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Favorite 2009 posts on Informal Learning Blog

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Here are the most popular posts on the Informal Learning Blog in 2009. Business Impact of Social and Informal Learning. T o implement social/informal learning infrastructure projects, learning and development professionals need to shift their focus from learning to earning.

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Walking to Work or Carrying Your Lunch? Putting Content Into Context. Part I.

Dashe & Thomson

We recognize its structure: There is an objective, a topic, a subject matter expert, an outline and – if we’re very lucky – some take-aways so that we have some tools or reminders of how to apply what we have learned. This is where informal learning and performer support absolutely shine. A Sidekick: what to do during the task.

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Inspiring E-Learning Quotes from the Great Masters

Learnnovators

We need to stop being order takers and instead analyze the performance problem and identify all the ways to solve that problem, many of which likely include providing just-in-time support, often online.” – Cathy Moore (From our interview with her). “ OUR FINDINGS: Quotes. “ You can share these tweetable quotes with your community.

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Learning Communities List

Tony Karrer

E-)learning network - Fairly active LinkedIn group/network for professionals working in the (E-)learning industry and informal learning industry. Listserv for professionals and students in the field of distance education and provide a forum for discussion of all aspects of distance education. LearningTown!

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Conferences can be better, a whole lot better

Jay Cross

The cliché is that you learn more in the hallways than in the classrooms. As in the workplace, informal learning at conferences has more impact than formal learning. Provide a generic ROI proposal for attending to send to the boss, saving people the time of working out the value to be extracted from the event.

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INSPIRING E-LEARNING QUOTES FROM THE GREAT MASTERS

Learnnovators

We need to stop being order takers and instead analyze the performance problem and identify all the ways to solve that problem, many of which likely include providing just-in-time support, often online.” – Cathy Moore (From our interview with her). “ So, here we go… OUR FINDINGS: Quotes. “

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Elliott Masie Learners as designers. Learning apps. Learning content will be transformed for easier consumption. Success metrics for learning will be based on content access, views, involvement and downloads. Learning leaders will be more focused on relevancy of information. Video galore.