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Improving Informal Learning

Big Dog, Little Dog

Thus, informal learning gets 86% of all learning investments, while formal learning programs get 14% of the total investment: Chart 2. April 2003. Of that, about $30 billion is spent on formal training, while the remainder, $180 billion is spent on informal or on-the-job training. So which chart do we believe? Sherman, C.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

information/knowledge workers. Creating Social Presence in Online Environments, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education (San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2003), p. Life Science Informatics Trends Analysis for Community College Program Builders. Building Effective Blended Learning Programs. need access to SMEs.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Most people in training programs learn only a little of the right stuff, are fuzzy about how to apply what they’ve learned, and never address who are the right people to know. Now it’s often more effective to take control by giving control, by letting “the invisible hand” self-organize worker learning. How workers learn now.