Tony Karrer

JANUARY 26, 2009

I've always been a big believer in the value and power of informal learning. Over the past few years, I've written quite a few posts about informal learning. is one part of systematizing support for informal learning. I just saw that Josh Bersin wrote about this issue. In many ways, eLearning 2.0

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Of late, I’m working in a couple of engagements where the issue of learning and performance strategy have come up. I think it’s worth laying out some of the issues and thinking, and of course I welcome your thoughts. Another issue is management: lifecycle monitoring, ownership, and costs.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2016

One can think of several reasons; you can collect data to: Generate user feedback about the learning interventions (. eg e learning modules) that you have offered. What about the privacy of employees, we can simply collect their learning data as an organization? This will help you get a grip on the data you will need to collect.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Informal Learning: Are We Missing a HUGE Opportunity? with Bob Mosher of Learning Guide Solutions, presented by Massachusetts Chapter of ISPI and sponsored by Kineo. Work-flow issues and choosing the right tasks – get to a behavior focused list, not a task list. This real-live event happened October 21 in Westford, MA.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 11, 2009

There's a fantastic post by Stephen Downes - New Technology Supporting Informal Learning. This is an issue that I've found fascinating about networks – content-centric vs. people-centric. Thanks Stephen for a great post and a lot of insights into the technology side of supporting informal learning.

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Mindflash

JUNE 7, 2012

.” It may sound like the slogan of some bizarre independence movement, but the idea, as advocated on the blog, is actually a common-sense approach to ensuring your training practice lines up with what scientists know about how people actually learn. Are you short changing informal learning? ” Mixing and Matching.

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Jay Cross

JANUARY 16, 2013

Why isn’t L&D supporting informal learning? Informal learning is important. The CLOs reported “…there is little knowledge about how exactly to support informal learning.”. Informal learning is a top priority in most corporate L&D plans. Join me to explore why.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 19, 2013

Informal learning has answers to some of the most pressing educational challenges organizations face. ” Social learning has always been a part of the workplace. There are many benefits to incorporating social learning into training and development.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Learning management systems and learning content management systems are the centerpiece for many learning departments, but most organizations are unaware that these systems have capabilities to support informal learning. What follows are 12 ways to engage a workforce in informal learning tactics.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today eLearn Magazine published a story on the debate at Oxford on whether informal learning is more style than substance. More on the debate.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 25, 2007

I just saw a post by David Wilson - Real metrics on Informal Learning that asks about a subject that we would all like to know. Is investing in informal learning effective? That was the discussion in: Numbers and Informal Learning as well as on The Learning Circuits Blog: The Numbers Behind Informal & Formal.,

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Great post by Denham Grey - Perennial KM issues that are very similar to the core problems that we deal with in eLearning: How to speed learning, increase awareness and share experiences. Providing environments, tools and processes that encourage informal learning, knowledge sharing of effective practices and stimulate innovation.

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Marcia Conner

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Jay Cross came to our house today to riff with me about informal learning. It seems I'm one of the only people who has been talking about and writing about this stuff for longer than Jay and he wanted to hear what I thought were the key issues and guiding.

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Marcia Conner

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Jay Cross came to our house today to riff with me about informal learning. It seems I'm one of the only people who has been talking about and writing about this stuff for longer than Jay and he wanted to hear what I thought were the key issues and guiding.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2013

Informal learning has answers to some of the most pressing educational challenges organizations face. ” Social learning has always been a part of the workplace. There are many benefits to incorporating social learning into training and development.

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Vignettes Learning

APRIL 22, 2010

I nformal Learning Hits Brick Walls There is more than one way to implement informal learning. It is better to deal with the "formal" requirements of the organization on informal learning. This is a reality for many types of enterprise programs that impacts learning, work and performance. Ray Jimenez, PhD.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A few astute people noticed it, wrote about it and brought it to the forefront of the learning arena. In fact, the buzz about informal learning seems to grow every day. Social learning technologies, which often facilitate informal learning, seem to have paved the way for greater interest in this approach.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 14, 2006

I've written about exactly this issue several times: Elves, Measuring Results and Informal Learning Informal Learning is Too Important to Leave to Chance Guidance Needed - Are we Misguided in Informal Learning and Collaborative Learning Techniques and have read lots about this. Let's get real.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Every morning, my email is littered with very basic questions about informal learning. I’ve been ranting about informal and computer-supported learning in organizations for twelve years now. I’m the Johnny Appleseed of networked, social learning. Connie: What is your definition of informal learning?

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 31, 2010

We also feel that it can be used for more than just travel issues. For example, the current rage in the training industry is informal learning. In turn, they will be unleashing a horde of ignorant and pesky co-workers who will be seeking you out for information. Three Practical Ideas for Using Twitter in E-Learning.

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Jay Cross

MAY 7, 2010

Let’s talk about how we see the world on these issues. Tags: Informal Learning Workscaping. People tell me this is worth watching. You tell me. It’s 104 minutes long. Please skip around. Leave a comment below.

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Infopro Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

You can place employees at the center of their development by: Allowing them to decide what to learn, how to learn, and where to learn. Providing them with the necessary eLearning tools and informal learning approaches to ensure effective learning. Ensure Transparency.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Thursday, February 22, 2007 Informal Learning -- Getting Learners to Ask the Right Questions In a post on informal learning by Ray Sims (thanks to Tony ), he lists out a whole bunch o good things "to do on behalf of increasing informal learning aligned with company strategy and goals."

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LearningGuild

MARCH 30, 2010

Jay Cross and his friends have updated Jay’s unbook on informal learning, to reflect the. movement of learning into the Internet Cloud. provocative questions that bring the issue down to ground level. There are checklists, tools, images, charts, and.

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Docebo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For these companies, enabling permanent learning has become a CEO’s agenda and not just a CHRO’s issue. It comes as no surprise that Learning Culture is taking on such importance. Traditional training won’t cut it anymore, learning needs to be quick, flexible, multi-device and social.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 15, 2019

The article is about a (hypothetical) learning journey, and talks about how learning objects are part of that learning process. My issue is with the locus of the curation of those objects; should it be the organization, an AI, or the community? It led to some reflections that I want to share. ” Count me skeptical.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 8, 2011

The Swiss situation is probably a management and cultural issue; in Africa, the issue may be bandwidth or availability of terminals and PCs. What if we discover a mere handful of our employees in Switzerland logged onto the network last month? What if that were happening in Zimbabwe? Network analysis.

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Docebo

JUNE 24, 2019

Learning and development (L&D) professionals are facing increasing forces of change, which are shaking up the traditional focus on formal learning. Central to this is a new understanding of the power of social and informal learning that is undoubtedly influencing the role L&D needs to play today.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 12, 2020

The domain’s likely built upon some predecessor concepts that may be familiar, but can a motivated and self-effective learner get this in a reasonable amount of time, or will they benefit from a learning experience? There’s the further issue of creating a learning culture, too, where people share and cooperate.

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TOPYX LMS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Constructivism isn’t just some dry theory; it is a living, breathing facilitator of informal learning. When a learner is engaged to the point of being a teacher to his or her peers, complacency ceases to be an issue. However, the issue is deciphering how to create this culture. This changes company culture permanently.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

APRIL 20, 2009

Harold notes the 80-20 funding ratio between formal and informal learning and Will Thalheimer questions this funding differential in the comment section. Of that, about $30 billion is spent on formal training, while the remainder, $180 billion is spent on informal or on-the-job training. So which chart do we believe?

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Zephyr Learning

JUNE 25, 2013

With this true 24/7 approach to learning, there is a slightly worrying trend which organisations will have to bridge – formal learning ‘v’ informal learning. Easy access to open information and resources make it difficult for any organisation to understand and control the appropriateness of the information being consumed.

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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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Allison Rossett

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Tweet Today, the buzz is about informal learning. Are your programs informal? Are they as informal as you want them to be? Are you moving forward to bring informal learning to your organization? Are you certain that you know what informal learning is, how it differs from the formal?

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KnowledgeOne

JUNE 22, 2022

7 principles of 21st-century learning and elearning. Communication tools to increase engagement in online learning. 7 strategies for in-depth learning. The Social Dimension in Online Learning. Informal Learning 101. The post Collaborative or cooperative learning? Self-training 101.

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Jane Hart

MAY 20, 2012

My two recent Learning in the Workplace surveys showed that ( a ) people consider that informal learning is much more important, if not essential, to them than training, and ( b ) that they learn informally on a much more regular (if not continuous) basis than they learn formally. Issue is.

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Docebo

JULY 23, 2021

Make sure your learning platform is set up in a way that provides the right courses and content to the right audience, based not only on an individual’s role but also to cover off specific issues or needs that might arise within a given position.

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