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Informal learning: Why it matters to a business

ProProfs

According to CARA’s 2010 Survey on social media impact, nearly 70% of what is learned in life and at work happens through informal and social learning. If applied right, informal learning can become the competitive edge for every company. If applied right, informal learning can become the competitive edge for every company.

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Performance Support

Clark Quinn

Remember the original premise of PS, making information available to workers instead of forcing them to memorize it? That’s how we use Google and corporate wikis and instant messenger. Gloria [Gery] sought easy, immediate, individualized on-line access to information, software, guidance, advice and assistance.

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Profile of a learning architect: Tiina Paju-Pomfret

Clive on Learning

The team still delivers some one day, face-to-face courses, but with a shift in emphasis away from simply teaching software applications towards focusing on how those applications can be used to help you work more effectively. This was accomplished using Bupa’s Saba Centra virtual classroom platform.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

Method Count Percent Alongside Formal Learning 26 63% Process Information / Training 22 54% Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) / Support Information 18 44% Commonly used resources, URL's to applications, documentation, Contact Information, etc. No problems getting things here. Not sure what else was implied. is discoverable.

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