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. Community of Practice Case Study.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 2009. Informal Learning 2.0. Some cutting-edge corporations are adopting a new bundle of practices — let’s call them informal learning 2.0 — in order to improve operating efficiency by: • Slashing time to performance. Increasing customer loyalty though learning.

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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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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.

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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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Jay Cross

MARCH 29, 2015

It’s learning to know versus learning to be. Most of what we learn, we learn by interacting with others. Sharing is an act of learning and can be considered your responsibility for the greater social learning contract.

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Janet Clarey

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Q: What social media tools is Cornerstone OnDemand incorporating into their LMS? Cornerstone Connect is the company's new enterprise social networking platform. Alumni/retiree engagement networks - Alumni and retiree networks are a great first step for an organization wanting to test social networking waters. .

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CLO Magazine

JULY 8, 2013

Last year, this survey showed that while CLOs shifted their emphasis away from classroom-based, instructor-led training (ILT) toward e-learning, the overall portfolio hasn’t changed very much. Economy Driving Small Shifts CLOs are using the full range of options for learning delivery. What’s Going to Change?

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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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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. Furthermore, far too many CLOs take no responsibility for the social media that makes collaboration work. Now’s the time.

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Jane Hart

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Here is my pick of 10 articles about social learning since my last posting just before Christmas. … Informal learning and social learning are no doubt stealing the tarts. But there is no point attempting to introduce new informal and workplace learning approaches without a clear plan and a framework.”

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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

There are tons of free webinars this month to keep you connected with your communities of practice. Adaptable to both formal and informal learning needs, video can help instructors increase training quality, speed and effectiveness — all while significantly lowering program costs. Join Will Thalheimer, Ph.D.,

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eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Best of eLearning Learning. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. As a member, I have access to a plethora of sharing, information and intellect as it relates to how individuals are driving Enterprise 2.0 Should they be coupled with your LMS or other learning-specific tools?

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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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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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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. where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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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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Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

Often, results obtained from social science research methods will produce more meaningful feedback than solid counts of the wrong thing. Some core assumptions about ROII : • Continuous flows of information are the raw material of an organization’s value creation and overall performance. Make a hypothesis of cause and effect.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Learnnovators

JULY 29, 2015

Increasingly the human workforce will have to take on the unstructured work that requires skills like judgement, decision making, pattern sensing, emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and more. The remaining tasks will require individuals who fundamentally think differently about work and learning.

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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. These tasks won’t happen by themselves. We’re all in this together.

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Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

What worked twenty years ago doesn’t work well in the social, always-on, networked world of business we now inhabit. Service industries challenge workers to acquire tacit knowledge — the kind of know-how one learns on the job, not in the classroom. Malcolm Knowles pointed out that adults learn differently than children.

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