Jay Cross's Informal Learning

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Re-reading A New Culture of Learning

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Mentors provide a sense of structure to guide learning, which they may do by listening empathically and by reinforcing intrinsic motivation to help the student discover a voice, a calling, or a passion. In this environment, the participants all stand on equal ground—no one is assigned to the traditional role of teacher or student.

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Workscape evolution

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

The further you go to the right in these models, the less the support provided by L&D. I’ve re-worked the model to show: my domain is the workscape (the merger of work and learning, the learning ecosystem). overarching issue is who controls the curriculum. learning is a mix of formal and informal , not one or the other.

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DevLearn 10

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Jane Hart provides a snapshot of the State of Learning in the Workplace Today on at 10:45 am on Wednesday, November 3. Join us at DevLearn in San Francisco next month. We all plan to be there. At 4:00 pm on Wednesday, we all be engaged in a conversation entitled Work Smarter: Learning is the Real Work.

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Informal Snake Oil

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In additional to social learning , vendors are claiming to provide informal learning. Thus, it’s generally a good practice to provide comfy nooks that foster conversations; it’s malpractice to tell people what they should talk about in those nooks. Most of them had changed nothing but their brochures and their signs.

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Centring on strengths at core of self-directed learning approach

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

“Empowering individuals to learn through discovery how to lead from their strengths is a major fulcrum for my work,” says Cross, who has written extensively on the subject of self-directed and informal learning and its increasing relevance and effectiveness — as compared to company-provided training — in today’s knowledge economy.

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Informal learning: the real deal. Free.

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Organizations that focus on the supply side of the training they provide are looking at the wrong side of the equation. The next day, Wednesday April 21st at 2:00 pm Eastern, Human Capital Institute is hosting an unrehearsed discussion between Learn.com ’s Dave Wilkins and me on more advanced topics.

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Free webinar on informal learning

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Part of UMBC’s mission is to provide service. Assess when and where Informal Learning is appropriate. How do people ‘learn’ their jobs? Compelling reasons to invest in Informal Learning. Examples on how to apply Informal Learning.