Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2013

People acquire the skills they use at work informally — talking, observing others, trial-and-error, and simply working with people in the know. Formal training and workshops account for only 5% to 20% of what people learn from experience and interactions. What is Informal Learning? Informal learning in a nutshell.

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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. Workshop begins mid-July 2012. This is the alpha version of this workshop. This workshop is not a course. You learn by doing. with Jay Cross. Objectives.

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Docebo

JULY 8, 2016

A special offer for our New Zealand friends – Save 20% off eLearnz eLab workshop series. Corporate training is rapidly changing as organizations gain a better understanding of how people learn. Corporate training is rapidly changing as organizations gain a better understanding of how people learn. REGISTER NOW.

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TOPYX LMS

MAY 9, 2016

Modern students sit in classrooms for hours at a time as information is fed to them through lectures and PowerPoint presentations. How different this type of modern information transmission is from that of centuries past when behaviors and theories were learned by observation and practice. Read an informational blog post.

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Learnnovators

MAY 11, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 21, 2015

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. We also have been “learning-out-loud” and “working-out-loud”, thereby trying our best to practice this form of learning. THE JOURNEY. What are the trends?

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

I’ve written a few postings recently (notably Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does ) where I have tried to show how the fundamental changes in how businesses are operating, require a fundamental change in how the L&D function needs to view workplace learning. Traditional workplace learning.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 22, 2011

Froelich would become one of my favorite teachers of all time…not so much for what he taught me, but for what he allowed me to learn. Social learning , informal learning , self-directed learning and other similar buzzwords are all the rage in the training & development space these days.

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TalentLMS

AUGUST 16, 2017

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. Or what you learn about a colleague when you assist in their orientation process.

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Mindflash

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Do they learn more about their job from formal training (classroom, online, etc.) or do they learn more informally (from peers, managers, etc.)? You should find out, and here’s why: Informal learning accounts for over 75% of the learning taking place in organizations today. Reality Check.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2009

I’d leading a half-day workshop on how to implement informal learning the day before Online Educa in Berlin. For the main event , Charles Jennings and I are designing a two-day track titled Creating a New Era of Corporate Learning. How to put social learning into practice. Prerequisite Knowledge.

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Simply replace the word “business&# in the quote above with the word “learning&# and it still makes sense. So, for instance the first paragraph would now read: “Social Learning ” is not about technology, or about “corporate culture&#. Any learning outside training is not of any significance of interest to us.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I gave a workshop about humor, learned a lot about learning culture and got inspiration and pratical tips for gamification and. Together with Steven van Luipen and Ite Smit I gave a pre-conference workshop on ' Stimulating social learning by humour and playful design ', I will write a separate blog about our workshop.

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Digitec Interactive

AUGUST 13, 2020

Fast forward to a few days later, and you start to struggle to remember the information because you were never able to put it into practice. Learning new skills this way is so hard because it’s not the way our brain learns best. The model shows us the following: 70% of learning comes from experience.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 24, 2023

When 70-20 learning becomes visible and intentional, the implication is that Learning & Development has the opportunity to harness its potential. The challenge is how can L&D activate and support informal and social learning in an intentional, high impact way that builds a vibrant learning culture?

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Learning Pool

APRIL 22, 2021

High-end, classroom-based management and leadership training backed up with motivational workshops and books, has been the norm. These programs offer tailored content, one-to-one coaching, collaborative workshops, and the chance to meet and learn with your peers in the business. Social Intelligence Dashboard.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 5, 2019

This post first appeared in Internet Time Alliance News on July 5, 2019 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.

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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. Increasingly, learning is migrating from events (think “workshop&# ) to processes (think “social learning&# ). Kirkpatrick is about push, not pull, learning.

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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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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 22, 2014

However in the past 6 months improvements have plateaued despite improving the content and structure of the training workshops. So the formal training needs to be sustained, and a powerful way of doing that is with an informal learning environment.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 1, 2010

Jane Hart chimed in, reinforcing Harold’s point that “social learning is being picked up by software vendors and marketers as the next solution-in-a-box, when it’s more of an approach and a cultural mind-set&#. In additional to social learning , vendors are claiming to provide informal learning.

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Docebo

APRIL 28, 2016

From NextLearning 2016: Does social and informal learning work in the typical workplace? Below, Docebo’s own Daniel Rongo expands on the relationship between informal and social learning for an experiential training environment, and whether the 70:20:10 learning model holds up in practice.

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Growth Engineering

JUNE 16, 2017

This acts like a launchpad letting the learner do their own research which they can share with their peers in online social learning groups. How Blended Learning Changes the Training Manager’s Role. Face-To-Face Workshop. Social Tools. Mobile Learning Technology. Applying Learning On-The-Job.

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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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Learnnovators

JANUARY 18, 2014

Learning Analytics. Learning Styles (Personalized & Adaptive). Mobile Learning. Learning Modes (Informal Learning/Social Learning). Gamification and Game-based Learning. Video-based Learning. Social Learning/Informal Learning. Cloud Computing.

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 13, 2014

However, I am responsible for both as I am a one-person workshop, which also explains much of the rest of this list. Social Media (SoMe) expert and Informal Learning Catalyst - Sometimes I''m the go to guy to coach staff on utilizing SoMe or I''m the guy implementing informal/social learning.

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Jane Hart

JULY 2, 2012

In my recent webinar presentation for the LSG online conference, Using a collaboration platform for brilliant learning , rather than giving a PowerPoint presentation, I took the participants on a web tour of the Social Learning Centre.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 15, 2011

Speaking of the iPad, the growth of mobile devices has led to an increase in social and informal learning. Know how you can evaluate this new form of learning effectively. Whether online or in-line, here’s the necessary information. How To Evaluate Social And Informal Learning.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 15, 2009

eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e-Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e-Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 Ive recently been more interested in measures around social learning. most popular learning needs by job, level, business unit, etc.

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Learnnovators

MAY 15, 2015

INTRODUCTION: We are in the age of learning revolution or innovation. Understandably, it has a natural impact on corporate e-learning as well. In today’s scenario, with our renewed understanding of how people ‘learn’ (mostly informal, social, and less formal), this gains considerable significance.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MAY 25, 2011

I”m very excited to announce that starting in a few weeks our analysts will be going on a roadshow around the country to present our latest research and best-practices on social and informal learning. Read more» The post From E-Learning to We-Learning: National Workshop Series – Join Us!

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MAY 25, 2011

I”m very excited to announce that starting in a few weeks our analysts will be going on a roadshow around the country to present our latest research and best-practices on social and informal learning. Read more» The post From E-Learning to We-Learning: National Workshop Series – Join Us!

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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.

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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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TOPYX LMS

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of those things is leveraging webinars as a learning tool. A webinar, or a web-based seminar, is a presentation, workshop, seminar, or lecture that takes place online through video conferencing software. Truly, a webinar is a learning tool that appeals to and engages a variety of types of learners. Social learning tools.

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Learningtogo

MARCH 17, 2017

While this is nothing new, information from the science of learning has helped confirm the need to step back and think about new information, so that you can integrate into what you already know. Brain Awareness Week – Celebrating the Brain.

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Docebo

APRIL 15, 2020

Corporations find that employees most look forward to this bi-weekly or monthly knowledge share when the meal is provided by the company, but it just as easily works when you have employees congregate together with their lunch to learn together! Lunch and learns are a low pressure way to get people social learning during their favorite.

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