Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

Dirty Words: Training, Learner, eLearning, Informal, Social, School, Learning What is the role of L&D specialists in working smarter? The future of the training department” (article by Harold and Jay) L&D people should be focused on removing barriers – helping people work smarter or better. Also changes in management.

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eLearning Guild Social Learning Social Metrics 208

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Here are the most popular posts on the Informal Learning Blog in 2009. Business Impact of Social and Informal Learning. T o implement social/informal learning infrastructure projects, learning and development professionals need to shift their focus from learning to earning.

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Informal Learning Informal Instructional Design Blogging 38

ID Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia "Collaboration is a process through which people who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences and search for the solution that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible." ~ Anecdote And informal learning is hinged on collaboration.

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Instructional Design Pattern Wikipedia Collaboration 137

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

1 Instructional Design Multimedia Learning Richard Mayer. 2 Workplace Learning The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge. 3 Workplace Learning Informal learning Jay Cross. 4 Workplace learning The Working Smarter Fieldbook Jay Cross. 5 Workplace Learning/Training Social Media for Trainers Jane Bozarth.

Social Networks 172

Social Networks Cognitive Enterprise 2.0 Social Network 172

Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 24, 2018

Usage of learning portals for corporate training initiatives is gaining momentum. In this article, I share 4 examples of how you can use them for both formal and informal learning to increase employee engagement. Learning Portals For Corporate Training: What Are Their Key Characteristics? Social learning.

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Learning Portal Portal Diversity Training Examples 45

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 8, 2012

Given that the goal of instructional designers and training developers is to improve employee performance, it’s surprising that many continue to create blended learning programs with little or no reliance on performance support tools or systems. Build performance support into every blended learning effort.

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Performance Support Blended Learning Support Performance 190

Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

I’ve since started writing chapter summaries (here is the last article ) so people can “preview” some of the great books out there and hopefully end up reading them! Teaching and learning practices benefit from the collective knowledge that social technology provides.

Social Networks 66

Social Networks Summary Emergent Classroom 66

Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Learning 2.0 - The Things How we read online. - Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Try Before You Buy Tools Used Better Conferences - Response Needed Roles in CoP's The science of learning Learning 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

Social Networks 139

Social Networks Blended Learning Authoring Tools PLE 139

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

L&D executives, business professionals and training thought leaders learned the importance of formulating effective strategies for the future to be at par with their competitors. This article bridges reflection of the past and the strategic planning for the future. 5 major lessons learned in 2021.

Metrics 89

Metrics Lesson Performance Support Unison 89

Litmos

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How social learning works. Both approaches, just getting feedback and collaborating, are true for both informal and formal learning. In the case of informal learning, if you create a working community of practice, a learning community, you’re naturally getting these outputs.

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Diversity Training SAP Cognitive Social Learning 76

EI Design

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It is also a great booster for Self-Directed Learning. It enables organizations to mine their existing knowledge bank and ensure that selected, curated content can equip their learners with right information. Content Curation is a great way to foster a culture of continuous learning.

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Corporate eLearning eLearning Strategy Strategy Content 40

Obsidian Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2015

One of the best ways is to encourage interaction and informal learning among learners after completing WBT. Here are a few ideas: Use wikis, blogs, or even Twitter (perhaps with a unique hashtag) to build virtual communities of practice. For more ideas, see our article on informal learning in the workplace.

Budget 40

Budget Compliance Training Authoring Tools Blended Learning 40

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 26, 2009

This morning, Mark Sylvester and I conversed online about informal learning. I think she talks about it in The Power of Mindful Learning. For more on communities of practice, visit CPsquare , the community of practice for communities of practice. Some of my articles on metrics.

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Twitter Conversation Metrics Communities of Practice 36

Jay Cross

MARCH 29, 2015

” While the summary skips over the primary content, fifty ways to learn better and work smarter, it catches the spirit of the book rather well. When I’m deciding whether reading a lengthy article is worth my time, I’ll sometimes dump it in a summarizer to figure out if it’s worthwhile to read further.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks Wiki Summary Social Network Analysis 36

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

Informal learning is becoming a common component of modern blended learning programs. This is where learners go to help bridge the gap between formal learning and the workplace. It could be a network of colleagues or a collaborative learning environment like an online, learning-focused community of practice.

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Blended Learning Virtual Classroom Blended Communities of Practice 60

EI Design

AUGUST 19, 2020

In this article, I list 18 eLearning trends highlighting their relevance in the changed workplace dynamics. Also, a long-term plan to engage remote learners – with multi-pronged approaches to connect, reinforce, challenge, and nudge toward continuous learning must be drawn up. eLearning Trends in 2020 – Mobile Apps for Learning.

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Trends Blended Learning Compliance Training eLearning Strategy 75

Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2010

You are learning something new now by reading this blog post, and I learnt something new while I was writing it. we are informally learning something new. When we eavesdrop on Twitter conversations, and simply 'lurk', we are learning informally. we are learning informally. we are learning informally.

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Social Wiki Social Bookmarking Social Networks 75

EI Design

JANUARY 28, 2020

In Dec ’19, I began work on my eBook and this article on eLearning Trends in 2020. This is 9 th in the series of articles and eBooks on eLearning Trends since 2017. Mobile Learning. Mobile Apps for Learning. Personalized Learning. Digitization of ILT to Blended or Fully Online Learning. Informal Learning.

Trends 52

Trends Blended Learning eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning 52

TalentLMS

MAY 16, 2016

The boom in social media and the round-the-clock need to connect in communities is doing wonders for the eLearning industry. Social learning is an age-old learning and teaching strategy, backed by many cognitive scientists. Let’s examine some top benefits of social learning in organizations. What is Social Learning?

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Social Learning Social Cognitive eLearning Strategy 74

ATD Learning Technologies

MARCH 22, 2016

Read an article or blog. We need to set the example for our learners and show that learning is an essential and integral part of everyone’s job—including ours—rather than a diversion in our contemporary workplaces. This could be LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Yammer, Slack, or any ATD online community of Practice.

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Tips Develop Social Networks Yammer 40

Litmos

JANUARY 16, 2019

As do most articles in the L&D space, I frequently talk about what we should do. The first one is practical: with increasing change, L&D just isn’t going to be able to keep up. The second is principled: people learn all the time, as Jay Cross documented in Informal Learning. Don’t stop with courses.

Social Networks 51

Social Networks Cognitive Performance Support Diversity Training 51

Tony Karrer

JUNE 8, 2009

Tools - Don't Waste Your Time , May 10, 2009 Informal Learning Technology - eLearning Technology , May 11, 2009 Capture Examples - eLearning Technology , May 29, 2009 Presentation: Blogs in Education - Don't Waste Your Time , May 22, 2009 Top Other Items The following are the top other items based on social signals.

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Social Networks Wiki Corporate eLearning Case Study 100

Jay Cross

JUNE 2, 2013

Two days of the trip were paid work: One day I keynoted the Learning Innovations and Quality Conference and participated in the launch of the International Council for Open Research and Education ( ICORE ) in Rome. On another day I led a masterclass in informal learning and 702010 for a high-tech company and its customers in Utrecht.

Communities of Practice 40

Communities of Practice Maslow Community Delicious 40

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Jay Cross - father of the Informal Learning Flow has been doing some great writing recently that look at the future of corporate training. Push vs. Pull Learning Now we get to the actual point of Jay's article. Define the Patterns The Paradox of Informal Learning (Form of Informal?)

Corporate eLearning 112

Corporate eLearning Courseware Training Train 112

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

“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.

Knowledge Worker 36

Knowledge Worker Communities of Practice Performance Support Reference 36

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

APRIL 29, 2007

Communities of Practice: Addressing Workforce Trends Through New Learning Models Some good quotes from the article above: "Organizations would be well-advised to shift budgets and resources from formal learning settings to informal situations where the majority of learning actually takes place."

Social Networks 32

Social Networks Social Network Communities of Practice Corporate eLearning 32

Jay Cross

MARCH 21, 2012

Informal learning thrives here. Get your mobile learning strategy together. Data-driven organization, outsourcing / franchise models (company = data), high volume, high variety (personalized information), structural competence visualization. More information on scenario planning. Don’t throw away your LMS.

Social Networks 51

Social Networks Compliance Training Exercise Predictions 51

Clive on Learning

MARCH 24, 2011

Communities of practice have been established for more 12 years, with well-defined policies and systems. On-demand approaches To support on-demand learning Shell has its own wiki, with 70,000 users and more than 40,000 articles. So it’s called informal learning or on-the-job learning.

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Wiki Blended Learning Diversity Training Compliance Training 71

Challenge to Learn

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The feeling is that we are now on the verge of a new phase in the development of e-Learning. Virtual worlds, Informal learning, learning on the job, lifelong learning, collaborative learning, adaptive learning, blended learning, game based learning, skill based learning, communities of practice, et cetera.

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Blended Learning CD-ROM Easygenerator Authoring Tools 139

Marcia Conner

JANUARY 26, 2012

It involves memory, synapses, endorphins, and encoding, and, more often than not, those accidental and serendipitous moments we call informal learning. Most real learning—the kind that sticks to the walls of the brain—is informal. Informal learning is what goes on around our formal learning process.

Blended Learning 70

Blended Learning Instant Messaging Simulations Virtual Classroom 70

eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Here’s how I’m approaching Personal Knowledge Management - Free as in Freedom , January 25, 2010 A few months back, Harold Jarche wrote a very interesting article about sense making with Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). It’s mostly going to be the same – as it always is.

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Google Wave PKM SharePoint Podcasts 46

Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, June 14, 2007 Defining an e-Learning Strategy: Planning the Kickoff In the spirit of building a Community of Practice -- sharing ideas and processes -- I thought Id try and share what I can of a current project.

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Learning Strategy eLearning Strategy Instructional Design Strategy 100

eLearning Learning Posts

JANUARY 3, 2011

Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles - eLearning Technology , March 24, 2010. 10 Ways To Learn In 2010 - The eLearning Coach , January 3, 2010. Take This LMS and Shove It - Living in Learning , May 19, 2010. Workscape evolution - Informal Learning , May 7, 2010. Congrats to all for making the list!

Blended Learning 105

Blended Learning Instructional Design Corporate eLearning eLearning Strategy 105

Jay Cross

JULY 6, 2009

The top posts from sources selected for Informal Learning Flow in the first six months of 2009: Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles - OReilly Radar , January 11, 2009. How to get students to find and read 94 articles before the next class - Digital Ethnography , January 28, 2009. How to make e-learning work!

Social Networks 43

Social Networks Google Wave Social Network Analysis Twitter 43

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

So there are plenty of opportunities to learn and it doesn’t cost you anything more than your time. A Learning Paradigm Shift: Cybergogy - Janet Clarey , April 9, 2010 I was doing some research for an article and ran across a new (to me) term: cybergogy. It captures my current thinking about informal learning.

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Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

Big Dog, Little Dog

NOVEMBER 8, 2004

It is based upon three fundamental criteria: It is networked It is delivered to the end-user via a computer using standard internet technology It focuses on the broadest view of learning. Tools for prescribing learning, managing development pathways and goals and handling e-commerce and financial transactions related to learning.

Virtual Classroom 32

Virtual Classroom CD-ROM Search IBM 32

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Communities of practice. A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social network of people who identify with one another professionally (e.g. Chefs and workers in the kitchen who aspire to be chefs are a community of practice. Newcomers learn the ropes from working alongside veterans.

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Diversity Training Social Networks Communities of Practice Forum 51