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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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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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 22, 2013

I decided to take this on, thinking about an org that was already in operation, with it’s goals, processes, and practices, and what I might do if I were to come in and get it going (with the support of the executive team to do what I thought was right). Another emphasis would be on developing individual capability for self-learning.

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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. Enterprise 2.0

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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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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. They needn’t worry.

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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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Matrix

MARCH 22, 2018

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. But it must also support all the informal learning that happens organically in the workplace.

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Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

Among other things, Bersin cites the potential of learning experience systems, microlearning platforms, and other technologies to reach learners with the learning content they need and want but often, ironically, lack the time to consume. Capture Tacit Knowledge and Build Communities of Practice.

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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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Tony Karrer

MARCH 26, 2009

Here are the top items via eLearning Learning. Adult Learning in the Workplace – Research Findings Top Keywords PKM eLearning Tools Informal Learning Swish Adobe Captivate Twitter LinkedIn Tools Harbinger Adobe Google Articulate Microsoft eLearning Technology.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 22, 2015

MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 2: Designing a MOOC. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 3: Launching a MOOC. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 4: Their Role in Corporate Universities. ” Most learners are used to “solo” learning, both in the academic and the corporate world.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

As a futuristic learning leader, you must be strategic about speed and consider how to prepare your learners at the speed of business. The role of formal L&D is de-emphasized. As we move into 2022, organizations should continue to emphasize field learning as it proved to be more effective.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 27, 2012

I’ll be addressing that point in further postings in the coming weeks as I take a closer look at Learning in a Social Business, and the role of the Workplace Learning Professional in a Social Business. LEARNING IN AN E-BUSINESS. LEARNING IN A SOCIAL BUSINESS. Informal learning. Social learning.

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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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Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Teaching and learning practices benefit from the collective knowledge that social technology provides. Social media practices can facilitate new forms of collaborative knowledge construction. It encourages civic engagement in broader communities of practice.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 22, 2015

MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 1: Some Points to Consider. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 2: Designing a MOOC. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 3: Launching a MOOC. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 4: Their Role in Corporate Universities. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 1: Some Points to Consider.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It leads me to think about what is learning, and why we are arguing that the new role in the organization will be for learning facilitation, not for ‘instruction’ or ‘training’ How do we learn? Not how do we believe we should be instructed, but how do we learn?

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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.

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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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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments. A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Influenced in large part due to the efforts of the speakers on this theme, the conversations around alternate ways of conceiving learning and the learning experience have centred around the following key aspects: Informal Learning, Communities of Practice, Connectivism. MOOCs, OER University, Stanford AI.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

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. In the absence of such conversations, I have to consciously make an effort to write about and communicate what I do within the organization.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Mathemagenic " PhD conclusions in a thousand words: blogging practices of knowledge workers Web 2.0 Applications in Learning Rethinking Learning Styles Understanding E-Learning 2.0 Try Before You Buy Tools Used Better Conferences - Response Needed Roles in CoP's The science of learning Learning 2.0

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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

Litmos

JANUARY 16, 2019

Similarly, there are appropriate interventions , and L&D can and should play a role. Don’t equate information with ability. One of the wrong ways to do courses is to get information from SMEs and present it to the learners (whether or not you add a knowledge test). It’s human nature.

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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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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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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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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Effectiveness is about providing the right learning and here technology plays a crucial role as well. Often, the most appropriate learning to address a particular need will be self-paced online class or a virtual instructor-led class (one instructor with participants in multiple, diverse locations).

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

When looking for the right training program, it is important to keep the learner’s role in mind and ensure that the training offered meets the needs of the individual. Informal learning is becoming a common component of modern blended learning programs. Developing a Blended Program That Fits the Organization.

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EI Design

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It empowers L&D teams, Subject Matter Experts, and learners alike as they can play an active role in the process of Content Curation. Content Curation is a great way to foster a culture of continuous learning. As learning resources that provide just-in-time help. To encourage informal learning and promote Social Learning.

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Obsidian Learning

MARCH 31, 2015

It is important to demonstrate to each learner the relevance of the training to his or her role in the organization. To give your learners confidence in using the skills you are teaching, consider using a guided practice approach to learning. References. Keller, J. Motivational systems. Stolovitch & E. Keeps (Eds.),

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2010

and to learn. Formal learning is not the only type of learning possible, you see. More often, we are learning informally, while playing a massively multi-player online role playing game for example, or listening to a podcast about a news item. we are informally learning something new.

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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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Clive on Learning

JULY 19, 2012

Facilitating collaborative online learning More modern, informal learning approaches put the trainer as the ‘guide on the side’ rather than the ‘sage on the stage’. These days a great deal of that guiding is going to be online, using web sites, forums, wikis, blogs and all sorts of communities of practice.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 1, 2010

Strategy as Process, Not Product: The Learning Value Chain What did I learn: The importance of having a strategy in place before jumping into the tactics, and the need for a process before a product development work can start. What is Informal Learning? Similarly, learning shoveled at learners will be ineffective.

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