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Evaluating Informal Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Informal learning in organizations is finally being recognized as a key aspect of employee development and performance improvement. But how do you evaluate something that is as unpredictable and serendipitous as informal learning? How do you measure the impact of informal learning experiences?

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The role of instructional designer in social/informal learning

Spark Your Interest

Often, it is referred to as learning by experience or just as experience. Informal learning is a pervasive ongoing phenomenon of learning via participation or learning via knowledge creation, in contrast with the traditional view of teacher-centered learning via knowledge acquisition. What do you think?

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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. Many times, I feel those discussions miss the mark.

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How to Create a Learning Culture in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

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., Helping workers learn continuously on the job. communities of practice).

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Eight Leader Habits of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

Functional units collaborate by sharing learning and best practices with each other. Managers and their direct reports frequently discuss what each needs to do to improve performance. More effective, sustainable learning occurs in the normal course of doing the work.

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Top 9 Competencies of an Informal/Social Learning Designer

Learnnovators

In this article, we’ll take a quick look at the essential competencies that a learning designer is required to possess for designing effective informal/social learning solutions for today’s workplaces. Informal/Social Learning Design Competencies.

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Reprise: How to Create a Learning Culture in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

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., Helping workers learn continuously on the job. communities of practice).