Jay Cross's Informal Learning

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2.0 is a philosophy, not a technology

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Social Mentoring/ coaching. Social Websites? Social Books? Social Collaborative projects. Social Wikis. Social Blogs (written/ video). Social Micro-blogging.

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Workshop on putting informal learning to work

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

He will provide case examples of organisations that are taking advantage of Twitter, blogs, wikis, and other social networking tools. Jay will review the results of the CLO/togetherLearn survey of meta-learning practices and learning culture.

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Informal learning from the horse’s mouth

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Jay: Getting an answer from the Help Desk, asking Twitter friends for an answer, looking at a FAQ on a wiki. There’s a lengthy summary of this at Internet Time Wiki. Jay: Learning to walk, talk, eat, kiss, smooch, run or ride a bicycle. Coach: And examples of online informal learning?

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Get Out of the Training Business

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

We’re setting up a corporate FAQ on a wiki to capture and distribute the information we once received from people who are no longer with us. When we wring out costs, I want commitment from senior management to allocate time for people to help one another, exploit the benefits of social networks and converse with one another freely.

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How to support informal learning

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

. • Root out information hoarding; make sharing the norm (Some companies fire hoarders). • Use social network analysis to locate and break bottlenecks. • Provide workers with smart phones, modern PCs, and internet access. • Seek opportunities to help customers, partners, temporary workers, alumni, and everyone else who works with the company work (..)