Dashe & Thomson

MAY 4, 2011

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. In dollar figures, spending is minimal.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 25, 2011

What’s more, they are beginning to use it at an increasingly young age – a recent study from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop (producers of Sesame Street) found that 80% of children age 5 and under use the Internet at least once a week. Properly d.

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Sticky Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2009

So, whilst I may be a little late, I keep being reminded that there are many, many people who are a whole lot less aware of blogs, social networks, wikis, microblogging and so on than I am. As I've used each of these I've been struck by how easily this format (social sites) could be used as a platform for business learning.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 22, 2015

Through 2015, 80% of social business efforts will not achieve the intended benefits due to inadequate leadership and over emphasis on technology.” – Gartner . Techcrunch Study : Many senior executives like to talk the social media talk. But only 10% walk the social talk! Power to the Learners : An interesting read!

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

A study conducted by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on the Inc 500 (a list of fastest growing companies in US) reveals interesting trends on usage of Social Media. An amazingly high near 80% of respondents feel social media is useful for their business/marketing strategy. . .

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

But more than that, these patients and their families realize that, no matter the outcome, the results of the trial will matter…to this research, to another study, to another patient down the line. It’s sort of the ultimate contribution to social learning. The potential benefits outweigh the risks. Properly d.

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Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Chapter 9: “ Like, Comment, Share: Collaboration and Civic Engagement Within Social Network Sites ,” by Greenhow and Lee, in Emerging Technologies for the Classroom: A Learning Sciences Perspective. Social media and social networking sites allow individuals and groups to collaborate and learn together.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 8, 2011

The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 21, 2015

Through 2015, 80% of social business efforts will not achieve the intended benefits due to inadequate leadership and over emphasis on technology.” – Gartner. Techcrunch Study : Many senior executives like to talk the social media talk. But only 10% walk the social talk! .” – Christopher Pappas (in our interview with him).

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Dashe & Thomson

JUNE 6, 2011

Founded in 2007 by former Princeton Review Teacher of the Year, Farb Nivi, Grockit seeks to use game and social network based learning to provide a fun environment for students studying for the SAT or the GMAT, at a more affordable price than many traditional test-prep classes.

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Many organizations are also beginning to believe this and are investing in Enterprise Social Network (ESN) platforms. As an L&D professional who is passionate about self-driven learning, #pkm and #pln, and believe in and evangelize social and informal learning, I realize it''s time to take a step back and do a reality check.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2009

I’d leading a half-day workshop on how to implement informal learning the day before Online Educa in Berlin. For the main event , Charles Jennings and I are designing a two-day track titled Creating a New Era of Corporate Learning. Jay will present cases studies, research findings and examples.

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Learnnovators

MAY 29, 2014

To succeed in social media you have to have strong social skills by nature.” – Connie Malamed (in our interview with her). Surveys/Studies. Study : This report on how senior executives are faring in the usage of social media, though dated, contains some interesting facts, such as the one below.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. The Internet Time Alliance , which he chairs, helps corporations and governments use networks to accelerate performance. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix.

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Learnnovators

MAY 4, 2015

Many organizations are also beginning to believe this and are investing in Enterprise Social Network (ESN) platforms. As an L&D professional who is passionate about self-driven learning, #pkm and #pln, and believe in and evangelize social and informal learning, I realize it’s time to take a step back and do a reality check.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This got me musing on some of the issues that have been bumping around in my head as I read all the blog talk on the topic of informal learning as well as Jays book (which I have admittedly only gotten partly through).

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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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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Tony talked about his new book with Karl Kapp, Chuck Hamilton spoke on lessons learned through IBM’s invovlement in Virtual Worlds, Koreen Olbrish chaired a panel with a number of great case studies, to name just a few of the great opportunities. I’ve had the formal and informal separated in my mind, but needn’t.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

We focus on formal learning & productivity but ignore informal learning and performance. 1+2 = People want networked virtual spaces that include 2D synch + knowledge sharing (1+2). 3+4 = 3D Social Networking. New value chain with information. Networks can give us more of that.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. The Internet Time Alliance , which he chairs, helps corporations and governments use networks to accelerate performance. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix.

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Matrix

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

With the majority of today’s employees belonging to the digital tribe , raised on technology and constantly looking for immediate gratification it is only logical to adapt the learning content to accommodate them. Employing game mechanics leads to greater engagement, increased competition and ultimately, better learning.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 10, 2010

Informal Recorded webinars. Informal Video conferencing. Informal Workshops. Informal Audio/ podcasts. Informal Learnshop. Informal Case Studies. Informal Non-formal video. Informal Discussion group/ forum.

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Learnnovators

MAY 29, 2014

To succeed in social media you have to have strong social skills by nature.” – Connie Malamed (in our interview with her). Surveys/Studies. Study : This report on how senior executives are faring in the usage of social media, though dated, contains some interesting facts, such as the one below.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

David Wilkins in Learning 2.0 and Workplace Communities: Embedding social media within WBT courses reintroduces these social exchanges without sacrificing the cost savings or WBT's time-of-need "replay capability." Tags: corporate training e-learning 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 31, 2007

Now I saw this post in the Adaptive Path blog like a week or two ago; " The Shelf Life of Social Networks." " The post seems to be asking about why there seems to be a rise and fall to social networks and should we worry about that or just go along with it. stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us

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Learning with e's

JULY 16, 2009

Should we try to use social networking services such as Facebook and Myspace as serious educational tools, or should they remain the domain of informal chat and backstage antics? This is one of the questions addressed in the latest issue of Learning, Media and Technology. toward a more critical perspective. 'We

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments. A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. London: John Wiley and Sons.

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Learnnovators

MAY 3, 2015

Many organizations are also beginning to believe this and are investing in Enterprise Social Network (ESN) platforms. As an L&D professional who is passionate about self-driven learning, #pkm and #pln, and believe in and evangelize social and informal learning, I realize it’s time to take a step back and do a reality check.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Sloan Management Review has a great interview with Andy McAfee on What Sells CEOs on Social Networking. ” They understand the power of weak ties in enterprise social networks. ” Yesterday IBM presented a compelling case for social business excellence at the Enterprise 2.0 Summit in Paris. .”

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Big Dog, Little Dog

OCTOBER 20, 2009

While Robert writes of informal learning, learning 2.0, education, and training; I'm going to stick with informal learning in the workplace to help keep this post more focused. First, there seems to be some confusion as to the origin of the term "informal learning" by both the poster and commentators.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

When we worry about the status of their credentials or lose sleep over their completion rates, we’re perpetuating an out-dated paradigm of education based on formal learning. I prefer to see MOOCs through the lens of informal learning which values the learning over its bureaucracy. Community of Practice Case Study.

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eFront

APRIL 26, 2013

2) Perceptions of undergraduate Graphic Design students on the educational potential of Facebook Abstract: The popularity of Facebook among university students inevitably raises questions on the educational potential of this Social Networking Site for Higher Education. Official citation for this article is: Irwin, C., Desbrow, B. &

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 8, 2007

For some months now I've been carrying Jay Cross's new book Informal Learning around in my bag to read on train journeys. which you will find a mix of in any classroom session or reasonable e-learning programme. I mean blending modalities (self-study, one-to-one, group) or media (face-to-face, online, telephone, etc.).

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SkyPrep

JANUARY 8, 2018

Moreover, students from all over the world can take advantage of webinars to ask questions, engage in social activities and solve problems. Informal learning. Did you know that 70% of the professionals obtain knowledge and information via social media? Social learning enables the development of learning models.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Learning is a continuum of degrees of formality • BY JAY CROSS. In the five years since the publication of Informal Learning, I’ve become the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Informal learning is older than civilization. By contrast, informal learning is like riding a bicycle.

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Ed App

APRIL 25, 2021

Informal learning is learning out of the curriculum and has no set structure. It gives control and flexibility to learners as information is consumed at their own pace and can happen anytime. . In the workplace, informal learning supports and reinforces the formal learning received by employees.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

After spending two weeks in London and Paris, my interactions with elearning professionals have left me even more convinced about the need for embracing new technology to advance learning. At the Olympia 2 Conference Center in London, the topic of my talk was “Unleash the Potential of Learning Interactions and Informal Learning.”

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