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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

By George Siemens Introduction Learning Management Systems (LMS) are often viewed as being the starting point (or critical component) of any elearning or blended learning program. This perspective is valid from a management and control standpoint, but antithetical to the way in which most people learn today.

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Informal learning: Why it matters to a business

ProProfs

If applied right, informal learning can become the competitive edge for every company. Why does informal learning demand equal importance as formal learning? If you are thinking how to approach this, here are few pointers that will throw light on why informal learning assumes relevance for a company.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005. It’s not enough for people within functional areas (clusters) to connect. Properly d. Properly d.

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6 Benefits of Informal Learning

TalentLMS

Perhaps the highest level of learning with the deepest cognitive impact is informal learning. It’s what we call those precious learning moments where passion and curiosity meet to break all motivation and knowledge barriers. Informal learning is a great outlet for reflective practice or experiential learning.

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Informal Learning 2.0

Jay Cross

Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 2009. Informal Learning 2.0. Some cutting-edge corporations are adopting a new bundle of practices — let’s call them informal learning 2.0 — in order to improve operating efficiency by: • Slashing time to performance. Increasing customer loyalty though learning.

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Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What

Tony Karrer

Great post by Harold Jarche - Informal Learning and Performance Technology responding to my post - Informal Learning - Let's Get Real. Performance Interventions ** Learning Interventions Instructional Interventions (e.g., Performance Interventions ** Learning Interventions Instructional Interventions (e.g.,

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Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Professionals immeresed in communities of practice have a larger zone of proximal development. In a flattened learning system, there are fewer experts and more fellow learners on paths that may cross. Knowledge Delivered in Any Other Form Is.