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The key to informal learning is autonomy

Jane Hart

Jay Cross, the author of the 2007 seminal book, Informal Learning, Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance , recently wrote a blog post in which he explained that although there has been a lot of talk about “informal learning” in the last five years, there has been very little action.

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27 Books for L&D Folks.

ID Reflections

I have listed down a few books that have shaped my thinking over the last one year. I believe they are all very essential reads for today’s learning and development folks. 1 Instructional Design Multimedia Learning Richard Mayer. 2 Workplace Learning The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge. Subject Title Author. Andrew McAfee.

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Learning Resources from Informal Learning (Jay Cross): Part 1

ID Reflections

I am re-reading Informal Learning by Jay Cross and was going through the resource links he has provided. Apart from the book, which is a must read for anyone interested in the field of learning, the resource links are gold mines of knowledge, information and insights.

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30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – Day 17: Trainers Helping Trainers

Learning Rebels

Not to mention they asked really good questions about content design and they genuinely wanted to learn how to do better by their organization. When asked about informal learning and how they progressed their own knowledge of the training industry, the room got silent. It was a week where ideas flowed! Then it happened.

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Re-imagining Work & Learning in a Networked World

ID Reflections

I thought I''d do the same from an L&D and workplace learning perspective. Two books I have recently read influence my thoughts in this post. These are The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here by Dr. Lynda Gratton (a book review coming up soon), and The Second Machine Age by Andrew Mcafee and Erik Brynjolfsson.

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Taking Stock and Making Choices: Working from home and other such stuff

ID Reflections

Mostly, business as usual at work and crisis situations at home took my time and attention. Working from home offers me plenty of solitude but not the intellectual stimulation and those over-the-shoulder conversations so crucial to serendipity, ambient awareness, and informal learning.

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Mobile Learning: e-learningnext

ID Reflections

The emergent ones are those that are likely to have the greatest impact on Human Performance Improvement and Personal Knowledge Management. Source: Mobile Affordances by Clark Quinn Industry Facts and Figures This brings us to the business feasibility of including mobile learning as a service in our solution portfolio.