Informal Learning and the Pivot Point
The Performance Improvement Blog
JANUARY 25, 2016
As David Grebow explained in his post about The Learning Curve and The Pivot Point , unless formal training (courses, workshops, seminars, webinars, etc.)
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Top 9 Competencies of an Informal/Social Learning Designer
Learnnovators
MARCH 15, 2014
However, some of the shifts may require us to move beyond the traditional definitions of ‘learning’. Informal/Social learning is one such major revolution (other than mobile learning and gamified learning) that demands a shift in the mere thinking of ‘learning’. Informal/Social Learning Design Competencies.
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Continuous Workplace Learning
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 10, 2013
I would add these other ways that the L&D role must also change: From scheduler of courses and workshops to facilitator of on-demand, informal learning experiences. From resource for information on-demand to curator of information vital to organizational performance.
Top 9 e-Learning Predictions for 2014
Learnnovators
JANUARY 18, 2014
Learning Standards/Specifications (Experience API). Learning Analytics. Learning Styles (Personalized & Adaptive). Mobile Learning. Learning Modes (Informal Learning/Social Learning). Gamification and Game-based Learning. Video-based Learning. Programming Languages (HTML 5).
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6 Steps To Creating Learning Ecosystems (And Why You Should Bother)
Learnnovators
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Central to this cultural shift is the understanding that learning happens by learners, not to them. When we really let that sink in, rather than just forcing attendance at a workshop or completion of an elearning module, the focus becomes creating a context that will encourage and support learning and high performance.
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Supporting the Social Workplace Learning Continuum
Jane Hart
JUNE 4, 2012
So one approach that I have been promoting is, instead of thinking of Formal and Informal Leaning as polar opposites, rather to think in terms of a Social Workplace Learning Continuum (as shown diagrammatically in the image on the right). But in order to support the full SWL Continuum, there are 5 points to take on board.
Jay Cross – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators
Learnnovators
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.
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Jay Cross
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
On Tuesday, November 10, Clark Quinn and I will be leading a workshop entitled Be the Future of Organizational Learning: Become a Chief Meta-Learning Officer in San Jose. We hear informal learning is important, but what does that mean concretely? What informal learning means concretely. *
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The Changing Nature of Workplace Learning
Learnnovators
MAY 4, 2015
This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. ” Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today’s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn.
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150 LEARNNOVATORS GAZES INTO THE FUTURE OF E-LEARNING WITH SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY
Learnnovators
AUGUST 19, 2015
Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning. Her passion is to help organizations become learning organizations through social and collaborative learning. and others.
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Is it self-defeating to write a book advocating Informal Learning over Formal?
The Learning Circuits
DECEMBER 3, 2006
I am happily reading Jay Cross' new book, Informal Learning. As one would expect, Jay writes well and I can easily recommend the book to anyone interested in organizational learning. Can one criticize formal learning models in a book? Isn't a book the epitome of what one is suggesting is the wrong model?
JAY CROSS – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS
Learnnovators
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.
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eLearning Learning Posts
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
Rypple - Informal Learning , November 8, 2009. The Information Architecture of Behavior Change Websites , November 10, 2009. DevLearn 2009 - Ruth Clark’s workshop on Scenario Based Learning , November 10, 2009. DevLearn 2009: Catch the WAVE: Google WAVE and e-Learning Applications , November 12, 2009.
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40 Design Thinking Culture Change in IBM
The Performance Improvement Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2015
It would be a mistake to assume that IBM designers and their customers (internal and external) will become proficient in design-thinking by simply attending a workshop or taking a set of courses. That might be the start, but learning and application of that learning must be an ongoing process.
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20 Awesome Quotes From Jay Cross
Learnnovators
NOVEMBER 12, 2015
I am giving below 20 awesome quotes from Jay’s interview : “ It’s not so much that the future is informal learning. That’s always been the primary way people learn to do their jobs. ”. “ If an organization is not addressing informal learning, it’s leaving a tremendous amount of learning to chance.
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Sahana Chattopadhyay – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators
Learnnovators
AUGUST 19, 2015
ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning. and others.
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4 Great tips for developing a learning culture
Matrix
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Drawing-up learning paths and periodically rewarding and recognizing their progress is great but it’s important to allow them to go through the learning material as they see fit and acknowledge that it’s all right to skip those modules they find contain information that is already familiar.
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7 Strategies to Facilitate “Working Out Loud”
Learnnovators
JULY 6, 2015
Meaningful Conversations – Most often, organizational learning gets locked up as a conversation between 2 or 3 people in their inboxes. Beyond Information Sharing – “Working out loud” is not about sharing information. This kind of sharing is generative leading to improved organizational know-how.
Awesome Quotes On The Evolving Nature Of Learning
Learnnovators
JUNE 13, 2015
New learners are self-directed, and are capable of organizing, driving and managing their own learning using the Internet. We are in agreement with Sugata Mitra about not just allowing access to information (via the Internet) during examinations, but also to base the testing process around this principle.
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Demystifying Working Out Loud
Learnnovators
NOVEMBER 9, 2015
We live in an age of information abundance but lacking in insight and wisdom; it is almost impossible to make sense of it as an individual. I deal with sensitive information and data. Having said that, there may well be data like employees personal information that must be protected. Why should I post it for all to see?
The 70:20:10 Lens
Learnnovators
MARCH 29, 2016
Conversely we can ask workshop attendees to share their experiences in class (connecting experience to education) or encourage them to call out for project opportunities (connecting exposure to experience). In the language of the framework, we are connecting education to experience, which in turn we connect to exposure.
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Becoming a Social Business – Beyond Culture Change
Learnnovators
DECEMBER 13, 2015
Underlying this military and manufacturing discourse is an insidious and difficult to pin down aspect – the scarcity mindset – be it of money, skills, information, time, talent, and so on. Sahana Chattopadhyay is an L&D Consultant, OD Specialist, Blended Learning Architect, Social Learning Evangelist, and Blogger.
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Laura Overton – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators
Learnnovators
JULY 9, 2015
Laura is a respected industry expert and speaker, conducting workshops and stimulating debate around the globe. Laura is an Academic Fellow of the CIPD and a fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute. Understanding how our staff are learning what they need to do in their jobs, in the sense of learning analytics.
Integrating Social Learning In The Workplace
Learnnovators
MAY 11, 2015
However, when one attempts to translate these into practices and manifested behaviours that will make sense in an organizational set-up, suddenly one is confounded by the existing processes and priorities that are most often in direct opposition to the spirit of the statements.
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176 The Best eLearning Websites to Bookmark
LearnUpon
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Delivered in a more relaxed, informal tone, Pugh’s advice is succinct and practical. His vlog provides lots of information via video about starting eLearning projects, creating content and working with eLearning platforms. Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community. E-Learning Uncovered. Resource Type: eLearning Vlogger.
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Social Technology, Community Management & Organizational Development
Learnnovators
AUGUST 6, 2015
While I cannot profess that L&D/OD specialists can change the nature of management, I can say that well-informed and skilled professionals from this field can enable an organization to empower its employees and management to acquire those skills that will get them to use the social technologies with greater efficacy.
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Learnnovators
JUNE 22, 2015
Because of its blended nature – formal course content with informal and social learning woven around it – MOOCs cannot be a top down endeavour. Sahana Chattopadhyay is an L&D Consultant, OD Specialist, Blended Learning Architect, Social Learning Evangelist, and Blogger.
Everybody’s Got Something To Teach…!!!
Learnnovators
MAY 23, 2016
It doesn’t matter whether it is useful or not, it is still information that I learned from a couple minutes of conversation. It may not be a big deal to most of you, but my livelihood depends on the keyboard and MS Word. It has made my work, and life, infinitely easier. Similarly, go out for a walk. It’s as simple a concept as that.
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Learnnovators
JANUARY 28, 2015
In this context, how do you think the existing ‘design model’ of the e-learning authoring tools need to evolve to adapt to these changes? Joe: I’m a firm believer that both formal and informal learning are necessary. The formal learning, whether classroom-based or eLearning-based, helps to set a foundation for further learning.
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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators
Learnnovators
JULY 20, 2015
Learnnovators: As we understand, for over 20 years, you have been writing about corporate e-learning and technology-related subjects, and have been keeping a tab on the global e-learning market trends (corporate sector). What does future learning (organizational learning in general and e-learning in specific) look like?
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MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 3: Launching a MOOC
Learnnovators
JUNE 8, 2015
Before I plunge into the heart of my analysis and discussion, I want to share a couple of snippets on Networked Learning from Wikipedia. ( [link] ). “ Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another’s learning.
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Facilitating Learning: On-grid and Off-Grid
Vignettes Learning
OCTOBER 5, 2007
We can apply Rick's ideas to how trainers can facilitate putting informal learning back on track and guided by structure. His idea helps persuade traditional trainers who worry about losing control over the learning by allowing too much informality through social networking tools in communities, WIKIs, blogs, chat, and other tools.
Joe Ganci – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators
Learnnovators
JANUARY 30, 2015
In this context, how do you think the existing ‘design model’ of the e-learning authoring tools need to evolve to adapt to these changes? Joe: I’m a firm believer that both formal and informal learning are necessary. The formal learning, whether classroom-based or eLearning-based, helps to set a foundation for further learning.
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Learnnovators
JUNE 8, 2015
Before I plunge into the heart of my analysis and discussion, I want to share a couple of snippets on Networked Learning from Wikipedia. ( [link] ) “ Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another’s learning.
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The Top Six Things Organizations Must Do to Enable Emergent Learning
Learnnovators
JANUARY 10, 2016
Today in the face of rapid change and technological evolution, this same model is failing us; it’s becoming a roadblock to seamless collaboration and flow of information. Sahana Chattopadhyay is an L&D Consultant, OD Specialist, Blended Learning Architect, Social Learning Evangelist, and Blogger.
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MOOCS IN WORKPLACE LEARNING – PART 5: SKILLS LEARNERS NEED TODAY
Learnnovators
JUNE 22, 2015
Because of its blended nature – formal course content with informal and social learning woven around it – MOOCs cannot be a top down endeavour. Sahana Chattopadhyay is an L&D Consultant, OD Specialist, Blended Learning Architect, Social Learning Evangelist, and Blogger. Power of Diversity.
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Jay Cross
DECEMBER 2, 2008
My workshop on Social Learning and the Web is tomorrow. Stephen Citron December 10, 2008 at 11:05 pm Jay, It was great to meet you in Berlin, and thank you for participating with us in our workshop. 39) Workscaping (2) WordPress Admin This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5
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36 Secrets of Working Smarter
Jay Cross
MARCH 30, 2010
Learning Solutions Magazine. Working Smarter: Informal Learning in the Cloud by Jay Cross and Friends. Jay, with his colleagues in the Internet Time Alliance, has recently produced the 2010 version of his “unbook,” Working Smarter: Informal Learning in the Cloud. By Jane Bozarth. March 30, 2010.
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43 Michael Allen – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators
Learnnovators
JANUARY 8, 2015
Learnnovators: You were part of many studies conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning to change behavior. What are the latest trends in organizational learning & development, and performance support? How do you think existing learning models need to evolve further to support workplace and social learning?
INFOGRAPHIC: 3 Facts About Mindset In Learning
Learnnovators
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
Mindset is an often ignored yet crucial factor in learning. Here are three well established aspects of mindset in learning, and each is supported with tips for learning designers to make the most of them. Check out our infographic, or view the text here: 1. YOU CAN PRIME YOUR BRAIN.
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Getting Started With Working Out Loud
Learnnovators
JUNE 29, 2015
Sahana Chattopadhyay is an L&D Consultant, OD Specialist, Blended Learning Architect, Social Learning Evangelist, and Blogger. Sahana’s work cuts across performance consulting, workplace learning strategies from formal to informal and social learning, knowledge management methodologies and adult learning principles.
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Learnnovators
NOVEMBER 29, 2015
Work smarter and make learning stick with these eight simple techniques. Arun Pradhan has over 17 years’ experience in digital and blended learning. Each one has well documented evidence based results behind them and are easy to implement. x—–x—–x—–x—–x.
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157 Clive Shepherd – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators
Learnnovators
APRIL 3, 2016
He works with a broad range of public and private sector organisations internationally, helping them to build capability in the application of new media to learning, and to transform workplace learning through the effective integration of formal, informal, on-demand and experiential learning.
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100 So many thoughts, so little time
Jay Cross
JULY 6, 2009
The top posts from sources selected for Informal Learning Flow in the first six months of 2009: Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles - OReilly Radar , January 11, 2009. Ten years after - Informal Learning , January 10, 2009. Dimensions of Social Groups - Workplace Learning Today , May 18, 2009.
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