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Class is over; now what? Informal learning in the workplace

Obsidian Learning

When you’re designing learning, don’t overlook the importance of informal learning. This is learning that takes place outside of the classroom or the eLearning activity. It could be knowledge gained from reading, Web searching, or from colleagues and friends. Build a Learning Culture. Pershing (Ed.),

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Quotes and excerpts on the need for Learning 2.0 from the Best of T+D: 2007-2009

ID Reflections

Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Creativity is a conversation--a tension--between individuals working on individual problems, and the professional communities they belong to. In a flattened learning system, there are fewer experts and more fellow learners on paths that may cross.

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Using Social Media to Improve Workplace Learning

Janet Clarey

. “We are moving toward a knowledge-era model of education with large-scale social networks involving complex communities and individual identify construction.&# (Wenger, 2004). A strong collaboration platform links continued knowledge acquisition, development, and learning.&# (Bruck, 2007). ASTD Learning Circuits.

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Top 68 eLearning Posts from April - Hot Topics iPad Google Buzz

eLearning Learning Posts

By 2050, the population of the United States is estimated to reach 400 million (it reached 300 million in 2006). All you ever wanted to know about informal learning - Informal Learning , April 27, 2010 YouTube of Jay’s UMBC ISD Now! It captures my current thinking about informal learning.