Harm told me about his team’s experience with informal learning in an engagement with Sara Lee. Sara Lee wanted to invest in technology in the domain of learning. At the beginning of this century, learning management systems were quite dominant, and therefore dominant on the radar screen of Sara Lee. That’s why we suggested to set up a meeting, in which we would explore where the learning takes place within the organisation, more specific, within the sales and marketing department, for which the technology was meant. Informal: - Experiences on the job. MORE >>

This post first appeared at Learning Solutions Magazine. It’s 70/20/10, the oft-quoted model from which we derive that the majority of learning happens from on the job experience, as opposed to learning from peers or in a formal learning environment. That’s not to say that I think the importance we give to informal learning is wrong, far from it. Unfortunately, “seems to fit” is a trend that we don’t need any more of in workplace learning. Learning Styles “seemed to fit.” In work, as in life, informal learning has always been present. MORE >>

It captures my current thinking about informal learning. Tags: Informal Learning YouTube of Jay’s UMBC ISD Now! webinar. Warning: This sucker is 64 minutes long. MORE >>

It was a fantastic event with some great speakers and an opportunity to learn drumming. spoke (for 5 min) on how mobile enables informal learning. Informal Learning. Even though informal learning has been around for as long as we humans have been, the use of the term ‘Informal Learning’ in corporate has grown significantly in the last 5-8 years. One of the challenge L&D staff has had is to understand Informal Learning and what can they do something about it. So, Informal is important. MORE >>

They highlight the difference between Push and Pull learning. Informal learning is mostly Pull. There are many do-it-yourself applications available today that let people take control of their learning. They are also more in control of who Pushes to them, through social networks and other sources of online information. Networked sense-making frameworks like  PKM  can give more control over one’s learning. For learning & development departments, a Pull workplace changes the traditional expert-led dynamic of content creation. MORE >>