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eLearning as Part of an Informal Learning Strategy

Integrated Learnings

Much of my learning came from brainstorming with peers, participating in online forums , reading (articles, books, blogs, etc.), Do you have a similar story of unstructured, experiential, informal learning? In contrast, only 20% of organizations’ learning budgets go toward enhancing informal learning.

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The Importance of Informal Learning at the Workplace

Origin Learning

Earlier blog posts have stressed on how workplace learning has evolved over the years and L&D managers are re-inventing the wheel to meet the demands of the ‘millennial audience’. In this blog post, we examine ‘informal learning’ and see how it can play a major role in modern workplace learning.

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Read This Book Next: Evidence-Informed Learning Design

LearningGuild

Read This Book Next: Evidence-Informed Learning Design. bill-brandon. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 01:00.

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Formal Learning vs. Informal Learning

Learningtogo

While studies vary on the exact percentage, most learning in today’s workplace is informal. In this post, we’ll distinguish between informal and formal learning and explore ways to identify and encourage informal learning within your organization. What is informal learning?

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Book Review: Evidence-Informed Learning Design

eLearning Industry

Today, anybody can be an expert, thought leader, guru or ninja spreading opinion-based misinformation about how we should design learning experiences. Read this book. What should you do instead? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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ELC 060: How to Practice Evidence-informed Learning Design

The eLearning Coach

In this episode, I speak with Mirjam Neelen about the conclusions that learning researchers agree on, how to identify learning myths and how to incorporate evidence-informed learning strategies into your work. Mirjam is a coauthor of Evidence-Informed Learning Design: Creating training to improve performance.

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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.