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How to Start an Informal Learning Library with Screencasts

TechSmith Camtasia

So why wouldn’t we do the same for something as important as learning? Informal Learning helps us do just that. Online libraries that store informal learning content can prove to be very useful for both the learner and the teacher. What is Informal Learning? This is where informal learning comes in.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

This is where you can create your customized information portal. My passions in life include music, sports, Minneapolis and adult learning, so I search for experts in these fields and follow them for up-to-the-second updates (Tweets). Try posting a message mentioning one of the top adult learning minds.

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Open Learning Network vs Informal Learning Environment

E-Learning Provocateur

Mott’s blueprint is the Open Learning Network (OLN). Mine is the Informal Learning Environment (ILE). These components work in tandem with the LMS and system reports, which in turn comprise the core components of the Formal Learning Environment (FLE). We can have both.&#. Amen to that. But how do we bridge the gap?

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. ILT vs. WBT vs. informal learning).

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Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning

Learning Visions

Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning ….&#%!? Presented by Training Magazine Network Diagram of the learning process: Input: you can get input in lots of ways Organize Apply Evaluate (in a wheel – each of these is a subprocess) Looking first at learning. In a disconnected learning system: Need.

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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

Dashe & Thomson

To start answering these questions, we have to acknowledge that formal learning, as we know it today, will not be effective in the future. Instead, we will need to put the workers themselves in charge of their own learning. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Properly d.