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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Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 167

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Whether or not we agree the role of the university is to prepare students for the workplace, I think it’s going that way due to market forces. When we worry about the status of their credentials or lose sleep over their completion rates, we’re perpetuating an out-dated paradigm of education based on formal learning.

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Blended Learning Scanning Social Networks Instructional Design 100

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 2, 2015

One of these posts appears in Jane Hart ’s blog, Learning in the Social Workplace. In this post , she writes that workplace learning is: Structured learning experiences (e.g., training) and informal learning experiences (e.g., communities of practice). Helping workers learn continuously on the job.

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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. The role of formal L&D is de-emphasized.

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Metrics Lesson Performance Support Unison 89

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 role of L&D is to communicate and connect those who are doing the work (at the top of the pyramid) and management whose job is to support them. They are business metrics.

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eLearning Guild Social Learning Social Metrics 208

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Learning can only happen when a child is interested. To embrace informal learning we must empower learners to play a central and proactive part in the process. Similarly, formal learning can help shape and direct informal learning. SUPPORT AN ENGAGED, GROWTH MINDSET. CREATE REAL VALUE ON SOCIAL PLATFORMS.

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Blended Learning Performance Support Social Networks Create 100

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.

Blended Learning 113

Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 113

Matrix

MARCH 22, 2018

It’s not enough for a business to say it values its employees; it also has to prove it. 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. A CoP is not a team.

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Companies Strategy Communities of Practice Community 49

Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

The modern workforce is connected through an ecosystem comprised of business tools and learning technologies — like learning experience systems — and even personal devices. Microlearning is another effective learning strategy that delivers for the hyper-connected, tech-savvy learner. They’re also connected to each other.

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Learning Technologies Technology Learner Communities of Practice 40

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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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

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. Typically, each business unit is providing a portal of their information for others to use.

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Portal Wiki Communities of Practice Site 150

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

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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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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Social Networks Social Network Communities of Practice Lesson 83

Tony Karrer

JUNE 16, 2009

eLearning Learning Hot List June 1, 2009 to June 12, 2009 Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. yes, they went there - WISE Pedagogy , June 1, 2009 Time Spent - The Learning Circuits Blog , June 1, 2009 Top Other Items The following are the top other items based on social signals.

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Social Networks Social Network Analysis Social Network Network 100

CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Technology is essential to run learning like a business. Here the first learning technology an organization needs is a good learning management system (LMS). Effectiveness is about providing the right learning and here technology plays a crucial role as well.

Learning Technologies 75

Learning Technologies Technology Diversity Training LMS 75

TalentLMS

MAY 16, 2016

Social learning creates the much in-demand informal learning setting where learners can network, share, collaborate, and exchange ideas on problem-solving. Let’s examine some top benefits of social learning in organizations. What is Social Learning? . The learner is not a passive recipient of information.

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Social Learning Social Cognitive eLearning Strategy 74

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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Performance Support Performance Mentoring Suite 72

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. Informal learning is becoming a common component of modern blended learning programs.

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Blended Learning Virtual Classroom Blended Communities of Practice 60

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. Mobile Apps for Learning.

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Trends Blended Learning eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning 52

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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Digital Metrics Performance Support Performance 52

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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Digital Metrics Performance Support Performance 52

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. Learn more about ATD, our courses and certifications. We hope they help you keep calm and carry on.

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Free Brandon Hall Blended Learning Virtual Classroom 86

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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Trends Blended Learning Compliance Training eLearning Strategy 75

Jay Cross

MARCH 21, 2012

Most CLOs I talk with are so busy taking care of today’s business that they spend little time preparing for the future. This is social business. Informal learning thrives here. Get your mobile learning strategy together. Fixating on the short term is foolish in the long run. The future’s all we’ve got.

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Social Networks Compliance Training Exercise Predictions 51

CLO Magazine

JULY 8, 2013

While many learning leaders choose their offerings based on cost and convenience, others are staying true to costlier traditional methods. Content, audience, environment and available technology each play a role in how learning is delivered, and all of those continue to evolve.

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ILT CD-ROM Asynchronous CLO 66

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

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. Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality.

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Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

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. The type of learning that is rapidly trending upward is informal learning. This is not a drill.

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Performance Support Design Support Instructional Design 113

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. There’s no cookie-cutter formula for assigning these new roles and responsibilities.

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Technology Wiki Metrics CLO 38

eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 8, 2009

Top 100 Learning Game Resources - Upside Learning Blog , June 24, 2009. The Various Roles of Instructional Design (work in progress) - Jonathan’s ID , June 5, 2009. Business of Learning - eLearning Technology , June 15, 2009. SharePoint vs. Social Media - Engaged Learning , June 22, 2009. Top Keywords.

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Compliance Training Google Wave Social Networks eLearning Strategy 46

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. Social Learning Strategies Checklist - Social Enterprise Blog , January 11, 2010. Four roles for social media in workplace learning - Clive on Learning , September 28, 2010.

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Blended Learning Instructional Design Corporate eLearning eLearning Strategy 105

eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Hot Topic #2 - Social Media , Social Networks , Social Learning , and Informal Learning. Social media, social networks, communities for learning both formal and informal is bigger than I think we can even imagine at this point. What is Informal Learning , February 19, 2009. Community (1202).

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Social Networks Google Wave LearnTrends Virtual Classroom 49

eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Growing Your Business - Innovative Marketing Using Social Media. Podcasting for E-Learning: Recording Audio - The E-Learning Curve , September 14, 2009. The Free e-Learning Page Hits 100 - MinuteBio , September 13, 2009. Corporations need to catch up on open content - Informal Learning , September 17, 2009.

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Knowing Doing Gap Compliance Training eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning 40

The Learning Circuits

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Social Networking is hitting the corporate scene, driving tremendous demand for informal learning, or what we call "learning on-demand." The solutions organizations are looking for include blogs, wikis, and communities of practice. E-Learning, as defined, is not as successful as one may believe.

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Tomoye Social Networks Blended Learning Mzinga 40

eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

This can give you the deep insights required to understand learners and to create worthwhile learning experiences. Here are Saffron’s top ten tips for making sure videos are adding value to your e-learning rather than just adding megabytes to your course.

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Google Wave PKM SharePoint Podcasts 46

The Learning Circuits

MARCH 3, 2008

Karl Kapp helped me with the March 2008 Big Question which is: What is the Scope of our Responsibility as Learning Professionals? One was a Chief Learning Officer panel discussion where it seemed that supporting informal learning or communities of practice was not something they were considering.

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Long Tail Big Question HTML Learning Objects 40

Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 5, 2008

A: Will Hipwell- GeoLearning’s GeoEngage module facilitates Communities of Practice (CoPs), enables social networking, and provides access to Web 2.0 These are all integrated with our LMS platform so that informal learning can still be tracked, managed and measured as easily as more formal training programs.

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GeoLearning Social Networks Wiki Cornerstone OnDemand 36