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The Importance of Informal Learning at the Workplace

Origin Learning

20% of learning is social. Informal learning is designed to directly motivate the learner to complete the course. As there is no pre-determined path or forced structure, learners choose to pick topics that interest them and this in turn boost course completion rates. 10% of learning is formal. Learning from the Pioneers.

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The Social Learning Revolution in eLearning

TalentLMS

The boom in social media and the round-the-clock need to connect in communities is doing wonders for the eLearning industry. Social learning is an age-old learning and teaching strategy, backed by many cognitive scientists. Leveraging social learning with the eLearning content is the new norm of eLearning courses.

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A new workforce reality: “remote first” work

OpenSesame

Seize the opportunity and invest in instant messaging software for your employees such as Slack. . With the coronavirus pandemic, you’ll probably run into the situation where a new hire starts, but most of the company is working from home due to social distancing. Sign up for these free courses at go.opensesame.com/free-offer.

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A quick guide to knowledge sharing (L&D)

Learning Pool

Facilitate social learning: Social learning means learning together. Social learning transfers the practices and features of social media to learning in the workplace. LMSs come with discussion boards and social media forums that can be used to channel and capture informal knowledge.

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Face time

E-Learning Provocateur

Of course, peer-to-peer interaction isn’t a novel concept in e-learning. We have asynchronous tools such as online discussion forums, synchronous tools such as instant messaging, and semi-synchronous tools such as Twitter. Much more so than if either of us were studying alone.

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Digital learning assets; Curating and extending learning with an LMS

Learning Pool

LMSs deliver content to learners: from full-scale courses to small chunks of learning and other online resources. LMSs support a range of learning strategies including microlearning, blended learning, spaced learning, social learning, gamification, and so on. Social learning: Providing a shared learning space encourages collaboration.

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Asynchronous social learning is newer than you think

Clive on Learning

Historically, all social learning activities, whether one-to-one or group, would have been synchronous (real-time). Synchronous learning also benefited by technology; first the telephone and then online tools such as text chat, instant messaging, internet telephony and web conferencing. But individual it remained.