Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 27, 2010

Once there, simply hand your iPad to a trained smudge station attendant, and watch them make your iPad look like new. These people are trained to recognize the signs of iPad addiction, like expecting non-electronic objects like doors to open, with the flick of a finger, or talking to your kids with your thumbs. Not to worry.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 19, 2010

Anthony Bourdain decided he needed to accelerate his development, so he attended the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) for formal training. Are communities of practice part of your learning and development program? They see that their apprentices learn to create satisfying yet economical food. Authorities were wrong on both counts.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2009

G et Out of the Training Business , my most recent column for Chief Learning Officer, called for the abolition of corporate training departments. Starting virtually from scratch, America had to train millions of men to be soldiers and millions of civilians to make ships and armaments. New roles for former trainers.

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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

MARCH 23, 2009

Unfortunately, the majority of companies that provide training today are currently involved only with this side of the continuum. 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. and systems thinking. and Europe.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 11, 2009

Tough times will force the training function to focus on value. 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. Just give me what I need to know.”.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

You’ll find it discussed in training forums, featured in conferences and the subject of many presentations. I might learn to program Cisco routers in order to get a raise. A few astute people noticed it, wrote about it and brought it to the forefront of the learning arena. There are so many forms of learning, it’s tough to generalize.

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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. Note : The vintage photos in this post are from training conferences circa 2000. Response 24 Diversity of participants, not too big, space for a social program but no programming of the social program. Response 22.

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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 10, 2009

Machine-age managers complained when employees had downtime because they were in training. A corporation investing in training is analogous to a consumer buying a new computer. Why can’t the Training Department handle this? What happens to traditional training? Learning has become a corporate survival skill. Learn or die.

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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. Emerging eLearning (Abu Dhabi), Training (U.S.), School doesn’t prepare people for life; training doesn’t prepare them for work. These days, you are paid to think.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Training consisted of supervisors showing workers how to run things. Brinkerhoff and others find that only 15% to 20% of what’s learned in a corporate training event shows up on the job. Training programs are events; learnscapes are longterm processes. THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK. Every organisation has learnscapes.

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