article thumbnail

Formal Training Vs. Informal Learning: Which Makes More Sense?

Mindflash

There’s been a great deal of discussion over the last few years related to informal learning. Today, just about any training magazine, website, or conference probably devotes significant time to talking about informal learning. It’s an excellent resource for learning about informal learning approaches.

article thumbnail

Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning [My notes from a webinar. Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning … &#%!? Formal learning is intentional. [I

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Informal Learning -- Getting Learners to Ask the Right Questions

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This got me musing on some of the issues that have been bumping around in my head as I read all the blog talk on the topic of informal learning as well as Jays book (which I have admittedly only gotten partly through).

article thumbnail

Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning Visions

Learning Visions

Most of that time, Ive worked for eLearning vendors: companies that design and develop eLearning programs for a wide variety of corporate clients. I love what I do because I get to learn about some new nook of the world every day. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

article thumbnail

Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

By George Siemens Introduction Learning Management Systems (LMS) are often viewed as being the starting point (or critical component) of any elearning or blended learning program. This perspective is valid from a management and control standpoint, but antithetical to the way in which most people learn today.

LMS 52
article thumbnail

Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with e's

2000) Informal Workplace Learning. 2006) Informal Learning: Rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance. 2008) Self-Regulated Learning in Communities. 2000) Simple Moments of Learning. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Practice Application Brief No.

Theory 103
article thumbnail

Three Ways to Speed Up Instructional Design

Mindflash

That means it take over 11 months to create a new one-week training program for new hires. Most trainers can’t just go to the VP of customer service and tell them they need 11 months to create that new-hire training program. Simple: Re-consider how we design learning. Let Learners Create Their Own Learning.