Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 3, 2009

From push programs to pull platforms. From knowledge transfer to knowledge creation. From explicit knowledge to tacit knowledge. From transactions to relationships. From zero sum to positive sum mindsets. From stable environments to dynamic environments. What can I say? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 16, 2010

I enrolled in a few other SpacedEd programs and rapidly picked up what I needed. I think the author of this program ‘Learning about Learning’ is asking questions that reflect his own specialist knowledge/interest, rather that trying to enhance the understanding of those who engage with the program. Granted, it was frustrating.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 13, 2011

Cross: The biggest thing for the CLO to do is to stop focusing on programs. The program stuff will get what they need if they have the right platform and things are hooked up. LXB: If training becomes obsolete because, as you note, “it deals with a past that won’t be repeated,” doesn’t some baseline learning still need to exist?

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

A public health program to reduce obesity would be more efficient if it began by targeting well-connected people (because they’ll influence more friends.). The New York Times reports that more than happiness is passed along through friendship networks: so is the likelihood of gaining weight or giving up smoking!

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MAY 27, 2009

Unlike Drupal or ELGG, Moodle enables you to set up courses and learning environments without any programming skills… as long as you have a step-by-step guidebook like this one. If you’re a teacher and you’re wedded to content-delivery as your primary means of instruction, Moodle can be an excellent choice of platform.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 31, 2009

We are scrapping lengthy program development projects in favor of quick-and-dirty rapid development. This is a multiyear program. “All of our energies will go into peer-to-peer, self-service learning. If something doesn’t dramatically improve the capabilities of our people, we won’t do it. We are abandoning classrooms. “We

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 1, 2010

Corporations overinvest in formal training programs while neglecting natural, simpler informal processes. They discover how to do their jobs through informal learning: talking, observing others, trial-and-error, and simply working with people in the know.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JUNE 13, 2010

I’d been telling companies stuck in the industrial age to balance their formal programs with informal and social approaches. Riding through the Forest with my colleague Charles Jennings got me thinking long term. I realized I’d been giving some clients and readers bad advice. The New Forest. Changing nature of work.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2009

The space program put men on the moon and gave us Tang for breakfast. I nnovations in computing used to trickle down from business and government to consumers. Mainframes evolved into personal computers. Now, innovation often goes the other way. Things start with consumers and are later adopted by corporations. Take blogs, for example.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 27, 2010

Once you’ve come to terms with your iPad addiction and completed iPad addiction program, then you’re free to tweet to everyone how far you’ve come. A good iPad Addiction Councilor can help you regain your connection to the people, not the things, that matter in your life.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 19, 2010

Are communities of practice part of your learning and development program? Professionals learn from one another; through experimentation; and by following the advice of mentors. In time, they pay back the community by shifting from "what's known” to "what's next.”.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 23, 2009

He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix three decades ago. Jay is a champion of informal learning, Web 2.0, and systems thinking. and Europe.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

WGU constantly surveys both graduates and their employers to find out if they are lacking in any competencies so they can continue to fine-tune their programs. Colleges are ahead of corporations when it comes to using free online content but I sense this is a temporary situation.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Some of the certificate programs conducted before conferences strike me as low-grade diploma mills. Response 24 Diversity of participants, not too big, space for a social program but no programming of the social program. of the network era. Wi-fi is always broken. There’s lots of room for improvement. Response 22.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2009

ADDIE (analyze, design, develop, implement & evaluate) made it possible to manage the process of creating useful training programs systematically. The training film was born, soon to be followed with the ADDIE model. Internet culture. T he Internet is so pervasive that Internet values are blowing back into real life.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 11, 2009

Personal challenges (think of the Volkswagen 5000 program and Google’s policy of dedicating 20% time to independent innovation projects) will be come more common than costly top-down attempts to impose projects from the top. Virtual delivery and meetings will boom. Specialty areas, for example language learning, will be outsourced.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I might learn to program Cisco routers in order to get a raise. Jay: The primary motivation is needing to learn something in order to do something. There are so many forms of learning, it’s tough to generalize. I might want to learn Italian to foster my relationship with Sophia. I might seek an answer to a customer’s question.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2009

He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix three decades ago.”. According to his website, www.jaycross.com: “His calling is to help business people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in life.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 18, 2008

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JUNE 12, 2009

And as a result, we must focus our attention on learning ecosystems instead of courses and workshops: platforms, not programs. Measuring the impact of an ecosystem is a different exercise from evaluating a single program. The interplay of complex systems has rendered the business environment unpredictable.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 13, 2007

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

It’s an opportunity to see real programs, not vendor demos. We were proud to be singled out as the folks to watch: Thursday evening was DemoFest, an amazing array of people showing off their stuff. As always, I ran into dozens of pals in the crowd. The vibe at DemoFest is just right. My photos of the event are here.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 10, 2009

Underskilled employees will flock to corporations with respected educational programs. They turned to programs delivered over the Internet. Half of a high-school grads lack the fundamental skills required of an entry-level knowledge worker. Corporations of the future will often need to train their own in basic skills.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 12, 2010

He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix three decades ago. His calling is to help business people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in life.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Training programs are events; learnscapes are longterm processes. Learnscapes define where and how modern work is performed. Every organisation has learnscapes. Trouble was, happenstance learning platforms were as water to the fish: too close to be seen.

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