Jay Cross

APRIL 20, 2010

On the way home from the Swiss eLearning Conference, my mind was racing after three days of talking with interesting people and spreading the informal learning gospel. Not quite micro-learning, but a step in that direction. In time, the words will migrate into the Working Smarter unbook. The only thing new is the label.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

. * Working with management to fund and develop appropriate tools and processes for workers. For example, instructional designers no longer have time to develop formal courses. They need to find their own curriculum, figure out an appropriate way to learn it, and get on with it.

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Jay Cross

JULY 4, 2009

Agile Instructional Design. Building a learning ecology is a different exercise than building a training program. Hence, I am exploring how well the principles of agile programming might be incorporated into a new framework for instructional design. Informal Learning. We are abandoning classrooms.&#. Management.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Each of these is driving changes in the way we understand that learning needs to happen. Could you elaborate on this for our readers?

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Each of these is driving changes in the way we understand that learning needs to happen. Could you elaborate on this for our readers?

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Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance Training eLearning Consultant 100

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

In chat: Moderator (Tony Karrer): In some ways – we are spending more time learning – if we aren’t learning, we should examine if it’s a good use of our Knowledge Work time. Microcontent is little bits of digital information in a permanent state of flux and circulation. Learning objects are.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 29, 2009

Informal Learning After his questionable call on levels of instructor-led, classroom training in the future, Saul then tells us… More flawed than the analysis of the numbers is the proposition that formal classroom learning will be replaced by informal learning, which will primarily occur online through blogs and social computing tools.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

And they need to keep current with a buzz of things racing by.Workers expect to learn things in small chunks. Learning has shifted from something outside of work to something embedded in work. Stand-up instruction is giving way to peer learning. Creating useful, peer-rated FAQs and knowledge bases.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Work and learning have merged. Knowledge work has evolved into keeping up and taking advantage of connections. We learn on the job to do the job. In a time of increased business speed, learning is vital. To stay ahead and create more value, you have to learn faster, better, smarter.

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Diversity Training Blended Learning Social Networks Performance Support 95

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2011

In this 2011 edition, we added a more lucid description of workscapes, streamlined the social learning chapter, updated the cheat sheets, and included a glossary. Working smarter is the key to sustainability and continuous improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In fact, Frederick Taylor told workers, ‘You’re not paid to think’ Along came knowledge work. You could pilot your learning by looking in the rear-view mirror. Instructional designers no longer have time to develop formal courses. It’s cliché to say that people have to learn how to learn.

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Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Recommended Reading: The Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos. While nuanced functions inevitably require physical demonstrations, more universal tasks such as filling out time cards or basic, repetitive knowledge work can be proficiently communicated with a well-produced series of on-screen demonstrations and lectures.

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