Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s not about putting a 60 minute elearning program on a smart phone – it’s about putting pieces into place and providing opps for continuous learning. What are the ingredients of building a Community of Practice? How do you measure the impact of informal, social learning? Social learning is something you DO.

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Matrix

MARCH 22, 2018

A sound L&D strategy can mean many things: from face-to-face formal courses to mentoring relationships to full-featured learning management systems and all the technology that helps people share ideas and learn. But it must also support all the informal learning that happens organically in the workplace.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2009

Benefits of personal network (brainstorm from the group). community of practice. Posted in Informal Learning, Learning Communities. Tags: Informal Learning Learning Communities learning learntrends. This is post 3 of 3. Beyond Networks. George Siemens. inspiration.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Even without that, however, there are big offerings on the table for informal learning, via access to resources and networks. Social Formal Learning. However, there are a couple of reasons to also think about the benefits of social learning from the formal learning perspective. The first is the processing.

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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? HR benefits. HR Benefits.

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Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

So how can smart organizations seize this potential to reach employees and stakeholders with effective learning? Let’s look at 4 elements of a modern learning culture that reap the benefits of hyperconnectivity in today’s workforce. Deliver Learning in the Flow of Work. Facilitate informal learning and mentoring.

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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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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

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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Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Social media on the other hand supports research while also encouraging a learning process that is rich with peer to peer interaction. Teaching and learning practices benefit from the collective knowledge that social technology provides. It encourages civic engagement in broader communities of practice.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

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Mindflash

AUGUST 30, 2016

Perhaps learning and development professionals do think about informal learning but do not really know what it is or how to implement it. Here are some practical approaches to informal learning. The new salesperson will learn more quickly with high-touch contact with a experienced sales person.

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The Learning Circuits

JULY 9, 2012

Social media and mobile technologies have turned the spotlight on social learning concepts, which in turn have made more of us think about the large, ill-charted dark matter of culture : informal learning. Their work here is done , because everyone in your care now understands the value of social and informal learning.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

After my last blog post , a commenter asked a pertinent question: Many organizations/companies have multiple intranets, wiki sites, and so forth, often making it difficult for employees to know where to go when they want an answer or more information. Tap into the knowledge of your groups.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Asynchronous e-learning is high. Communities of practice and wikis are highest 2.0. Communities of Practice increased 12.3%. People use the tools themselves and see the benefits: 50%. What approaches are people using? Classroom instruction still highest. Podcasts increased 22.5% (not necessarily a 2.0

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EI Design

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It enables organizations to mine their existing knowledge bank and ensure that selected, curated content can equip their learners with right information. In this article, I share pointers on what is Content Curation and what benefits it can provide to your corporate training strategy.

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TalentLMS

MAY 16, 2016

Social learning is an age-old learning and teaching strategy, backed by many cognitive scientists. While retouching social learning theories is a requirement for this article, we cannot overstate the benefits this effort can incur for training professionals. What is Social Learning?

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

Those who benefitted from formal training indicated that it has minimal contribution to speeding up employee proficiency. As we move into 2022, organizations should continue to emphasize field learning as it proved to be more effective. As opposed to speeding up performance, formal training slowed down the speed.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 23, 2010

To my benefit, I was very wrong. For instance, I attended a talk on Communities of Practice, but was dismayed to hear discussion of monitoring, managing, and controlling instead of nurturing and facilitation. A nice gesture, I figured, but little more (only a continent away). There were some worrying signs, however.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 29, 2015

Here’s a summary of the Working Smarter Fieldbook : While learning is ascendant, training is in decline, for workers are embracing self-service learning; they learn in the context of work, not at some training class divorced from work. Finally, here’s a summary of Informal Learning.

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Mindflash

APRIL 25, 2011

Perhaps learning and development professionals do think about informal learning but do not really know what it is or how to implement it. Here are some practical approaches to informal learning. This is all about teaching and learning from each other, out in the real world. Communities of Practice.

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ATD Learning Technologies

MARCH 22, 2016

Find ways to introduce that person to someone else who would benefit from knowing them. Share a learning tech tip or a link to a tech resource where members of your PLN, colleagues, or clients are likely to see it. This could be LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Yammer, Slack, or any ATD online community of Practice.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Social knowledge management consultant Harold Jarche suggests there are multiple layers, from collaborating in work teams, to collective learning in communities of practice, to cooperative learning with peers and friends in our networks (Figure 1). Learning leaders should facilitate this learning to optimize outcomes.

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Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

I spent the greater part of the weekend mulling over the practice of working out loud, what makes some folks adopt the habit with ease while others struggle, and what could be some of the possible enabling factors that support working out loud. A community grows through conversation, collaboration, and showcasing of work in progress.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 19, 2012

In my experience, most classroom facilitators benefit from some coaching to help them get used to teaching online, but this should not take too long. Facilitating collaborative online learning More modern, informal learning approaches put the trainer as the ‘guide on the side’ rather than the ‘sage on the stage’.

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EI Design

AUGUST 19, 2020

You can use it to meet the entire spectrum of your training needs, including Formal training, Instant/Just-in-time learning aids, Informal learning, Self-Directed Learning, as well as Social or Collaborative Learning. eLearning Trends in 2020 – Mobile Apps for Learning.

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Litmos

JANUARY 16, 2019

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. Instead, you want to celebrate, not the mistake, but the lesson learned. It’s human nature.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 30, 2013

While a free-for-all learning strategy might not be the most effective way to run a training department, Stephanie Ivec argues for keeping informal learning, informal , “Trying to turn informal learning into formal learning diminishes [its] unique benefits” writes Ivec.

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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. The Benefits of a Classical Education - OReilly Radar , June 21, 2009. Ten years after - Informal Learning , January 10, 2009.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2011

Whitmore mentioned that AlliedBarton security officers are always expected to lead by example, promote and embody the culture, values, and benefits of the company with passion, and assume ownership. He mentioned leaders should be expected to drive performance and deliver people and that a brand is a reputation created by behaviors.

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Jay Cross

MAY 30, 2009

That first round of e-learning largely failed for precisely this reason. You can’t remove the humans from learning. Companies should embrace network-supported informal learning because it works better, not because it reduces labor costs. New communities have different requirements than old.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Agile practitioners Jim Benson and Bill Anderson set the stage, outlining the benefits of Agile: Empirical : learn our capacity. Discussion flushed out other aspects: John Smith: this is a community of practice approach. Great opportunity for people learn by eavesdropping. Iterative : small steps get them there.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

The type of learning that is rapidly trending upward is informal learning. My choice of new tactics is applying the concept of a learning continuum that takes a holistic approach to the whole learning pie, and at the same time, embracing the potential of five different moments of learning need.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I love not only having great communities of practice with people that are in the industry, but also obviously, helping that next generation of learning designer with the right mindset and skills to succeed. If you had to boil down one key lesson from your experience in the learning industry, what would it be?

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I love not only having great communities of practice with people that are in the industry, but also obviously, helping that next generation of learning designer with the right mindset and skills to succeed. If you had to boil down one key lesson from your experience in the learning industry, what would it be?

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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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eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

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. …Tags: Tags: Informal Learnin. On the future of Digital Games Based Learning in Corporate E-learning.

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