Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 26, 2009

This morning, Mark Sylvester and I conversed online about informal learning. Here’s the Tweet stream. The classic informal learning story from Xerox is the utter failure of their fancy-dancy national learning center. Indeed, learnscaping is all about “ creating an environment for enabling informal learning.&#.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 1, 2009

Informal Learning Flow Hot List. The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack - TechCrunch , July 19, 2009. Eighteen Streaming Music Resources - ReadWriteWeb , July 14, 2009. New skills for learning professionals - Informal Learning , July 1, 2009. Would You Twitter if Your Tweet Carried a $50,000 Price Tag? Top Other Items.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 5, 2010

Activity streams are sort of in between Twitter and Blogs. Here are some of the tools I added to my repertoire of handy freebies in 2009. Egoboo tools help you find yourself, you narcissist. Similar Site searches for sites with similar content to yours. Rypple is a web-based app that makes it easy to gather anonymous feedback quickly.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Twitter takes the pulse here at Online Educa. Tim O’Reilly just posted a piece entitled Why I Love Twitter. And twitter is an awesome tool for doing just that. And twitter is an awesome tool for doing just that. Twitter works like people do. It’s our shared back channel and the go-to spot for gossip.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 27, 2009

Smart Search, e.g. Informal Learning Flow. Informal Learning Flow. Activity streams, e.g. Jay’s FriendFeed. Write a blog? RSS Reader. YouTube, SlideShare. Skype/Instant messaging. Google Docs/collaborative writing. Learner redefined. Prospering in community with others. Becoming who you are. Getting good at what you do.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 30, 2009

Informal Learning 2.0 When I look at Informal Learning Flow , an aggregator that works over the sites I visit to keep informed, it’s a totally hedgehogian experience. The Latest from Informal Learning Flow. Twitter Brings Search On Site To All. The article stream continues for another 2,000 pages.

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