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14 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 18

Upside Learning

The proportions of formal and informal learning vary with the task at hand, the context for learning, and the psyche of the learner. Generally, informal learning carries anywhere from four to ten times the weight of formal learning. Where Does Informal Learning Fit In? Read to know more.

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What Defines an Ideal Learning Management System?

Origin Learning

A simple tool designed to run learning modules and tests in an academic institution has evolved into an all-purpose application/software, which is now used in both academia and enterprise learning across the world. The Evolution of the Learning Management System. LMS pricing usually works on the ‘number of licenses model’.

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Bridging the divide

Learning with e's

Relatively, the UK is better off than most other countries in the world, but as the BBC News website reports , there are still a million children who are being left behind. It's an essential tool for learning. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Blurring the boundaries

Learning with e's

I'm increasingly conscious of the blurring of boundaries between formal and informal learning contexts. We spend much of our time in formal settings such as classrooms, training rooms and 'on the job' training, to learn the stuff that gets accredited through academic or vocational qualifications bodies. Unported License.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Back to School Reading List

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, September 04, 2009 Back to School Reading List Over on the Kineo website, we frequently post articles and tips on a variety of topics. Usually e-learning related, but you never know. United States License.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Pledge to End Hunger

Learning Visions

Just go to the website and do it. You can choose to share this website with others, volunteer your service, and/or donate to Share Our Strength. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. It’s really easy. Its just five minutes.

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PD in your PJs with #EDENchat

Learning with e's

Every chat is archived using the social media tool Storify , so that anyone can revisit the discussion at any time on the EDEN website here. It really is informal learning at its best, and as an added bonus, people who participate often discover other like minded individuals they would never have encountered otherwise.

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