Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 1, 2010

They discover how to do their jobs through informal learning: talking, observing others, trial-and-error, and simply working with people in the know. Formal learning—classes and workshops—is the source of only 10 to 20 percent of what people learn at work. And how they do that. Sleight of hand.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 11, 2009

Tough times will force the training function to focus on value. The drive for value will increase demand for learning in smaller chunks. Companies will eliminate measurement and control systems that do not deliver value. Good bye to the fancy LMS. Just give me what I need to know.”.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A few astute people noticed it, wrote about it and brought it to the forefront of the learning arena. In fact, the buzz about informal learning seems to grow every day. You’ll find it discussed in training forums, featured in conferences and the subject of many presentations. Coach: And examples of online informal learning?

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 24, 2010

We all know that you shouldn’t use training jargon (e.g. I changed the name of my new book from Informal Learning in the Cloud to Working Smarter. Learner is banned because no one but the training community uses the term. Talking about learners conjures up the bad old days of taking people off the job to learn.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 19, 2009

My pal Tony O’Driscoll asked me to help spread the word about the upcoming 3D Training Learning and Collaboration (3DTLC) conference in Washington DC next month. Tony is hoping to kick off wide-spread adoption of virtual worlds in the enterprise. It is very rare to get in on the ground-floor of an emerging industry.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 28, 2009

Learnscaping — taking a systems view of learning in an organization — necessarily addresses a broad array of topics and disciplines. Hence, the articles and posts from Informal Learning Flow aren’t confined to what you’ll find in training magazines and learning conferences. Featured Sources.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 17, 2010

Chief learning officers consider themselves enlightened if they provide workers with a month of training per year. Learning to be” will supplant “learning to know.”. At the dawn of the network age, managers enjoyed the luxury of annual planning. Today’s rapid changes require very responsive driving skills.

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