relationship informs our approach as L&D professionals.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 22, 2014

So the formal training needs to be sustained, and a powerful way of doing that is with an informal learning environment. A key component of the informal learning environment is the content repository – such as an intranet or a wiki – that contains content that the employee can search or explore at their discretion.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

As in the earlier volumes, my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of e‑learning related themes in the workplace, including: • Mobile learning. • Informal learning. • The future of e-learning. E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 3 is available in both paperback and Kindle formats.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 3, 2019

Over the course of my career, I’ve witnessed a slow but steady shift away from formal learning to informal learning. The informal first philosophy balances the pendulum by empowering the employee to self-direct their learning in accordance with their personal needs.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 16, 2013

I consider this an important point because as learning in the corporate sector becomes more informal, the employee’s motivation to drive their own development will become increasingly pivotal to their performance, and hence to the performance of the organisation as a whole. Open badges can formally recognise informal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

As learning in the workplace becomes increasingly informal, the motivation of employees to drive their own development becomes increasingly pivotal to their performance. You see, we love learning. This is a point that I fear many of our peers fail to grasp.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

and The ILE and the FLE in harmony , I advocate the development of a virtual Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with the Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration. Informal learning. I believe in the power of informal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

Let me explain by rewinding a little… In my previous post Informal first , I articulated a mindset that prioritises informal learning over formal training. I argued in favour of providing all the necessary learning resources to the target audience in an open, structured format.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

As in the first volume, my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of e-learning related themes in the workplace, including: • social business. • informal learning. • mobile learning. • microblogging. • data analysis. • digital influence. • customer service.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

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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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 15, 2010

I advocated the development of Informal Learning Environments (ILEs). A Formal Learning Environment (FLE) which manages that learning. The ILE will contain self-paced, self-directed, unmeasured learning resources such as readings, video clips, podcasts and discussion forums.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2021

And when I use the word pedagogy in my capacity as an L&D professional in the corporate sector, I’m referring to the full gamut of training, coaching, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, on-the-job experiences and performance support for my colleagues across 70:20:10.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2013

Analyse the pre-information of your chosen mooc to ensure it will give you what you need. Sometimes they’re informative, so take notice. Think of moocing as informal learning. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of this mode in light of your personal circumstances. Secondly: “Why this mooc?”

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The book is entitled E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1 and my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of themes in the modern workplace, including: • social media. • learning theory. • learning styles. • blended learning. • informal learning. • mobile learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 20, 2013

Perhaps we need to look at learning differently. Perhaps we need to look at learning differently indeed. The proponents of informal learning don’t care. Nor do the proponents of constructivist learning. Nor, dare I suggest, do the proponents of social, mobile and blended learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Mobile learning. • Mobile learning – Push or pull? Informal learning. • Doctoring the Informal Learning Environment. . • The big myth of social networking. • Foching up social media. • The 4 S’s of mobile design. • Viva la evolution. Content development.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

Let me explain by rewinding a little… In my previous post Informal first , I articulated a mindset that prioritises informal learning over formal training. I argued in favour of providing all the necessary learning resources to the target audience in an open, structured format.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Learning theory & instructional design. • Taxonomy of Learning Theories. • Theory-informed instructional design tips. • The two faces of blended learning. • Art vs (Information) Science. Informal learning. • How to revamp your learning model. Government 2.0.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

That concerns me because I’ve been blogging a lot about a revamped learning model which relies heavily on Web 2.0 technologies to support informal learning. In the back of my mind, I realise that revolutionising the learning model in this way would shock some organisations.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

Constructivism, connectivism and informal learning. While instructivism and formal learning are valuable, they comprise only one piece of the puzzle. Of course, I realise I’m not telling you – a fellow learning professional – anything you don’t already know.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

When we worry about the status of their credentials or lose sleep over their completion rates, we’re perpetuating an out-dated paradigm of education based on formal learning. I prefer to see MOOCs through the lens of informal learning which values the learning over its bureaucracy. I see more scope in pull learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

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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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

As in the first volume, my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of e-learning related themes in the workplace, including: • social business. • informal learning. • mobile learning. • microblogging. • data analysis. • digital influence. • customer service.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Mobile learning. • Mobile learning – Push or pull? Informal learning. • Doctoring the Informal Learning Environment. . • The big myth of social networking. • Foching up social media. • The 4 S’s of mobile design. • Viva la evolution. Content development.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The book is entitled E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1 and my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of themes in the modern workplace, including: • social media. • learning theory. • learning styles. • blended learning. • informal learning. • mobile learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 9, 2010

Already we are seeing an acceleration in the sales of e-books, which I expect will correlate with a resurgence of reading as an informal learning activity. But I suggest that another, less obvious, effect of the e-book phenomenon will be a resurgence of storytelling as an informal teaching activity. A lost art.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This is a classic example of informal learning , and it’s central to the evolution and modernisation of workplace training. I share my knowledge, and I learn a lot more in return. Tags: Twitter informal learning social media social networking enterprise 2.0 Personal applications. participatory culture.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

I’m also keen to add information about our mentoring and coaching programs. It’s our first port of call for learning. It transforms a formal learning environment into a more informal one. It returns the power (and responsibility) of learning back to the learner.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 20, 2013

Perhaps we need to look at learning differently. Perhaps we need to look at learning differently indeed. The proponents of informal learning don’t care. Nor do the proponents of constructivist learning. Nor, dare I suggest, do the proponents of social, mobile and blended learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

To me it’s a total waste of time reposting the information that already exists somewhere on the intranet in a pdf. It seems that if we just point people in the right direction for the information we can’t be sure they’ve read it. It’s no longer about what we know but more about where to find the information and apply it to tasks.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2010

In a nutshell, it means you still have plenty of scope to increase your social media activity and realise the corresponding benefits of collaboration, engagement and informal learning. If so, what does it mean? Take it to the next level. So what does your organisation need to do to take social media to the next level?

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 25, 2011

There is plenty of scope for informal learning solutions (for example) which are less time and money hungry – and arguably more effective! So I don’t challenge whether substantial resources should be assigned to leadership development, but rather how they should be assigned.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2015

Sure, they may be thoughtfully filtered and informatively annotated, but a hotchpotch is a hotchpotch. It’s worth remembering that education is not the provision of information; it is sense making. For example, it may inform the sequence of an online course. (In This content is new knowledge.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 5, 2012

Write the information down and their corner of the market would be lost. • Formal vs informal learning. • Learning styles. All of the material was presented orally … instructors realized that their job security, to a large extent, hinged on their knowledge of a system or component of the space station.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Indeed when I studied this discipline at university, much of the learning theory (for instance) enjoyed a broad canon of knowledge to which students such as myself could refer. Soozie makes the point that information sources go beyond what the web and other technologies can channel. It was even documented in textbooks.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 4, 2015

Studies of the impact of learning styles are typically based on teaching in a classroom setting , often in the K12 sector. Yet we know in the workplace the vast majority of learning is informal. Furthermore, the statistics are based on scores achieved via formal assessment.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Readers of this blog will be familiar with my obsession passion for informal learning environments , but in this instance I’m not referring to the constructivist approach. Notwithstanding the advantages of the three aforementioned classroom options, there is yet another option that is often ignored by educators: no classroom.

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