That’s not to say that I think the importance we give to informal learning is wrong, far from it. The EDC research is often cited as providing the corroborating evidence for suggesting that 70% of workplace learning is informal in nature, but it makes no reference to the 20% or 10% part of the model. What the EDC research might call informal, Lombardo and Eichinger would call “learning from others,” and the definition often changes dependent on who you speak to. To quote EDC’s informal learning thesis, “informal learning is ubiquitous” (p. was doing it wrong. MORE >>

wanted to collect a few resources around this topic for use in these discussions. October 23, 2008 Using Toolkits to Aggregate Learning Resources , February 6, 2009 Enterprise Wiki as Intranet - a success story , September 20, 2007 Lurking and loafing , March 9, 2010 Activities, Workflows and Structured Wikis (Augmented Social Cognition) , February 9, 2009 Wikis for Improving Productivity - Experiencing eLearning , June 10, 2008 Wiki's For Professional Development - Learnadoodledastic , September 26, 2007 One more time: what's the difference between a blog and a wiki? MORE >>

So here’s a monster list of online learning resources where we can learn from our peers and draw some inspiration. If I’ve missed a useful resource, please add it to the comments. Informal Learning Blog. The Writers Gateway: One Stop Resource for Instructional Design. Teacher Tips & Tricks elearning formal learning informal learning online learning resources social learningFor innovative training professionals, one of the biggest challenges can be finding inspiration. Shameless plugs welcome! ReadWriteWeb. The Rapid eLearning Blog. MORE >>

One of the travails of my paper writing (still continues) was that good web resources were quite hard to find, so be spared the ordeal, this is a good place to start. The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2009. Related posts: Top 100 Learning Game Resources Five Myths of Mobile Learning Mobile Learning in India. I’ve spent an inordinately long time writing a whitepaper on mobile learning trying to expound our thoughts about it and how it might be used in the workplace. Apple Education. Marc Prensky Blog. Learning Org. Will at Work Learning. MORE >>

So here they are – a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. Army War College – digital game resources. Resources: Games and Gaming in Education- Don’t Waste Your Time. Additional Resources for Digital Game-Based Learning. Teaching Educational Games Resources. Social Sites, Design, Informal Learning, & Brain Games, May 4, 2009. When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. While doing so, I documented a few of the better ones. What Makes a Learning Game? MORE >>