E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

But of course, tweet scanning also falls into the Customer Service portfolio. Twitter is used by many as a loudspeaker to vent their displeasure at bad service. This is a classic example of informal learning , and it’s central to the evolution and modernisation of workplace training. Personal applications.

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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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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

The pandemic also brought “time to market” of new products and services in some industries, such as technology, down to three months. As we move into 2022, organizations should continue to emphasize field learning as it proved to be more effective. Most organizations adopted new technologies, processes and new ways of doing things.

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Metrics Lesson Performance Support Unison 89

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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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

This happens naturally among communities of practice, and so for much of organizational learning, creating an environment where this can happen around organizational goals is really the ‘informal learning’ Jay Cross talked about in his book on the topic.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The portal may be part of an organization-wide effort to provide access to all HR services and company information through one home page. A second important learning technology is a learning content management system (LCMS) which allows content to be easily tagged, assembled, and reused.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2011

Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives. Formal programmes Three programmes dominate the formal schedule: The lending essentials programme : This takes employees from day 1 to 18 months and covers all credit and customer service policies.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives.

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Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 75

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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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 In the book, I tell a story about an interaction I had with a director of customer service, who was my boss, about what she needed from me.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2010

This is how the current tools and services found on the Web are being used in so many new ways to connect, share and converse. and to learn. You are learning something new now by reading this blog post, and I learnt something new while I was writing it. we are informally learning something new. And on it goes.

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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? Learning and performance gaps are analyzed.

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The Learning Circuits

AUGUST 15, 2012

Well, ASTD’s website redesign in April enabled us to publish blogs through our own Communities of Practice—rather than externally house them. This isn’t the first time ASTD has revamped the LC Blog into a more serviceable offering. So, why are closing it down?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 11, 2009

This is how the current tools and services found on the Web are being used in so many new ways to connect, share and converse. and to learn. You are learning something new now by reading this blog post, and I learnt something new while I was writing it. we are informally learning something new. informal learning.

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 26, 2008

For all the talk about networks and knowledge sharing, it appears many organizations aren’t practicing it. In the middle of 2008, a notice appeared on the Informal Learning blog (informl.com) requesting participation in a survey of informal and Web 2.0 learning practices. Communities of Practice: Hot or Not?

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Jay Cross - father of the Informal Learning Flow has been doing some great writing recently that look at the future of corporate training. In order for a corporate learning organization to get into the business of supporting pull learning and supporting work, we need to 1. More on this below. But first some context.

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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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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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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

If you are immersed in technology mediated communication, there are no apparent barriers to membership of your community of practice. It is your virtual community. It is tribal because the global online community exhibits many of the characteristics of traditional, territorial tribal practice.

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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.) Cornerstone already offers training for the extended enterprise; this is a logical extension of that practice area.

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The Learning Circuits

AUGUST 23, 2005

Recently while researching on the web on topics regarding Communities of Practice I came across the Community Intelligence Labs (CoIL) website. Among them I found the following 14 guidelines on How to Optimize Organizational Learning written by Entienne Wenger in the summer of 1996 for the Healthcare Forum Journal.

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Marcia Conner

JANUARY 26, 2012

It involves memory, synapses, endorphins, and encoding, and, more often than not, those accidental and serendipitous moments we call informal learning. Most real learning—the kind that sticks to the walls of the brain—is informal. Informal learning is what goes on around our formal learning process.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

Formal learning tends to be expensive; informal cuts costs because it’s learner-driven. When feasible, replace formal learning experiences with bottom-up experiential networks. Consider replacing some instructor-led training with self-service learning. Empower communities of practice and project teams.

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

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. What does a real life e-learning strategy look like? -

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2006

You can download the results from the site, but I thought I'd draw out a few findings which caught my attention: Blending of face-to-face and e-learning is pervasive, across a wide range of subject areas. 79% of organisations responded that they will be placing greater emphasis on supporting informal learning.

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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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Technology Wiki Metrics CLO 38

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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Janet Clarey

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Of all commercial LMSs, I probably have the most hands-on experience with GeoLearning ’s various products and services having managed an enterprise implementation several years ago. A: Will Hipwell- GeoLearning’s GeoEngage module facilitates Communities of Practice (CoPs), enables social networking, and provides access to Web 2.0

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Concepts at work in pull learning include: Learning on demand, immediate reinforcement. Learning while working, not separate from working. Self-service, flexible delivery, convenience. Peer learning, communities of practice, collaboration. Small chunks, links for further discovery.

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Compliance Training Corporate eLearning eLearning Simulations 38

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Concepts at work in pull learning include: Learning on demand, immediate reinforcement. Learning while working, not separate from working. Self-service, flexible delivery, convenience. Peer learning, communities of practice, collaboration. Small chunks, links for further discovery.

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Compliance Training Corporate eLearning eLearning Simulations 37

eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The Big Question: How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organisation? Clive on Learning , November 12, 2009. Ruth Clark: Evidence Based E-Learning #dl09 #dl09-104 - Learning Visions , November 11, 2009. Social Learning Examples - Informal Learning , November 15, 2009.

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The Learning Circuits

MARCH 20, 2006

the collaborative learning environments sourcebook was one of the first resources i use when i began learning about communities of practice. thus the power of bookmarking services like blinklist , de.licio.us , and the like.) i just had the experience that i'm sure happens to many of us.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 31, 2007

While at the Adaptive Path conference, UX Week 2007 , I had seen this session and thought it was quite good; " UX Design as Communities of Practice." " The post seems to be asking about why there seems to be a rise and fall to social networks and should we worry about that or just go along with it. From the land of Huh?

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Social Networks Social Network Network Social 32

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Communities of practice. A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social network of people who identify with one another professionally (e.g. Chefs and workers in the kitchen who aspire to be chefs are a community of practice. Newcomers learn the ropes from working alongside veterans. About GoToTraining.

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Diversity Training Social Networks Communities of Practice Forum 51

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Pathway to community; you have to be embedded in the community to help. Complex communities of practice where individual identity is constructed. Do you think many people at your organization can do this kind of learning without guidance? Corporate learning serves multiple roles. Now, new tools. New terrain.

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