Web Courseworks

AUGUST 24, 2017

In the Learning & Development world there has been a lot of buzz recently around content curation and the skills associated with being a curator. Most of this activity has been the domain of the membership department and the delivery is almost always on the “informal learning” side of the continuum.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Or will work itself subsume learning enabled by a transformed L&D / facilitators / coaches / mentors and the "right" organizational culture? How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world?

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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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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Leaders say how they will support learning and how they will recognize and reward those employees who continually acquire new knowledge and new skills. . Build trust - Employees will invest time and effort in learning if they trust their managers. This message is in the guiding principles of the business.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 5, 2012

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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Mindflash

MAY 23, 2012

The first post I wrote here was Critical Skills Learning Professionals Need Now , back in October 2010. Since then, I’ve been on a quest to help people in the learning and development industry continuously learn new skills and stay current. Today, I’ll summarize the five skills: Business Acumen.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Informal Learning begins with these words: “THIS IS A BOOK about knowledge workers, twenty-first-century business, and informal learning. The workhorse of the knowledge economy has been, and continues to be, informal learning. Most teaming about how to do a job is informal. “Training&# ?

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Having said that, dropping the degree entry requirement could make sense for specific teams such as Innovation, who might be looking for someone with creative thinking skills rather than a Bachelor of Commerce degree. I prefer to see MOOCs through the lens of informal learning which values the learning over its bureaucracy.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

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. Companies are outsourcing their course development so internal L&D can focus on communicating and connecting. Becoming CURATORS of information – tagging, editing.

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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

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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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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Matrix

MARCH 22, 2018

Today’s employees focus a lot on learning and development — both personal and professional — as they know that acquiring new knowledge and skills, and always improving these, is the way to a successful career. Therefore, getting the right learning opportunities makes them feel valued. What is a CoP and what it isn’t.

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Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

Certainly, the downsides of hyperconnectivity—such as depleted attention spans and degraded interpersonal relationships and skills—warrant serious consideration. These are excellent examples of using microlearning to reinforce key behaviors, hone skills, and drive performance in specific, targeted skills.

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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).

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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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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 20, 2012

This model came from a look at how people act in the world and I was reminded of it during a conversation on informal learning. However, there may be times when we can’t rely on that well-practiced approach (say, for instance, if our usual route home is blocked for some reason).

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

Correspondingly, the shelf-life of most skills was shortened too. However, the time required to master new skills or solutions continues to be as long as it used to be. These dynamics made many organizations press their employees to learn faster. As a result, some new training and learning solutions came into play.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 27, 2012

Recognises that formal learning accounts for small % of how people learn in the organisation. Training often outsourced, on-demand access to self-paced learning, f2f networking important, facilitated collaborative/peer-learning available in the workflow. Informal learning. Social learning.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia "Collaboration is a process through which people who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences and search for the solution that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible." ~ Anecdote And informal learning is hinged on collaboration.

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The Learning Circuits

MAY 2, 2006

I'm currently preparing a project for European funding aiming at the development of communities of practice as a structured way of fostering and deepening transfer and sharing of skills, knowledge and competency. Clark and others will no doubt have an opinion, but that isn't really what concerns me today).

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ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

1 Instructional Design Multimedia Learning Richard Mayer. 2 Workplace Learning The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge. 3 Workplace Learning Informal learning Jay Cross. 4 Workplace learning The Working Smarter Fieldbook Jay Cross. 5 Workplace Learning/Training Social Media for Trainers Jane Bozarth.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Excerpts from the Best of T+D | 2007 - 2009 Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : As knowledge workers, we are like actors--only as good as our last performance. 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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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

JANUARY 24, 2018

Usage of learning portals for corporate training initiatives is gaining momentum. In this article, I share 4 examples of how you can use them for both formal and informal learning to increase employee engagement. Learning Portals For Corporate Training: What Are Their Key Characteristics? Social learning.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

There was also a discussion on ITFORUM that expanded to discuss how experts are losing the problem-solving skills and how to develop them. This is more about execution, and is formal learning, where we need to support motivation and manage anxiety as well as develop new skills.

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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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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

As we get older, we consolidate what we have learnt, modifying our knowledge and skills as new information and techniques become known to us. Libraries and 'seats of learning' were traditionally the places to be when formal learning was required. This in turn promotes new forms of learning.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 8, 2007

For some months now I've been carrying Jay Cross's new book Informal Learning around in my bag to read on train journeys. What's more, I believe that blended, formal programmes can provide an important bridge to informal learning.

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Learnnovators

MAY 11, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. The catch is that “social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. Social learning is not a 21st century invention.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Further, personal devices enable individuals to gain access and to participate at many levels within their communities of practice, from ‘entering by learning’ through to ‘transcending by developing’ (Ryberg & Christiansen, 2008). The central tenet of heutagogy is that people inherently know how to learn. Delfino, M.,

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

Companies should: • Determine what needs to be done and the skills required to accomplish that job. Organizations should not think of the job at this time either, but instead look at what skills their teams have as a collective unit. • Review the skills gaps to accomplish the job and identify training to improve those skills.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 29, 2015

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. Finally, here’s a summary of Informal Learning.

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Obsidian Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2015

One of the best ways is to encourage interaction and informal learning among learners after completing WBT. Here are a few ideas: Use wikis, blogs, or even Twitter (perhaps with a unique hashtag) to build virtual communities of practice. For more ideas, see our article on informal learning in the workplace.

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Obsidian Learning

MARCH 31, 2015

S atisfaction: leaving learners with positive feelings about the course and encouraging further learning. The model assumes that if learners have a personal reason for learning the material, they will be motivated to succeed and will be satisfied with their newly acquired skills. References.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 19, 2012

My answer would be somewhat different if you had no classroom experience, because clearly you would first have to become comfortable with facilitation as a general skill, quite separately from any issues related to the technology. Creating e-learning tutorials This is a tough one.

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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. Communities of practice Rob works closely with the company’s Knowledge Management function to look for any opportunities for the two departments to collaborate.

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