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.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

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. I prefer to see MOOCs through the lens of informal learning which values the learning over its bureaucracy. The 3 mindsets of m-learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2009

Compare to other alternatives (formal/informal learning). I actually record valuable informal conversations in the wiki, before the value of those just were lost over time.&#. Examples (from The Social Enterprise Blog ): Caterpillar 3000 communities of practice = $75 million saved as of 5 years ago. It is opaque.

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Social Networks Social Network ROI Network 193

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

ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Professionals are anyone who does work that cannot be standardized easily and who continuously welcomes challenges at the cutting edge of his or her expertise. Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Professionals immeresed in communities of practice have a larger zone of proximal development.

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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.

Blended Learning 113

Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 113

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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Social Networks Wiki Summary Social Network Analysis 36

The Learning Circuits

AUGUST 15, 2012

It has been a tough decision, especially with the LC Blog getting some of its highest traffic ever—thanks to the amazing group of guest bloggers who have contributed their ideas and expertise over the past 10 months. We thank them and everyone else who shared their ideas, expertise, and dedication to the field.

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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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eLearning Strategy Strategy Blended Learning Community 133

Janet Clarey

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

This is a full social networking and communities environment, complete with professional networking features (rich user profiles, communities of practice, expertise location, alumni networks, etc.) Incorporating multiple modalities of learning is not the challenging part. and user-generated content/Web 2.0

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

There are many books and resources available that will provide the same information you’d get in any formal program. Combine that with the easy authoring tools and rich informal learning networks available today and you’re all set. One of the great things about social media is the access you have to all sorts of expertise.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 84

Clive on Learning

MARCH 24, 2011

Communities of practice have been established for more 12 years, with well-defined policies and systems. On-demand approaches To support on-demand learning Shell has its own wiki, with 70,000 users and more than 40,000 articles. So it’s called informal learning or on-the-job learning.

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Wiki Blended Learning Diversity Training Compliance Training 71

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Expertise locators connect workers to people with answers; social software connects them with friends and colleagues. The social learning revolution has only just begun. Fewer still are involved with learning for customers, partners, distributors and the supply chain. The problem?

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Social Networks Wiki IBM Metrics 40

CLO Magazine

JULY 8, 2013

Despite recent and continued emphasis on social media to support learning, the most significant types of informal learning aren’t technology-based. “More social learning efforts, connecting experts with learners real-time as learning is happening on the job,” said one CLO.

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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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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. We hope they help you keep calm and carry on. Join Will Thalheimer, Ph.D., They’re finding that help in video.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 25, 2007

I really thought that Andrew Hintons presentation on the idea of user experience as Communities of Practice was excellent. From the land of Huh? The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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Social Networks Social Bookmarking eLearning Guild Wiki 32

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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Digital Metrics Performance Support Performance 52

Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

. “In this article I want to turn to the ‘how’ of change and transformation in organisational learning and look at one specific approach that many organisations are finding useful to help them adapt to meet changing requirements and demands – the 70:20:10 framework. Who Stole The Tarts?

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Resources 196

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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Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

eLearning Learning Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

- Performance Learning Productivity , May 28, 2010 Instructional design is not only seen as a core competency for learning and development/training specialists, but it’s a huge industry, too. Most learning vendors tout their ‘expertise in instructional design’ as a key reason as to why we should engage them to produce learning content.

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eLearning Strategy Corporate eLearning Authoring Tools eLearning 89

E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2010

If we dispense with online courses in favour of PDFs, how can we incorporate interactivity into the learning experience? Enter the Informal Learning Environment (ILE). Essentially, an ILE is a space (like a website or intranet site) that centralises relevant learning resources in a particular domain. Informalise learning.

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Learning Objects Authoring Tools Online VLE 252

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

At CapGemini, six months after the informal launch, the 900 communities of practice were using 500 forums, 500 wikis and more than 250 expertise- or project-focused blogs. Business results as defined in the previous paragraph are not long behind. Increase in Connection to Valuable Third Parties.

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ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 12, 2010

Cross is a champion of informal learning, Web 2.0, He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix three decades ago. Quality in eLearning (Bogota), LearnX (Melbourne), and Learning Technology (London).

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Informal Learning Performance Support Informal Support 73

Learnnovators

APRIL 14, 2015

Communities of professionals collaborating and cooperating to learn together will be on the rise. Content will be continuously co-created and co-owned by the community members ( much like the evolution of Wikipedia ). Each member will bring their expertise to bear and share their knowledge and experiences.

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Diversity Training Change Blended Learning Cloud Computing 184

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Communities of professionals collaborating and cooperating to learn together will be on the rise. Content will be continuously co-created and co-owned by the community members ( much like the evolution of Wikipedia ). Each member will bring their expertise to bear and share their knowledge and experiences.

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Change Diversity Training Cloud Computing IBM 227

Jay Cross

APRIL 16, 2013

The start-up stiffed me but the paper morphed into the Informal Learning book. I’ll be leading a series of master classes on informal learning and working smarter in Europe. Informal Learning – the other 80%. Because organizations are oblivious to informal learning, they fail to invest in it.

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Informal Learning Informal Blended Learning Authoring Tools 98

Learnnovators

APRIL 14, 2015

Communities of professionals collaborating and cooperating to learn together will be on the rise. Content will be continuously co-created and co-owned by the community members ( much like the evolution of Wikipedia ). Each member will bring their expertise to bear and share their knowledge and experiences.

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Blended Learning Diversity Training Change Cloud Computing 100

Learnnovators

JULY 29, 2015

The key question we (as L&D/HR) need to think of is how are we going to support workplace learning to build such skills in the workforce? The overarching requirement is to develop workers who think for themselves, who can drive their own learning and are not restrained by the norms and processes of the past.

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Diversity Training Blended Learning PKM Community 133

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 1, 2009

An active community of practice is a different animal from a bottom-up knowledge management network or a corporate news channel. New communities have different requirements than old. Digital Habitats posits the role of the community technology steward.

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Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

However, go to any training conference, including ASTD’s own International Conference and Exhibition, and you don’t hear much about instructor-led training or self-paced learning. Training is not the same as learning. Profiles, expertise locators. Root out information hoarding; make sharing the norm.

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