Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Six-minute video of the beginning of the closing keynote at Learning Technologies 2009 in London last month. In this segment, I recall the genesis of eLearning a little over ten years ago, the changing nature of business, and the necessity of embracing social media in corporate learning.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversation has long been the most important learning technology. Unfortunately, not everyone is a born conversationalist. From an article in today’s Wall Street Journal, She Talks a Lot, He Listens a Little , tips on conversing: Set aside a time to talk.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The Learning Technologies conference in London last month held its own — but most of the attendees could take The Underground to get there. At least I didn’t have to eat a plane ticket, as happened to a friend in Europe who was just uninvited to the same event.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 19, 2009

We all learn more when we’re participants, rather than just observers. However, we want you to hear about other topics that interest you. Why should I say anything?

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

In fact, the buzz about informal learning seems to grow every day. Social learning technologies, which often facilitate informal learning, seem to have paved the way for greater interest in this approach. You’ll find it discussed in training forums, featured in conferences and the subject of many presentations.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 16, 2010

In the beginning of the year, I decided to experiment with a simple learning technology developed at Harvard Medical School. I talked with Duncan Lennox, co-founder and CEO, who told me SpacedEd lived up to its motto, Online Learning Radically Simplified. Two minutes and you’re done. Great for basic drill.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

I’ve spoken at ASTD, ASTD TechKnowledge, TechLearn, Learning, eLearning, Online Learning, Online Educa, Training, ISPI, CLO Symposium, eLearning Guild, I-KNOW, Research Innovations in Learning, Emerging eLearning (Abu Dhabi), Quality in eLearning (Bogota), LearnX (Melbourne), Learning Technology (London), and others, often year after year.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 31, 2008

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 12, 2010

Moreover, Cross has keynoted such conferences as Online Educa (Berlin), I-KNOW (Austria), Research Innovations in Learning (U.S.), Quality in eLearning (Bogota), LearnX (Melbourne), and Learning Technology (London). Emerging eLearning (Abu Dhabi), Training (U.S.),

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2008

The group expects to pick up the discussion at Learning Technologies 2009 in London next month, perhaps continuing our talks in a public fishbowl context. We are reflecting on the discussion, and David Price is loading the issues into DebateGraph , an interactive mindmap and dialog tool.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Life is for learning. Jay Cross is a strategist, speaker, consultant, and designer of corporate learning and performance systems. Jay will be speaking at the Learning Technologies 2009 Conference and can be contacted at jaycross@internettime.com.

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