Jay Cross's Informal Learning

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First, kill all the instructors

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

This morning I received an email asking… How are people using social software to support learning? I think most of us agree that there is an important social dimension to learning. But in what ways do social software applications such as LinkedIn and FaceBook help people to learn?

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Favorite 2009 posts on Informal Learning Blog

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

This morning I received an email asking…”How are people using social software to support learning?” In these explosive times, I’d like to see more of all forms of learning. If we don’t pump more resources into learning, we’re going to be flying blind. Too much technology. O n web2logo , you click a logo and find out about a Web 2.0

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Giving up control

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

But virtually all the evidence I’ve seen over the years convinces me that people (whether employees, partners, or customers) can be trusted, and do predominantly use the new social software platforms in ways that provide benefit and credit to the companies that establish them.