Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 2009. Informal Learning 2.0. In the world of business, the era of networks is crowding out the Industrial Age. In sum, networks are ushering in new ways of doing business. Corporate approaches to learning have to change, as well. Collaboration rules.

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Obsidian Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

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. In fact, we typically learn more from informal learning than from formal learning experiences. Build a Learning Culture.

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Web Courseworks

AUGUST 24, 2017

In the Learning & Development world there has been a lot of buzz recently around content curation and the skills associated with being a curator. Most of this activity has been the domain of the membership department and the delivery is almost always on the “informal learning” side of the continuum.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 13, 2011

An instructional designer by profession who started her career anlayzing learner needs, creating micro-design documents, writing story-boards and discussing the nitty-gritty of course navigation with visual designers, I have long been interested in the power of social, collaborative and informal learning. Powered by enterprise2.0

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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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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

70:20:10 has shone a spotlight on the limits of formal learning. In contrast, social and experiential learning continue to be veritable goldmines of productivity, placing learners at the centre of their story and demanding a major shift from Learning & Development professionals. SUPPORT AN ENGAGED, GROWTH MINDSET.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

This message is in the guiding principles of the business. Leaders say how they will support learning and how they will recognize and reward those employees who continually acquire new knowledge and new skills. . Build trust - Employees will invest time and effort in learning if they trust their managers.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Or will work itself subsume learning enabled by a transformed L&D / facilitators / coaches / mentors and the "right" organizational culture? How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world?

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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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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 8, 2012

Fortunately, performance support systems have received more attention in recent years, thanks to a broader trend toward informal learning strategies. As you design and deliver your next learning program, you can improve outcomes by keeping these three things in mind: 1.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

We love talking to people…make learning more social and fun. How can we sell the idea of social learning to skeptical managers? Tell your managers what you have learned! Dirty Words: Training, Learner, eLearning, Informal, Social, School, Learning What is the role of L&D specialists in working smarter?

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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?

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Jane Hart

JUNE 4, 2012

So one approach that I have been promoting is, instead of thinking of Formal and Informal Leaning as polar opposites, rather to think in terms of a Social Workplace Learning Continuum (as shown diagrammatically in the image on the right). Want to find out more?

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

Businesses have faced many drastic changes during the times of the pandemic. On one hand, it slowed down businesses in certain areas, but on the other, it caused an over-acceleration of the adoption of unimaginable levels of changes and technologies. 5 major lessons learned in 2021. Leveraging the lessons.

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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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EI Design

JANUARY 28, 2020

To distinguish this release from other offerings, I was mulling over the approach I could use to thread various Trends and I came up with the following 3 important aspects: Look at various Trends from the lens of how relevant they are for the learners, the business, and the L&D teams. Mobile Learning. Personalized Learning.

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EI Design

AUGUST 19, 2020

Training remote learners and driving performance gain over distance is the new reality. As a result, Rapid Virtual Training Transformation needs to be undertaken to provide online training for remote learners. Trends that foster continuous learning. Section 3: Trends that foster continuous learning. Background.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

Although learning is proven to contribute to business success, slashed budgets have put many organizations’ learning efforts on the chopping block, opening the door for blending learning. Organizations should not mix beginners with more advanced learners, for example.

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TalentLMS

MAY 16, 2016

In this post, we uncover some social eLearning strategies that will help harness better engagement and involvement for your learners. Leveraging social learning with the eLearning content is the new norm of eLearning courses. This points to the learners’ preference to learn in groups. Why Social Learning?

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 12, 2018

Usage of Content Curation to offset this challenge not only helps addresses this challenge but also enables users to find the access to information they can use at the moment of their need. In this blog, I pick top 5 questions related to Content Curation and outline why it makes business sense to adopt it. What Is Content Curation?

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Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

People learn more in an environment that encourages conversation, so make sure you’re fostering an environment where people talk to each other. A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social network of people who identify with one another professionally (e.g. An effective community of practice is like a beehive.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The two talk about why designing with a digital mindset enables you to scale your learning at speed, how you can empower stakeholders by thinking of learning data as a conversation with learners, and the important role digital learning plays in capability building. And what's the role of learning in it?

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The two talk about why designing with a digital mindset enables you to scale your learning at speed, how you can empower stakeholders by thinking of learning data as a conversation with learners, and the important role digital learning plays in capability building. And what's the role of learning in it?

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Mindflash

MAY 23, 2012

Each week for the next five weeks, I will write a blog post on each of the five critical skills: business acumen, rapid instructional design, social/informal learning, enterprise 2.0 Today, I’ll summarize the five skills: Business Acumen. What does your business really want? Social/Informal Learning.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

The coronavirus may have robbed us of face-to-face interaction, but it can’t rob us of learning. There are tons of free webinars this month to keep you connected with your communities of practice. However, performance-based, real-time recognition isn’t the reality for 53% of businesses. We’re coping, not advancing.

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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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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Elliott Masie Learners as designers. Learning apps. Branon Learning Management System App Stores Bob Little Apps, Not Courses Inge de Waard Augmented reality moves towards augmented learning with easy tools: Wikitude , Layar , ARToolKit. Some Mobile Learning Predictions for 2011 Mobile learning will get its own identity.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

Learning is not shifting into the work context – it is catching up. We are behind the flow of business, and many of us do design and develop solutions for the bigger slice of the learning opportunity pie. In that post, I shared the moments of learning need that our learners will confront both inside an outside of the classroom.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 8, 2013

Content, audience, environment and available technology each play a role in how learning is delivered, and all of those continue to evolve. However, despite volatility, survey results from the Chief Learning Officer magazine Business Intelligence Board (BIB) suggest that organizations are getting more sophisticated in their modality choice.

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Marcia Conner

JANUARY 26, 2012

Learning makes brains physically bigger. Learning also makes them smarter. And the competitive advantage of smarter in a Darwinian business ecosystem eventually leads to more profits. If people in your company learn what your company needs to know and do, you can get smarter. Such access was a first for me.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 8, 2009

Business Casual , May 16, 2009 Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences?

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2011

Day two of the Spring 2011 Chief Learning Officer magazine Symposium continued with more innovative learning strategies in Amelia Island, Fla. Bill Whitmore, CEO of AlliedBarton Security Services began the morning with a keynote on how to drive business performance through leadership branding.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

Up next: networks obsolete authoritarian, fixed-asset based, rigid, closed models of doing business. Given the coming cataclysm, what’s a learning professional to do? Propose lean-and-mean approaches such as peer learning and performance support. Be a business person. Talk business metrics. Take action.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 24, 2011

Stakeholder management is of the upmost importance, with the learner an important voice in the process. Learning beyond the course Shell is really good at providing a myriad of other, less formal, ways in which employees can develop core competences, keep up-to-date with changes and prepare to take on further responsibilities.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2006

The Work-Based Learning Unit of e-Skills UK has published preliminary results from their research with employers and learners in the UK "to help understand why employers are currently investing in e-learning and the difference it is making to their business and staff."

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eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 8, 2009

Business of Learning - eLearning Technology , June 15, 2009. SharePoint vs. Social Media - Engaged Learning , June 22, 2009. New online book on mobile learning -available for free download - Ignatia Webs , June 12, 2009. Informal learning patterns - Informal Learning , June 26, 2009.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JANUARY 3, 2011

Take This LMS and Shove It - Living in Learning , May 19, 2010. Workscape evolution - Informal Learning , May 7, 2010. Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning , April 22, 2010. Mobile Learning Survey Results Summary - I Came, I Saw, I Learned , July 30, 2010. When to LMS - Learnlets , May 18, 2010.

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