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Formal Learning vs. Informal Learning

Learningtogo

While studies vary on the exact percentage, most learning in today’s workplace is informal. In this post, we’ll distinguish between informal and formal learning and explore ways to identify and encourage informal learning within your organization. What is informal learning?

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Keeping the Learning Going

B Online Learning

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Making the most of Informal Learning

Jane Hart

Tomorrow I am going to be chairing an all-day event in Bristol for the eLearning Network, called Making the most of Informal Learning. Here’s a brief overview of the event: “We know how important informal learning is in the workplace, but how do we encourage it? Then from 2.30-4

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Research Brief: Measuring the ROI of Informal Learning

Docebo

We know people learn and retain more information through informal channels , on-the-job experience and coaching, but most companies still expect their people to gain the bulk of their knowledge through more formal, structured means. In fact, studies have shown that most learners forget up to 90% of what they learn over time.

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Social Learning Has Its Place…And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Jane claims that “Social Learning has come to refer exclusively to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.” She also states that “social learning (small S, small L) happens continuously – freely and openly – in everything we do – in work, learn and study.”. We’re not always social.

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How to Start an Informal Learning Library with Screencasts

TechSmith Camtasia

Imagine being told exactly how to learn or study something, at what place, and at what time. That rarely happens because everyone learns in their own unique way. So why wouldn’t we do the same for something as important as learning? Informal Learning helps us do just that. What is Informal Learning?

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7 thoughts on informal learning

KnowledgeOne

“Any occasion is good for learning!” ” could be the motto of informal learning, this type of learning without structure or organization that we all do on a daily basis without realizing it and whose possibilities are attracting increasing interest, especially in the workplace. Concrete examples.